HANDBOOKS OF PRACTICAL GARDENING—XI
EDITED BY HARRY ROBERTS

THE BOOK OF PEARS AND PLUMS

PEAR BLOSSOM

Printed by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh

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INTRODUCTION

I have grown pears, plums, cherries and mulberries for many years, andhave written many articles about the first two fruits; yet, in preparingthis work, I found that I had still much to learn, and I wishparticularly to express my obligations to the new edition of Thompson'sGardener's Assistant, edited in six volumes by Mr Watson, AssistantCurator of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and brought out by the GreshamPublishing Company. I have also derived valuable aid from the volumes ofthe Royal Horticultural Society. The chapter on "cherries" is basedchiefly on the booklet contributed by Mr G. Bunyard to my Helpful Hintsfor Hard Times published by the S.P.C.K.

E. B.

Wakes Colne Rectory, Essex,
July 1902.

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