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aud put iu boxes aud kept in a cool, dry place, until wanted for plant- 

 ing. If the soil is a light and porous one, the seed should be sown in 

 the fall, as recommended for apple and pear seeds. If the soil is a stiff 

 and heavy one, they should not be planted until spring. If the seed- 

 lings are thinned out so as to give each plant plenty of room, and given 

 clean culture, they may be taken up at the end of the first season's 

 growth and prepared for planting in the nursery rows the following 

 spring. The budding is usually done about the first of August. If 

 some of the buds fail, the stocks may be grafted at the crown. If 

 grafted, it should be done very early and waxed well. 



THE PLUM. 



The plum is multiplied by grafting or budding onto the seedling 

 plum stocks, and the peach seedling. The principal plum stocks used 

 are the Myrobalau and the Sloe fPrunis SjnnoisaJ. The Sloe is used 

 for dwarfs. The sand cherry fPrunis PumilaJ is being used as a stock 

 for dwarfing the plum. A bulletin upon this subject has recently been 

 published from the Iowa Experiment station. 



Some varieties of American and Japan plums are budded on the 

 peach seedling, such as the Wild Goose, Wolf and others of that class, 

 and Botan and Abundance of the Japan plums. The plum stocks are 

 produced by seeds, treated in the same way as recommended for cher- 

 ries. They may also be propagated by layering. The varieties worked 

 on the plum stocks are usually grafted, and those grown on the 

 peach are budded. In the past few years considerable interest has 

 been taken in crossing Japanese plums with our American stock. The 

 results of this work have been quite fully published from the Cornell 

 Experiment station. 



THE QUINCE. 



The quince may be multiplied by seeds, cuttings and layers. The 

 best and surest method is by layering in the same manner as recom- 

 mended for the Doucin and Paradise. 



The seeds to be planted should be carefullj selected from the best 

 varieties, and should not be allowed to get dry before planted. If not 

 planted in the fall, it should be preserved in a moist sand and planted 

 about three inches deep in the seed-bed in the spring. 



The cuttings should be taken in the autumn as soon as the leaves ■ 

 fall. They should be about 12 or 15 inches long. They should be tied 

 in bundles, and buried tops down in a pit out of doors, and the surface 

 of the ground covered about three or four inches with straw or some 

 other light material during the winter. In the spring the covering 



