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DEEP PLANTING. 
The description given in Hogg’s “ Fruit Manual” of Doyenne Nouvelle 
Boussoch, induced me to 
think it was synonymous 
with that variety, hut it dif¬ 
fers from it by being dashed 
with crimson, the russety 
dots less conspicuous, with 
a difference in the stalk and 
eye, that form a most im¬ 
portant feature in this va¬ 
riety. 
Fruit very large, round¬ 
ish obovate. Skin lemon- 
coloured, dashed and flaked 
with crimson, slightly 
speckled with russety dots. 
Eye small for the size of the 
fruit. Stalk stout, of me¬ 
dium length, with a slight 
protuberance on one side. 
Flesh yellowish, melting, 
and very juicy. Ripe in October, and by judicious gathering may be ex¬ 
tended over a period of a month fit for table. 
This variety came from Jersey, bearing the name Beurre Nouvelle 
Boussoch. Under what other names it may be known I cannot tell. It 
has only come under my notice in one garden; but the constitution of the 
tree, and its general good bearing qualities, fit it for general cultivation 
either in the orchard or the garden. 
Wm. Greenshields. 
[There is no douht that Beurre Nouvelle Boussoch and Doyenne Nouvelle Boussoch 
are the same as Doyenne Boussoch of the “ Fruit Manual.” The differences you indicate 
are such as may easily he accounted for by change of climate and conditions of soil.—H.j 
DEEP PLANTING. 
Y attention has been specially called to an article on this subject 
by Mr. McBey (p. 87), which has been considered as a sort of 
challenge to me concerning the views I have recently advanced 
upon root-culture. It is needless to say that I view it in no such 
light. Nevertheless, it may be worth while to examine the merits 
of Mr. McBey’s mode of planting. It must be premised that he is speak¬ 
ing of well-drained soils 4 feet deep, and of a mode of planting suitable 
for surface-cropping in the usual manner—viz., with vegetables. From 
