APPLES, PEARS, AND QUINCES, 545 



The stocks thus obtained are budded just above the collar. 



Pears on quince stocks will usually have to be obtained from 



the nursery, and we advise purchasing only of reliable nuisery- 



men, and obtaining assurances that they are not on the common 



quince, which is worthless for stocks, but on the Angers Quince. 



Buy the best that are to be bad; a few cents makes but little dif 



ference here, but v/ill make a vast difference in the final results. 



If, however, the attempt is made to grow your own stocks, 



select to bud on the quince only such as have proved successful 



when thus grown. Many pears will not grow on the quince. 



The standard varieties that are best adapted for the quince are: 



Bergamotte, Easter Beurre, 



Beurre d'Anjou, Flemish Beauty, 



Beurre Superfin, Glout Morceau, 



Beurre Diel, Louise Bonne de Jersey, 



Beurre Giffard, Kostiezer, 



Brandywine, Urbaniste, 



Belle Lucrative, Vicar of Winkfield. 



DucHESsE d'Angouleme, 



In the Southern States the Madeleine, Julienne, ^-V hue 



Doynne, Lawrence, Seckel, and Tyson can be added to the 



above list; and for the Western States, the Tyson, Seckel, Kirc- 



land, Noveau Poiteau, Doynne Ette, and Bloodgood. 



The pear on the quince should be planted with the collar 



from two to four inches beneath the surface, for the quince 



serves as a root, never as a stem. Here has been the cause of 



the failure of tens of thousands of dwarf pears. If the quince 



stock is above the ground it is more liable to be attacked by 



insects ; it is liable to be broken off by high winds, at the joint, 



and the pear, growing more vigorously, produces a deformity ; 



while if placed from two to four inches below the surfixce, it is 



strong, healthy and free from borers, while the pear itself will 

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