1875 . ] 
groom’s PRINCESS ROYAL PEAR. 
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Peacli and Nectarine trees should not be tied to a stiff trellis, connected every 
few feet with the roof or back wall, but should have the trellis so fitted up as 
only to be connected with the top and bottom of the roof or back wall, and at 
the ends. The result is a trellis that when struck will freely vibrate, shaking 
every flower, and dispersing the pollen very much in the same way as a breeze of 
wind does when it strikes a tree growing in its natural state out-of-doors. 
On the other hand, Peach and Nectarine flowers often hang too long without 
falling. They appear to have performed their functions ; the embryo fruit begins 
to swell, but makes little progress; the flowers remain attached to the fruit for 
weeks in succession ; many of the fruits indeed grow to be as large as peas, and 
not a few considerably larger, but drop off or cease swelling long before the stoning 
process commences. Some varieties are more liable to this than others, but I 
presume imperfect impregnation is the principal, if not the only cause ; and there¬ 
fore, considering their artificial position, every means should be used to enable 
them to perform this important function.-— Archibald Fowler, Castle Kennedy, 
Stranraer. 
GROOM’S PRINCESS ROYAL, alias MATTHEWS’ ELIZA 
PEAR. 
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S OME years back, a friend who is a good judge of fruit sent me some scions 
of this Pear, which I grafted on an established standard, but I paid little 
f heed of the circumstance until I found them bearing excellent fruit along 
with other kinds on the same tree, Except in one instance, I have not 
