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Title: The Book of Pears and Plums

Author: Edward Bartrum

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HANDBOOKS OF PRACTICAL GARDENING--XI
EDITED BY HARRY ROBERTS

THE BOOK OF PEARS AND PLUMS

[Illustration: PEAR BLOSSOM]

THE BOOK OF PEARS AND PLUMS

BY THE
REV. E. BARTRUM, D.D., F.R.H.S.

RECTOR OF WAKES COLNE, ESSEX
EDITOR OF "HELPFUL HINTS FOR HARD TIMES," ETC.

WITH CHAPTERS ON CHERRIES AND MULBERRIES

JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON AND NEW YORK. MCMIII

_Printed by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh_

INTRODUCTION

I have grown pears, plums, cherries and mulberries for many years, and
have written many articles about the first two fruits; yet, in preparing
this work, I found that I had still much to learn, and I wish
particularly to express my obligations to the new edition of Thompson's
_Gardener's Assistant_, edited in six volumes by Mr Watson, Assistant
Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and brought out by the Gresham
Publishing Company. I have also derived valuable aid from the volumes of
the Royal Horticultural Society. The chapter on "cherries" is based
chi