136 THE PEAK UPON THE QUIXCE STOCK. 



seven feet clear, that are on the quince stock. The 

 Pear, Apple, Quince, Hawthorn, and Mountain Ash, all 

 belong to the same class and order, and will grow if 

 grafted on each other ; they do not all, however, assi- 

 milate well with each other, for we find that there are 

 some Apples that will not grow on the Pear, and vice 

 versa ; there are also Pears, and not a few, that will 

 not grow on the Quince ;• others that grow well, but 

 their fruits are inferior ; whilst again many are greatly 

 improved on the Quince. We now say that the Pear, 

 to be successful on the quince stock, must be very 

 highly cultivated with enriching manures of almost 

 any description, incorporated with the surface-soil, 

 and frequently stirred during the growing season, 

 repeating the enriching material, and thorough culture, 

 every season. They can be planted from ten to fifteen 

 feet apart, and will, with such treatment, give a very 

 abundant crop, even a bushel from a tree only a few 

 years planted. This is not, however, the only atten- 

 tion they require — they must have a summer pruning 

 and a winter pruning, which you shall have in another 

 chapter. 



Again, the quince stock is a very general term ; 

 there is a vast difference in the hind of Quince, and 

 it is now very strange that all the pears on the Quince, 

 whether worked thereon the past year or ten years, 

 are on what has recently been called to the peculiar 

 benefit of some, the Angers Quince. Certain it is, 

 that there is a variety aptly adapted to the vigor of 

 the Pear, more generally known to the experienced 

 eye by its growth as that variety ; and we think it is 

 the variety only that demands particular notice. The 



