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of a house. The blighting Curculio attacks the Apricot 

 also, and its culture can only be successful by combating 

 the difficulties that attend tliat of the Plum, unless in 

 special locations that seem few and far between. It is 

 now grown to a large extent in California, where it is 

 preserved by canning in immense quantities. The fol- 

 lowing are good varieties : 



Moorpark. — Size large as an average Peach, yellow 

 with red cheek; flesh orange, sweet, and of exquisite 

 flavor. Ripens in July. 



Orange. — Pale yellow with red cheek, size medium. 

 Ripens end of July. 



Turkey. — Large, deep yellow, shaded orange ; flesh 

 pale yellow, firm, rich, and sweet. Ripens in August. 



APPLE. 



The Apple can only be grown in small gardens as a 

 dwarf, either kept in a bush form or trained as a pyramid 

 or other shap3. The dwarf trees are made so by grafting 

 on dwarfing stocks, while the varieties are the same as 

 those found in the large trees of the orchard. Two sorts 

 of dwarfing stocks are used by nurserymen, the Doucin 

 and the Paradise. Trees upon the Doucin will ultimately 

 grow quite large ; and as the Paradise is the only stock 

 which makes really dwarf trees, the amateur who wishes 

 to grow dwarf apple-trees should make sure that they are 

 worked on Paradise stocks. Of course, trees of this kind 

 are not advised as a source of profit ; but there can 

 scarcely be a handsomer object in the garden than a bush 

 six feet high, and about the same through, loaded with 

 enormous apples. Dwarf apple-trees may be planted six 

 feet ai)art each way, while ordinary trees in the orchard 

 are given fifteen to thirty feet, or even forty feet. The 

 following sorts are recommended for garden culture. 



