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tinguished by very dwarf growth, clear brown shoots, 

 and fibrous roots spreading near the surface of the 

 ground. The so-called English Paradise is said to be 

 intermediate in habit between the very dwarf habit of 

 the French, and the rampant growth of the crab. 

 French cultivators make a distinction between the 

 Doucin and Pomme de Paradis, naming the Doucin 

 stocks as good for pyramidal pruned trees, and the 

 Pomme de Paradis for dwarf trees. 



Quince stocks, or young trees grown from the Quince, 

 are excellent for pears in producing the compact, 

 dwarfed habit of growth so favourable for keeping that 

 delicious fruit in perfect garden cultivation, and safe 

 from the late frost and tearing wind which so often, 

 between them, bring our pear crops to nil. 



The Mahaleb stock, cerasus Mahaleb, or perfumed 

 cherry, is a stock which is good for dwarf cherries, and 

 the wild stock does for making tall orchard trees. It is 

 called the perfumed cherry on account of the pleasant 

 scent of the wood when it is burned, and it is named 

 J)ois de St. Lucia in France ; it has long been used as 

 stocks for cherries, and it will do in more ordinary soils 

 than will suit common cherry stocks. It may be 

 obtained from the Mahaleb by layers or cuttings. 

 Cherry stocks grown from the kernel may be sown in 

 February, the stones having been kept in sand till then, 

 planted out in October, and budded the next season for 

 dwarf trees, or allowed to grow tall if they are wanted 

 for standards. 



Apples are grafted on crab or Doucin stocks : the 

 first for large, the other for dwarf growth. They are 

 also grafted on the white thorn. Pears for dwarf and 

 easy garden culture, are grafted on the Quince 

 stock, and those of a larger growth on free stocks. 

 Almonds are budded on seedling plum stocks. Apricots 

 may be budded on apricot or plum stocks, and a wild 

 plum is used with advantage. Peaches and nectarines may 

 be budded on almond stocks peach stocks, raised from the 

 stone, or the muscle plum : the last is best in our climate. 

 Plums are grafted or budded on the muscle stock, OP 



