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bearing as small trees, and similar to what 

 are termed Paradise stocks. These are fit 

 for small gardens, but the state of health 

 of the stock should be attended to, other- 

 wise an unhealthy produce is the con- 

 sequence. 



Paradise stocks and seedling apples, it 

 should be remarked, are more subject to 

 injury from insects than crabs are, owing 

 to the different state of the sap ; that of 

 the apple being sweeter than that of the 

 crab. A large quantity of seedling apples 

 and crabs mixed, which I have now 

 growing, are more or less attacked by 

 different insects, as the kind approaches 

 the apple or crab in its nature. It may 

 be observed that dwarf trees, i. e. trees 

 with short stems, such as we find usually 

 in gardens, are more healthy, and pro- 

 duce fruit better than standard trees in 

 orchards, and are seldom known to fail 

 of producing fruit, even when none are 

 to be seen in orchards ; and this is ac- 

 counted for from the stem of the trees 

 being short, they are not so liable to the 

 same damage as those of standards, and for 



