PEARS ON TUE QUINCE. 



wortlilcss. No. "2 is a tree of the same sort, on the Quince stock, which p^rcw 

 witliin five feet of No. 1 ; this, in common with llie others in the same pUuitutiuii, 

 has no canker, and has borne fine, clean fruit. The soil is moist, and brings on 

 moss to a small extent. No. 3 is on the Quince, and is a young tree that has 

 been twice removed. Trees of this kind, where soil is not favorable (and I have 

 a part of ray nursery the soil of which is very wet and cold), I remove biennially, 

 giving them a compost of sand and rotteni manure. In a few years, their roots 

 become like those of rhododendrons, and keep close to the surface, so that the 

 trees keep in good health, and bear profusely. The fibrosity of the roots of the 

 tree sent is remarkable." 



These specimens were extremely interesting, showing as they did that the Quince 

 was better suited for certain kinds of soils than the Pear stock ; they also showed 

 how necessary it is to keep the roots of our fruit-trees near the surface, and in- 

 dicated that, under certain circumstances, at least, to deep rooting we owe barren- 

 ness and canker, — Ihld. 





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