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upon the common pear stock, or upon the 

 quince. The pear-stock is undoubtedly the 

 best for those intended for open standards or 

 orchard planting, but the quince stocks (which 

 have for a long time been used by the French 

 for dwarfs or half-standards) occupy but lit- 

 tle space in a garden, are productive, and 

 the fruit they produce is frequently of a larg- 

 er size than the same grown on pear stocks. 

 Dubreiul recommends the quince stock ior 

 clayey and light soils, and the free stock pear, 

 for chalky and silecious soils. Grafting or 

 budding pears upon the white thorn is some- 

 times practised with success. The quince 

 stock should be budded at or below the sur- 

 face of the ground, when the bark will sepa- 

 rate entirely from the wood, which in this lat- 

 itude takes place about the last of July or early 

 in August. 



The following Spring, when ihe bud com- 

 mences pushing, cut the stock off to within 

 three inches of the bud, and in the next seas- 

 on finish or cut off the snag smoothly to the 

 bud or shoot. In the third season, when the 

 trees are removed to the situation in which 

 they are to remain for fruiting, be careful to 



