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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ January, 
of a pink colour, or which possess weakly constitutions, where the pistil expands 
as soon as or even before the pollen-bag bursts, and in which also the pistil is fre¬ 
quently short, so that when it expands it is smothered as it were by the bursting 
anthers ; these varieties are great seeders, each pip being fertilized by its own 
pollen. I would instance Christine as an example of this fact. I find bright, 
clear weather, and the hours of sunshine conducive to fertilization. If the pollen 
and the stigma were alike in a condition to impart and receive fertilization, the 
effects will in most varieties very shortly be manifested, by the falling of the 
petals of the fertilized pip.— John Denny, StoJce Newington. 
ROBERT HOGG PEAR. 
@ HIS fine melting Pear was introduced by me in 1869 from Angers, France, 
where it was raised by the eminent pomologist Andre Leroy. It fruited 
f for the first time in 1868, and was named by him in houour of our 
greatest British pomologist, Dr. Hogg, and certainly does honour to both. 
It fruited here this season, but only two fruits came to maturity, and one of 
these got bird-pecked, and rotted before it was quite ripe. The other, from which 
the sketch and description were made, was a handsome and delicious fruit; rather 
above the second size, and of first quality. It was ripe the 20tli of November. 
