110 FRUIT BOOK. 



size, flesh juicy and sweet, and the tree promises to 

 be a good bearer. 



PLUM STOCKS FOR PEACHES. 



In England, where peaches are invariably raised 

 upon walls, or trellises, they almost universally make 

 use of the plum as a stock to graft upon. In bur 

 country, where peach trees grow so luxuriantly, we 

 should not recommend this stock, as the scion not 

 only overgrows it in a short time, producing an un- 

 sightly appearance, but is exceedingly apt to be blown 

 down by the wind ; the roots of the plum being of a 

 much slower growth, are not sufficiently large and 

 expanded to support the larger top or branches. 



Budding the peach upon this stock, even to the 

 height of six or eight inches from the ground, we 

 have found no security from the ravages of the borer, 

 as that insect will pass over the plum, and enter into 

 the peach at, or just above the junction. We have 

 generally preferred to bud on stocks of seedling 

 peaches, considering them decidedly superior to the 

 plum, particularly when wanted for standards. 



THE CHERRY. 



The wild cherry is a native of many parts of the 

 world, and has been cultivated in the East from the 

 Christian era. Cherries were exposed in the streets 



