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ter of the stock, which does not increase 

 proportionally to, nor ever attains the 

 same size as the stem of the pear. Du- 

 breuil, a French gardener, recommends 

 the quince stock for clayey and light 

 soils, and the free stock for chalky and 

 siliceous soils. — Enc. Gard. 



The suggestion of Mr. D. Mont- 

 gomery, gardener to the duke of Mont- 

 rose, is also worthy of adoption, viz., 

 that by grafting the alternate branches 

 of late pear-trees with early sorts, and 

 early trees with late sorts, there are two 

 chances of success, the early sort being 

 very early in blossom; if that fails in 

 consequence of unfavourable weather, 

 the late sort, flowering at another time, 

 may succeed. Farther, the early sort 

 ripens off before much effort is required 

 from the tree to support the late sort; 



hence, each sort in its season is brought 

 to greater maturity. — Hort. Trans. 



Soil. — A dry loam, when the pear is 

 grafted upon a pear stock ; but moister, 

 if grafted upon the quince, is suitable. 

 Two feet depth of soil is required, and 

 tiles should be placed beneath the 

 young trees to prevent their /rooting 

 deeper. If this be attended to, and the 

 soil be thoroughly underdrained, the 

 subsoil is not of much consequence. A 

 gravelly subsoil is to be preferred. 



Pruning Standards is not often re- 

 quired, and when necessary it is only to 

 remove crowded, diseased, and cross- 

 growing branches. This may be done 

 at any season, unless the branch to be 

 removed is large, in which case it had 

 better be amputated early in the spring, 

 before the sap is in motion. Their 



