VAKJETIES OF PEARS STUDIED. 47 

 IIEATIICOTE. 



Record of 1 tree in Smith orclianl, Genera {Scries IV). 



Tree 

 No. 



Method of treatment. 



Number of clusters. 



Fruits set. 



Horn ark a. 



87 



Covered with pnpor hiigs 



(173-180). 

 Exposed to insect visits 



IG 



18 

 23 



Per ct. 

 15 



15.3 



Very thrifty look in, sc stand- 

 ard, in grass; bloomed aud 

 fruited well. 



20 





This variety seems to be remarkably self-fertile, and what seems more 

 curious after the experience with other sorts, the self-fertilized pears 

 are very similar to the fruits on the tree at large. For a descrii^tiou of 

 these fruits see i)p. 70, 71. 



HOWELL. 



Becord of 1 iree at Rochester (Series III). 



Tree 

 No. 



Method of treatment. 



I^uraher of clusters . 



Fruits set. 



llemarliS. 



88 



Covered with paper bags 



(3259-3287). 

 Exposed to insect visits 



100 



Ko. 

 1 



49 



Perct. 

 0. 1 



16.2 



A very good, larg^e dwarf, but 

 its foliage looked yellowish, 

 as if unhealthy; bloomed 

 ai;d fruited weli. 



39 





JONES. 



Itecord of 2 trees at Rochester (Scries III). 



83 



Covered with paper bags 



181 



1 



0.6 



Large, thrifty standard; 





(3777-3804). 









bloomed and fruited re- 





Exposed to insect visits 



105) 



158 



19.4 



markably well. 



CO 



Covered with paper bags 



07 



2 



0.3 







(3935-3932.) 













Exposed to insect visits 



7G 



103 



18 



Do 



KIEFFER. 



Hecord of 1 tree at Rochester (Scries III). 



91 Covered witli paper bags 

 (2965-2988). 



Exposed to insect visits 



Crossed with Eartlett(4189- 

 4193). 



37 



5 (6 tiowers) 



17.7 

 100 



Consisted of several vigorous 

 top grafts on some kind of 

 dwarf pear; bloomed scan- 

 iily, but fruited well. 



Record of 2 trees in Smith orchard, Genera (Series IV). 



92 Covered with paper bags 

 (71-78). 



Exposed to insect visits 



93 Covered with paper bags 



(165-172), 



Exposed to insect visits 



Pollinated with Kieffer(483, 

 484). 



Crossed with Angouleme 

 (485). 



18. 



5 (25 flowers) 

 3 (9 flowers) . 



1.4 

 18.5 



14.9 



4 



53.3 



Consisted of several thrifty 

 top grafts on some kind of 

 standard pear; bloomed and 

 fruited well. 



Made uj) of top grafts like 92. 



