MARIE LOUISE. 
becoming known, it was quickly introduced to the gardens of 
the Fellows of the Society, in various parts of the kingdom. 
Shortly afterwards, Mr. Braddick, a well-known pomologist, 
who obtained many varieties from the continent, says, (Gard. 
Mag., vol. d) “I have made my mind up as to the best autumn 
standard Pear, which is the ‘Forme de Marie Louise’; I re- 
ceived it from M. Van Mons. Lest it should be confounded 
with Marie Louise, which is not so good a standard Pear, in our 
climate, I should mention that the wood of the Forme de Marie 
Louise is stronger than that of the Marie Louise; the tree, alto- 
gether, is more vigorous, veiy hardy, falls early into fruit, and is 
an exceedingly great bearer. The fruit is larger, and of a more 
mssety colour than that of the Marie Louise, and in my opinion 
of a much higher flavour; it is melting, and continues in eating 
till the first week of December, being fully six weeks from the 
time it first comes to table.” Now, it appears from the state- 
ment of Mr. Thompson, the superintendent of the fmit depaiL 
ment, in the Horticultural Society's Garden, that the very Pear 
above alluded to as introduced by Mr. Braddick, and the origin- 
ally introduced Marie Louise of the Horticultural Garden, were 
subsequently grown side by side, both as standards, and also 
trained against a wall, and that under the same modes of treat- 
ment, they proved themselves to be precisely the same varieties, 
and undistinguishable the one from the other. This is but eri- 
dence which presents itself to eveiy experienced horticulturist, 
of the influence of cultivation on fruits. It is not, however, too 
much to believe, that a graft may, from the stock on which it is 
grown, perhaps, too, assisted by the soil in which for a centmy 
it has existed, acquire a somewhat varied character, which 
may prove permanent in all trees propagated from it. We 
know’ of standards of the Marie Louise, growing within a few 
yards of each other, the one of which always yields fi’uit partially 
I'usseted, and of a greenish character till ripe ; the other wholly 
msseted, and of much warmer yellow tint ; we do not, however, 
the less believe them to have had one and the same origin. The 
same variation occurs in the Aston Tow"n Pear; and, in each 
instance, the russeted variety should be chosen as the best. 
It is scarcely necessary to mention, that all Apples and Peal’s, 
from standards, are more prone to msset than w’hen gi’own against 
a wall ; the Marie Louise is also finer flavoured from the stan- 
dard. On quince stocks it forms an adinriable dwarf ; and, by 
root-pruning, may be restricted to any size. 
