. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. FRUIT CULTURE. Knight's Monarch, Nouvelle Fulvie, a delicious late Pear ; Bergamotte d'Esperen, another prolific bearer ; Beurre Ranee, Olivier de Series, Ne plus Meuris, Passe Crassane. Easter Beurre and Doyenne d'Alencon are ihe latest of all. The last mentioned cannot always be depended upon to produce a satisfactory crop, for though it is one of the last Pears to ripen, the tree is invariably in flower very early— one of the first, in fact, and so the blossoms are liable to suffer from frost. Ca
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. FRUIT CULTURE. Knight's Monarch, Nouvelle Fulvie, a delicious late Pear ; Bergamotte d'Esperen, another prolific bearer ; Beurre Ranee, Olivier de Series, Ne plus Meuris, Passe Crassane. Easter Beurre and Doyenne d'Alencon are ihe latest of all. The last mentioned cannot always be depended upon to produce a satisfactory crop, for though it is one of the last Pears to ripen, the tree is invariably in flower very early— one of the first, in fact, and so the blossoms are liable to suffer from frost. Catillac, Verulam, Vicar of Winkfield, and Uvedale's St. Germain are the best stewing Pears, the first-named, perhaps, the best t if all. THE PLUM. This is one of the most esteemed of hardy fruits, and there are many forms of it—Buliace, Damsons, and so forth. Propagation.—The usual w ay is by budding and graft- ing, and sometimes by suckers and seeds. It is for raising stocks that the latter method is usually employed. Plum stocks are required in large numbers, for they are used for grafting Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots, besides Plums. if, however, the variety is weakly, it should be budded or grafted higher up the stock. It is important to carefully distinguish between a wood bud and a flower bud, and to insert only the former when performing the operation of budding in July. Stocks upon which it is intended to graft should be cut down early in January, and also cut the scions then and lay them in the soil on a north border, until required for grafting in March. The Plum is not fastidious as to soil, providing that this is of ordinary fertility and the subsoil is not wet and cold. The fruit produced on trees which make a strong growth in too rich a soil is not of such a line flavour as that upon trees of moderate growth in lighter soil. The roots of the Plum do not go very deep, consequently a great depth of soil is not necessary. In soil that is trenched the roots w
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