Meehans' monthly : a magazine of horticulture, botany and kindred subjects . set fruit except?o n e c 1 u s t e r of BenDavis by fruits dropped during the summer. We have, as a result of these tests, positiveevidence that the pear will hybridize with theapple; but we have not sufficient evidence toshow that the pear w^ill set fruit freely whensupplied with none but apple pollen. S. A. Beach. New York Agricultural Experiment Station. For this particularly interesting paper byProfessor Beach, the hope may be expressedthat the experiments may be continued. It isnow well-k
Meehans' monthly : a magazine of horticulture, botany and kindred subjects . set fruit except?o n e c 1 u s t e r of BenDavis by fruits dropped during the summer. We have, as a result of these tests, positiveevidence that the pear will hybridize with theapple; but we have not sufficient evidence toshow that the pear w^ill set fruit freely whensupplied with none but apple pollen. S. A. Beach. New York Agricultural Experiment Station. For this particularly interesting paper byProfessor Beach, the hope may be expressedthat the experiments may be continued. It isnow well-known that there is a wide range of variation in the individuals of any species,wholly independent of what is understood byhybridization. It becomes necessary-, therefore,to repeat experiments before hybridization isestablished. There are those who doubt theKieffer Pear to be anything more than a varia-tion, independent of hybridism. The evidenceso far, as is well indicated by Prof Beachspaper, favors the view of the possibility of New Strawberry, Star.—The list of straw-berry varieties is get-ting so large, it is diffi-cult for an intendingpurchaser to selectamong them. Perhapsthe best plan, afterfirst engaging well-tried, standard kinds,is to give the new can-didates a trial. TheStar is one of the latter,introduced b}^ E. , Bridgeport,Ohio. MICHAUXIA CAMPANULOIDES. -SEE PAGC loe REvSults of Pear-grafting.— G. : Four or fiveyears since, I graftedsome pear trees, eightto ten years old, inhealthy condition butwhich bore unsatisfac-tory fruit. They werecut back to withinabout one foot of thetrunk, and scionstaken from a vigorousBartlett growingnear, side-grafting being the method tree bore fruit last season, but was quitea disappointment, fruit more resembling theoriginal small, round, sour pear. Can you in-form me as to the cause ? Such a result is unnatural and would seemto point to an unnoticed failure of the scions,and a continuat
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