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fine myself to two. I have on a wall with an east aspect a healthy tree of the 
White Doyenne Pear, on the top of which is the Susette de Bavay. This part of 
the tree is always prolific, but that below bears only sparingly. Again, I have 
Hacon’s Incomparable or Bergamot on a wall with a south aspect, grafted on the 
common Crassane, without any change of its habits. This applies equally to all 
such grafting, and it is because each kind or variety obtains its proper nutriment 
from its own leaves, and not from the crude juices derived from the roots of the 
stocks. I may have noticed this before in these pages, but I repeat it, because Mr, 
Hill in his remarks on the Styrian Pear at p. 272 of the volume for 1869 states 
that “ grafted on Citron des Oarmes, it comes in fully a month earlier, and is 
beautifully coloured, but smaller than on a pear stock.” But from what I have 
just advanced, I do not see how that can be. 
However, I pass on to notice that these remarks do not apply to grafting- 
rare, or new kinds, upon established trees, for this certainly promotes fruitfulness, 
and grafts so worked will bear much sooner than when worked on young luxuriant 
stocks. For instance, I have thus fruited for the last two seasons upon walls of south 
and west aspects the British Queen Pear^ but found it inferior to the old kinds on 
which it was grafted. The slight fiavour of this new Pear, whether it be grown 
on a wall, or as a standard, is lost too soon on the palate. On mentioning this to a 
friend, whose taste is better than my own, he compared some of his British Queen 
Pears from a standard with mine, and came to the conclusion that he would cut 
his young tree down, though it had cost him ten shillings. I state this in order 
to show that a too hasty judgment of new kinds of fruits may lead those astray^ 
who purchase the ‘‘whole stock ” of such varieties, and who may thus uninten¬ 
tionally deceive their customers.—J. Wighton, Cossey Park. 
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S INCE my last communication on this new Passion-flower, I have gained some- 
further information respecting it, which leads me to state that I am now 
of opinion that it is worthy of being held in higher estimation than we 
were at first led to believe. It is not wise to pass too hasty a judgment 
on a new fruit, which this undoubtedly is, lest we do injustice to the collector,, 
who in this case was M. Wallis, ‘^who discovered it on the banks of the Eie 
Negro about 1864.” Hence it was right that the fruit should have a fair trial. 
Subjoined is a description of the test to which I have subjected it, and the result 
of which enables me to say something in its favour. 
I could get no satisfactory account of the fruit when sent in to the family for 
use in its raw state. I therefore had one made into a jelly, and this is tho 
account of it sent me by the Countess of Craven :—“ Many thanks for the jelly^ 
which his Lordship thinks excellent, quite as good as guava.” This is an 
improvement on the verdict passed on the fruit when used in its raw state, viz.,. 
“ Not at all good, and quite unlike P. edulis.’* Men do not wish to be considered 
