which is wrapped round the bud; for in that cafe you will find the incifion opened, which very often occafions the death of the bud.

If nurserymen and gardeners would give this method a fair trial, and use the fame Compofition as I use for curing defects in trees, instead of loam and horfe dung (which binds fo hard as to prevent the rain and moisture from penetrating to the graft to moisten the wood and bark), they would find that the grafts would fucceed much better. The Composition, for this purpose, should be rather fofter than grafting-clay gene-rally is; and, instead of applying fo large a mass as is generally done of clay, it need not, in most cases, be more than two or three inches in circumference.

CHAPTER VII.

OF PEARS.

Different Sorts of Pears defcribed-Of Planting, Heading, Pruning, &c.-Experiments on old Trees-A comparative Statement of the Produce of Pear-Trees, by the old and new way of Pruning and Training-Of Trees headed downRemedy for the Canker, &c.

THE Cultivation of the Pear is, undoubtedly, of considerable antiquity; for Pliny mentions no less than twenty kinds, and Virgil five or fix.

Linnæus arranges Pears in the fourth fection of his twelfth Clafs, along with Apples and Quinces.

The Pear-tree comprehends feveral varieties, ripening in fucceffive order from July to October.

The

The Pears commonly propagated in England are as follow; viz.

1. The Little Mufk Pear, commonly called the Supreme. This fruit, when ripe, is of a yellow colour; the juice is fomewhat musky; and, if gathered before it be too ripe, it is a good Pear. It ripens about the latter end of July, and continues good only a few days.

2. The Chio Pear, or Little Baftard Mufk Pear. This is pretty much like the other, but fmaller. The skin, when ripe, has a few streaks of red next the fun.

3. The Green Chiffel, or Haftings Pear, is a middle-fized fruit; it always remains green, and is full of juice when ripe. It ripens in the beginning of August.

4. The Red Mufcadelle is a large early Pear, of great beauty; the skin is of a beautiful yellow ftriped with red, and the flesh has a rich flavour. This fometimes produces two crops in a year; the first about the end of July, and the fecond in September.

5. The Little Mufcat is a small Pear, the skin very thin, and of a yellowish colour when ripe. This fruit has a rich musky flavour, but will not keep long.

ning of Auguft.

It is ripe about the begin

6. The Lady's Thigh, commonly called in England Jargonelle, is of a ruffet green colour from the fun, but towards it inclining to an iron colour; the flesh is breaking, and has a rich musky flavour. It is ripe about the middle of Auguft.

7. The Windfor Pear has a smooth skin, and, when ripe, is of a yellowish green colour; the flesh is very soft, and, if permitted to hang but two or three days after it is ripe, grows

mealy and is good for nothing. It becomes ripe about the latter end of Auguft.

8. Jargonelle, commonly called Cuiffe Madame. This is certainly the true French Jargonelle; and the Pear which commonly goes by that name in England is the real Cuiffe Madame, or Lady's Thigh; and it is very probable that the names have been changed in coming to this country. This Pear is fomewhat like the Windfor; the fkin is fmooth, and of a pale green colour. This is a plentiful bearer; but the flesh is apt to be mealy if it stands to be ripe, which is about the middle of August.

9. The Orange Mufk is of a yellow colour spotted with black; the flesh is mufky, but very apt to be dry. It ripens about the latter end of August.

10. The Great Blanquet, or Bagpipe of Anjou. This Pear has a smooth skin of a pale-green colour; the fleth is soft, and full of juice of a rich flavour. It ripens about the middle of Auguft.

11. The Little Blanquet Pear is much less than the former; of a pale colour, and the flesh tender and full of a rich musky juice. It ripens about the latter end of Auguft.

12. The Long-stalked Blanquet Pear has a very smooth skin, white, and a little coloured towards the fun, and is full of a rich fugary juice. It is ripe at the latter end of August.

13. The Skinless Pear, or Early Ruffelet, is of a reddish colour, the skin extremely thin, and the flesh melting and full of a rich fugary juice. It ripens in the latter end of August.

14. The Musk Robine Pear, or Queen's Pear (also called the Amber Pear), is fmall, and of a yellow colour when ripe; it has a rich musky flavour, and is a great bearer. This Pear ripens about the latter end of August.

15. The

15. The Musk Drone Pear has a skin of a yellow colour when ripe, and a rich musky taste; but is apt to grow mealy if left too long on the tree. It ripens about the beginning of September.

16. The Red Orange Pear is of a greenish colour; but the side next the fun changes to a purple colour when ripe; the flesh is melting, and the juice fugary, with a little perfume. It ripens in the beginning of August.

17. The Caffolette, or Green Muscat, is a small greenish Pear with some specks in the skin. It is full of a rich perfumed juice, and ripens in the latter end of September.

18. The Great Onion Pear, Brown admired, or King of Summer, is of a brownish colour next the fun, and is ripe in the beginning of September.

19. The Musk Orange Pear. The fkin is green, and the flesh melting. It ripens in the beginning of September.

20. Avorat, or Auguft Mufcat. This Pear has a smooth skin of a whitish yellow colour; the juice is richly fugared and perfumed, and it is esteemed one of the best Summer Pears yet known. It is a great bearer, and ripens in the beginning of September.

21. The Rofe Pear, or Thorny Rofe. This is fhaped like the great Onion Pear, but much larger, of a yellowish-green colour, but a little inclining to red next the fun. The flesh is breaking, and the juice mufky. This ripens in the beginning of September.

22. Poire du Puchet. The flesh of this Pear is foft and tender, and the juice fugary. It ripens in the beginning of September.

23. The Perfumed Pear is of a deep red colour spotted with