VAUIETIES OF PEAR« STUDIED. 49 

 LE CONTE. 



RsGord of S trees at Bochester (Scries HT). 



Tree 

 No. 



Method of treatineiit- 



Nximber of clnstcrs. 



Fruits KCt. 



Eemarks. 









Xo. 



Perct. 





99 



Covered with i)apei' bai;s 



54 



23 



5. 



A vigorous, henlthy tree. 





(2825-2844). 









))arently on quince rouls: 





Ex])<)sed to insect visits. ... 



27 



27 



13. « 



bloomed moderately, but 





Pollinated with Le (Joiito, 



] 4 (29 tlowei-s) 



'7 



24.1 



fruited well. 





same tree (3850-;i859) . 













Crossed witli AdJou (38G0- 



9 (22 dowers) 



1) 



40.9 







H8C9). 















Ciossed with Seclvel (4045- 



5 (12 flowers) 











4U49). 













Crossed with Anjou (4050- 



5(14 flowers) 



4 



10.2 







4054). 













Emasculated, but no pollen 



13 (42 liowers) .... 



3 



7. 1 







applied (4055-4064). 











100 



Covered witli paper bags 



C7 



3 



0.5 



Top grafts on some kind of 





(2921-2942). 









dwarf pear ; bloomed inoder- 





Exposed to insect visits 



27 



27 



13. 3 



alely but fruited well. 



Tbe reraaiks 011 tlie Kieffer appl}^ equally well to the Le Coiite. Large 

 orchards, consisting of solid blocks of this variety, demonstrate its 

 ability to set fruit without the aid of foreign pollen. The inefficiency of 

 Seck<.^l pollen should be noted and also the remarkable fact that three 

 fruits set without any pollen. Its own pollen when applied by hand 

 seemed fully as good as that of any other variety. The work on tree 

 No. 99 indicates that pollen from another flower on the same tree, 

 that is, individual crossing, is preferable to pollen from the same flower. 



, LOUISE BONNE DE JERSEY. 



liecord of 1 tree at Bochester (Series III). 



Tree 

 No. 



Method of treatment. 



Number of clusters. 



Fruits set. 



Remarks. 



101 



Covered with paper bags 



(,•3409-3414). 

 Exi>osed to insect visits 



23 



No. 

 



Perct. 

 



Fine dwarf: very young; 

 bloomed lightly, but fruited 

 well. 



17 



81 



24.3 









MANNINGS ELIZABETH. 



Bccord of 3 trees in Stnith orchard, (ieneva (Series IV). 



Covered with paper bags 



(.55-62). 

 Ex])osed to insect visits. 



(Jovered with paper bags 



(63-67). 

 Exijosed to insect visits. 



(Jovered Avith paper bags 



(79-86). 

 Ex])osed to insect visits. 



19 



44 



30.8 



2'> 



45 



27.2 



16 



51 



42.5 



13 : 



43 



44.1 



14 



20 



19 



20 



30 



20 



. thrifty medium-sized stand- 

 ard; 'bloomed well and 

 fruited heavily. 



Tlie results with this variety show it to be perfectly capable of selC- 

 fertilization. 



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