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especially adapted for planting in small yards. Some kinds 

 of peaches, apricots, nectarines, and pears may be trained 

 like vines on arbors and buildings. These are much more 

 expensive than the common kinds, but they can be grown 

 where there would be no room for the ordinary fruit tree. 

 Another device which may be used in small yards is to 



graft a number of varieties on one 

 tree, so that it is possible to make 

 a single apple tree bear different 

 kinds of apples. 



Propagation of fruits. In start- 

 ing the fruit garden, one will 

 generally get more satisfactory 

 results by purchasing a few plants 

 from the nurseryman; later, as 

 they mature, new plants may be 

 grown from them. 



Runners. The strawberry is 

 propagated by means of runners, 

 which grow out from the plant 

 in abundance and take root and 

 form a new plant. The connec- 

 tion with the old plant may be 

 cut and the new one transplanted. 

 In one year a large number of 

 plants may be raised from a small beginning. (See figure 69.) 

 Cuttings. The currant, gooseberry, and grape may be 

 propagated by means of cuttings. In' the autumn, after 

 the leaves have fallen, stems of the last season's growth are 

 cut into pieces six inches long, containing at least two buds. 

 These may be set out at once in mellow soil in the garden, 

 so that the top bud is just below the surface. Or, the cuttings 

 may be tied together in bundles with the lower ends together, 

 and placed in a trench in the garden with the butt ends 

 up, and covered to a depth of three or four inches with soil. 



FIG. 72. Dwarf pear tree. 



