VARIETIES OF PEARS STUDIED. 



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net bags. This was i)robably accidental, since it is liarct to believe that 

 Seckel pollen was iujnrious. It sljonld be noticed that in the Roches- 

 ter series there is a uniform advantage shown for insect-pollinated 

 flowers, suggesting that even the Angoulenie derived some advantage 

 from cross-pollination. 



AN.TOU. 



Record of 1 tree at Broclcport (Series I). 



Tree 



Method of treatment. 



Niunber of clusters. 



Fruits set. 



ReniailvS. 



12 



Covered with paper bags 



(1418-1422). 

 Covered witli cheese cloth 



hags (i;iy8-14U4A). 

 Covere(l with niosqnito net 



bags (1382-1386). 

 Exposed to insect visits 





Ko. 

 







1 



33 



F(r ct. 

 







0.7 

 15.7 



A tlirifty dwarf tree in a gar- 

 den with several other va- 

 rieties. 



25 



17 



28 





Record of 1 tree at Chestnut Farm {Series II). 



Covered with paper bags ; 23. 



(2262-2283). ! 

 Exposed to insect visits 27 











50 



24.1 



A good, liealthy standard 

 tree, planted eighteen years 

 l)efore and surrounded by 

 Baitletts; bloomed lightly, 

 but fruited heavily. 



Record of 7 trees at Rochester (Series III). 



Covered with paper bags 



(287U-2895). 

 Exposed to insect visits. .. 



Covered with paper bags 



(2896-2920). 

 Exposed to insect visits — 

 Crossed with Bartlett (3906- 



3913). 



Covered with paper bags 



(3102-3124). 



Exposed to insect visits 



Crossed with Angoulenie 



(3825-3833). 

 Crossed with Bartlett (3900- 



3905). 



Crossed with Angoulenie 



(3995-4008) . 

 Exposed to insect visits 



Covered with paper bags . . . 

 Exposed to insect visits 





3 



0.4 



Fine, thrifty dwarf; 









and fruited well. 



52 



71 



18.6 





73 



1 



0. 1 



Do. 



37 



87 



13.3 





S (26 flowers) 



4 



15.3 





65 



1 



0.2 



Do. 



52 *.... 



09 



18.1 





9 



' S 



31.4 





6 (23 flowers) 



4 



17.8 





15 



4 



8 



Do. 



27 



35 



17.2 





65 







1.2 



Do. 



62 



80 



n.2 





Record of 7 trees in Smith orchard, Geneva (Series IV). 



Covered with paper bags 31. 

 (15-22). 



Exposed to insect visits 43. 



Covered with paper bags 35. 



(23-30) . 

 Exposed to insect visits 



Covered with paper bags 18. 



(216-223). 

 Exposed to insect visits 50. 











32 



9.9 











29 



7 



















Healthy standard tree in 

 grass; bloomed well and 

 fruited moderately. 



Standard, in grass; bloomed 

 well, but fruited lightly. 



Standard with top two-thirds 

 dead ; one sound limb, on 

 whiclithe bags were ])laced, 

 bloomed well, but was sterile. 



