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Buyshe's Prince of Wales, budded with Pear from Moorland's 



crossed on Winter 

 Nelis. 



„ „ „ Pitmaston Duchess. 



Dr. Trousseau, budded with Souvenir du Congres crossed on 



Winter Nelis. 



Thomson's Pear ,, ,, „ 



Autumn Bergamot „ ,, ,, 



Pitmaston Duchess, crossed onHuyshe's Prince of Wales recrossed 



on Doyenne du Cornice. 



3. Bcsults. — The practical character of the system I have 

 adopted ought, I think, from its present solid standpoint of 

 success, to be highly encouraging to others to work out the 

 system with still greater energy and thoughtfulness. The result, 

 as far as producing, through the adoption of the system, a 

 quantity and quality of good useful saleable fruit (I never 

 sell any myself, as I find it quite sufficient remuneration to 

 give supplies to my friends, who express their gratitude in 

 rapturous terms), is concerned is a certainty ; the buds having 

 become branches, varying from 3 feet to, say, 9, and in a few 

 cases perhaps more than that in length, as in the case of the 

 Jargonelle budded on Brockworth Park, are now in wonderful 

 bearing order. I have had about 140 pears on the Jargonelle 

 bud, when at the same time I have had 700 from the parent 

 stock Brockworth Park. 



I have had over eighty Pitmaston Duchess, crossed on 

 Doyenne du Cornice, from four buds inserted not more than five 

 yen s ago, when I have had only some sixty from the whole of the 

 parent stock Doyenne du Cornice. The cross is a most marvellous 

 one, and the season before last I had a crop on one bud, i.e. the 

 branch from the bud about 5 or 6 feet long, pears hanging like 

 bunches of huge grapes, and with beautiful colour and first- 

 class flavour ; and this last season I had from two spurs, not 

 more than 1} in. apart, six pears of grand form, colour, and 

 flavour, weighing 0 lbs. J, oz., the pears appearing when ripe like 

 Imi"' Marii Loui c. The Louise Bonne of Jersey, crossed on 

 I >oyenn(' du ( Jomice, i s without exception one of the most lovely 

 pe;u s I have ever seen, and to have seen the first result of the 

 three pears on one spur was a sight for one loving Nature's art 

 never to be forgotten ; the spotted trout-colour of the side in 



