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good bearer, and forms a handsome tree of the se- 

 cond class. This sort takes freely on the quince 

 stock, and of course does well for dwarf training. 



11. Orange Musquee P, — Ripe the beginning of 

 September. This is the orange bergamot of English 

 gardens. The fruit are middle sized, round, light 

 green, and turning yellow when ripe, with russet 

 spots. The pulp is partly melting, not very juicy, 

 but admired for its musky flavour. It is but a 

 middling bearer, and does better as an espalier or on 

 a wall than as a standard. 



There is a pear of late introduction, called the 

 summer Crasanne, which promises to be a useful 

 summer fruit trained as an espalier, and perhaps is 

 to be preferred to the above. 



12. Bergamot d'Ete P. — Ripe the beginning and 

 middle of September, The fruit are middle sized, 

 but become less as the tree increases in age ; hollow 

 at both ends ; stalk short, eye small, colour green- 

 ish russet, yellower when ripe. The pulp is melt- 

 ing, juicy, and richly flavoured. This, like its kins- 

 man the autumn bergamot, forms a fine standard of 

 the first class; healthy, and, after a few years' 

 growth, becomes a good bearer, if in a dry, thin 

 soil. In rich^ deep land it is much longer in conung 

 into bearing. By some nurserymen this variety has 

 been worked on the quince ; but the practice is not 

 to be recommended, unless the trees are intended 

 for a very strong soil. 



An early bergamot has been lately introduced by 

 the Horticultural Society, which promises to be a 



