386 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
IX. 
Jaune de Metz. 
medium tall 
to short 
medium tall 
medium, stout, 
even 
medium stout 
somewhat brittle 
some short 
branches, often 
spined 
medium 
to few 
medium 
frequent 
none 
no suckers 
all suckered 
healthy 
VIII. 
French. 
medium tall 
short 
medium to slender, 
numerous, slender 
medium stout 
to slender 
somewhat brittle 
some branching, 
few spines 
numerous 
very early 
bud-breaking 
some 
some in 1916 
failed to 
set fruit 
some suckers 
some badly 
suckered 
badly scabbed 
on leaves 
'IIA 
very tall 
medium tall 
stout 
few slender 
medium stout 
tough 
stout shoots 
branching 
few spines 
medium to 
numerous 
medium 
infrequent 
none 
no suckers 
few suckers 
healthy 
some mildew 
VI. 
Nonsuch. 
medium tall 
medium tall 
very stout 
few slender 
very stout 
tough, looks 
" unripe " 
stout shoots, 
often very 
spined, variable 
medium to 
numerous 
very late 
leaf-fall 
some 
some in 1916 
failed to 
set fruit 
no suckers 
no suckers 
very healthy 
some mildew 
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medium tall 
tall 
medium to slender 
very even 
medium stout 
tough 
some branching, 
few spines 
numerous 
medium 
infrequent 
none 
some suckers 
some suckers 
healthy 
little mildew 
> 
short 
very short 
medium stout 
numerous slender 
medium stout 
looks " unkindly " 
somewhat brittle 
some branching, 
spines rare 
few to 
medium 
early bud- 
breaking 
infrequent 
none 
no suckers 
few suckers 
liable to leaf 
damage, several 
dead stools 
'III 
very tall 
medium tall 
stout, numerous 
slender 
medium stout 
tough 
numerous long 
drooping branches 
few spines 
numerous 
medium 
infrequent 
none 
some suckers, 
mainly from base 
of root 
all suckered 
moderately 
healthy, mildew 
and scab present 
II. 
Doucin. 
very tall 
very tall 
stout, numerous 
slender 
very stout 
very tough 
very spined on 
stout shoots ■ 
medium more 
than Type I. 
early leaf-fall 
some at base 
none 
badly suckered 
from spreading 
roots 
frequently 
suckered 
very healthy 
I. 
Broad-leaved. 
very tall 
tall 
stout, few 
slender 
stout 
tough 
some branching, 
few spines 
medium 
medium 
infrequent 
none 
no suckers 
no suckers 
very healthy, 
little mildew 
Type :— 
(Annual 
( cordons 
/ Annual 
Stoutness \ & owth 
j 4-year 
\ cordons 
j Toughness of wood . 
I Feathering 
Annual number of 
Layers per stool 
Season of growth 
Fruit Buds on annual 
growth 
\ Blossom on cordons . 
1 
1 
(stools 
Suckers from J 
Roots on -\ cordons 
Liability to Disease . 
