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bagged and pollinated with their own pollen by brush or anthers the . I 

 following set and matured their fruit: ' Irish Peach,' ' White Trans- | 

 parent,' 'Newton Wonder,' ' Ecklinville, ' Summer Golden Pippin,' 

 ' Baumann's Bed Winter Eeinette,' ' Peasgood's Nonesuch' (very 

 fine), 'Christmas Pearmain,' 'King of the Pippins' (damaged by 

 sawfly, eventually fell); ' Washington ' and ' Adam's Pearmain ' fell in 

 June. I believe 'American Mother' and 'James Grieve' set with ' 

 their own pollen, but am not quite certain. 



In nearly all the crosses made, good fruits resulted; out of 

 the sixty-four varieties crossed forty-eight were successful. Among ' 

 the best may be mentioned: 'Brabant Bellefleur ' with pollen ! 

 of ' Beauty of Bath,' ' Gladstone ' with ' Beauty of Bath,' ' Alfris- j 

 ton' with 'Beauty of Bath,' ' Allington Pippin' with 'Summer 

 Golden Pippin ' (the finest on tree), ' Grenadier ' with ' Seaton i 

 House,' 'Hoary Morning' with 'Seaton House' and vice versa, ; 

 ' Christmas Pearmain ' with ' Cox's Pomona,' ' Mere de Menage ' with 

 ' Lady Sudeley, ' ' Sandringham ' with ' Hormead Pearmain, ' ' Beauty i 

 of Bath ' with 'Summer Golden Pippin,' 'High Cannons ' with ' Grena- j 

 dier, ' ' The Queen ' with ' Baumann's Bed Winter Eeinette,' ' Lane's 

 Prince Albert' with 'The Queen,' 'Golden Spire' with 'Holland- 

 bury ' and ' Bismarck,' ' Cellini ' with ' Graham's Eoyal Jubilee.' ; 



These crosses were made without removing the stamens from the 

 flowers, which were pollinated by brush or anthers; if the brush was I 

 used it was dipped in methylated spirits and allowed to dry before j 

 using with another pollen; but in the case of a tree of ' Cox's Orange 

 Pippin,' nine bunches of unopened blossoms had their stamens taken 

 out with forceps, and were pollinated by camel's hair brush or anthers 

 with the pollen of nine different varieties of apple to try to find out 

 which would give the best result. Fruit set with pollen of the eight 

 following varieties, ' Bramley's Seedling,' 'High Cannons,' 'Grena- 

 dier,' ' Lady Henniker,' ' Golden Spire,' ' Duchess's Favourite,' ' The r 

 Queen,' and with its own pollen, only with ' Peasgood's Nonesuch ' did j 

 fruit not set; however, all gradually fell before maturity except those j 

 pollinated with ' Bramley's Seedling ' and ' High Cannons.' 



The following is a list of apples experimented on: — Self-fertile : 

 ' Irish Peach,' ' White Transparent,' * Newton Wonder,' ' Ecklinville, 'i 

 'Summer Golden Pippin,' 'Baumann's Eed Eeinette,' ' Peasgood'sj 

 Nonesuch,' 'Christmas Pearmain,' 'King of the Pippins,' 'Adams' ' 

 Pearmain,' 'Washington,' 'American Mother,' ? 'James Grieve'?} 

 Self-sterile or, perhaps better, those that did not set or mature fruiti' 

 with their own pollen in these trials : ' Allington Pippin,' ' Annie Eliza-f 

 beth,' ' Alfriston,' ' Astrachan,' ' Beauty of Bath,' ' Belle de Pontoise,' 

 'Beauty of Kent,' 'Ben's Eed,' 'Bismarck,' 'Blenheim Orange,' 

 'Brabant Bellefleur,' 'Cellini,' 'Cox's Orange Pippin,' 'Cockle 

 Pippin,' ' Cox's Pomona,' ' Duchess's Favourite,' ' Egremont Eusset, 

 ' Fearn's Pippin,' 'Gladstone,' 'Golden Noble,' 'Golden Spire, 

 'Graham's Eoyal Jubilee,' 'Grenadier,' * Hambling's Seedling, 

 'High Cannons,' 'Hoary Morning,' ' Hollandbury,' 'King o 



