Excerpt from Illustrated Price Catalogue, 1921 The Beurre Hardy Pear' is used for budding on the Quince because of its great affinity for this stock. Many other varieties of Pear Will not take on the Quince; we therefore bud the Beurre Hardy first on the Quince stock and then in turn bud the various varieties listed below on the Beurre Hardy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.