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Australia," for November 1908, states that 'London Pippin,' ' Annie 

 Elizabeth,' and * Eeinette du Canada ' are the last to bloom. In Eng- 

 land ' London Pippin ' and ' Annie Elizabeth ' are also among the last 1 

 apples to bloom. In the United States : ' Black Diamond ' is recorded 

 among the first plums to flower and * Pond's Seedling ' among the last; 

 ' Duchesse d'Angouleme ' among the early flowering pears; among the 

 early flowering apples * Gravenstein, ' ' Keswick Codlin,' ' Duchess ai 

 Oldenburgh,' ' Twenty Ounce,' ' Wagener ' are mentioned; among the 

 medium bloomers ' Eeinette du Canada,' * Dutch Mignonne,' ' Glad- 

 stone, ' ' Emperor Alexander, ' ' Bismarck ' ; among the late bloomers 



* Beauty of Bath, ' Northern Spy, ' * Eed Astrachan, ' * Eibston Pippin, ' 



* King of the Pippins,' * Cox's Orange,' and * Lane's Prince Albert.' 

 Showing that in general the order of flowering is similar in different 

 continents. 



• In the United States fruit botanists are investigating which varieties 

 of apple produce the pollen best suited to some of their best varieties, \ 

 and they find that tliere is considerable difference between different 

 sorts ; may we not in England ascertain the best pollen for the fertiliza- 

 tion of, say,' 'Cox's C)range Pippin' apple or 'Williams' Bon 

 Chretien ' pear? There are many interesting problems for the fruit 

 grower who is also a naturalist. 



The United States authorities lay stress on planting near to one 

 another varieties that flower at the same time. In New York State* | 

 apples commence to flower from May 10 to 19, and finish flowering 

 between May 17 and 29. The average duration of flowering is nine 

 days. In England the trees are in flower about the same time, but the 

 varieties remain in flower nearly twice as long. Mr. Niels Esbjerg, 

 of Esbjerg, a Danish expert in fruit growing, told me he had often 

 observed in Denmark that when a single apple, pear, or cherry 

 was planted in a garden at a distance from other fruit trees it bore 

 little or no fruit. From the experience of many, myself included, 

 the value of bees in or near orchards should be strongly emphasized. 



Under the title " Some Conditions that Influence the Germination 

 of and Fertility of Pollen," Mr. E. P. SandstenI has some interesting 

 remarks on the influence of various temperatures, &c., on the germina- 

 tion of pollen. 



Strawberries. 



The following is the record at Wye : — 





Commenced 

 to flower 



lu full bloom 



Ooutinued iu 

 bloom till 



Picking from 



1908 

 1909 

 1910 



May 19 

 May 9 

 May 11 



May 24 



End of June 

 July 6 



June 11 to July 18 

 June 14 to July 22 

 June 11 to July 11 



* The Relation of Weather to the Setting of Fruit, with Blooming Data for 

 Eight Hundred and Sixty-six Varieties of Fruit, by U. P. Hendnck, New York 

 Agricultural Experimental Station. March 1908. 



t U.S.A. Exp. Stn., l^^isconsin, Research Bull. 4 (1909). See also Abstract 

 in this Journal, vol. xxxvi. p. 513. 



