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of which the good quaUties are required to be united 

 in the offspring, will partially obviate this tendency 

 of returning to the original wilding. 



The sorts of apples proper for crossing or recipro- 

 cal impregnation, appear to be those which have a 

 great many qualities in common, but some different 

 qualities. Thus the Golden Pippin has been crossed 

 so as to produce a good offspring, by other Pippins 

 or Rennets, and not by Calvils or Codlings. A small 

 sized apple, crossed by a large sort, will be more cer- 

 tain of producing a new variety than the above mode, 

 but will be almost equally certain of producing a va- 

 riety destitute of valuable quahties. Mr. Knight's 

 mode of cutting out the stamens of the blossoms to 

 be impregnated, and, afterwards, when the stigmas 

 are mature, introducing the pollen of that intended 

 for the male parent, is unquestionably the most sci- 

 entific mode of performing the operation. In this 

 way he produced those excellent apples, the Downton, 

 Red and Yellow Ingestrie, and Grange Pippins, from 

 the same parents, viz., the seed of the Orange Pippin 

 impregnated by the pollen of the Golden Pippin. 

 The Bringwood Pippin he produced from the Golden 

 Pippin, impregnated with the pollen of the Golden 

 Harvey apple. 



In crossing to produce new varieties, some fixed 

 purpose should be adhered to, and prosecuted accord- 

 ingly. Thus, if a dessert apple is desired, flavour 



