SECT. VI. OF A NURSERT. 



sary : The rule of substance may be from a quarter, 

 to an inch, or more diameter. As dwarf trees are 

 grafted, or inoculated within five or six inches of the 

 ground, much less stocks will do for them, than for 

 standw *d trees, which are grafted at so many feet high; 

 i. e. if for full -sized trees. 



Stocks that are naturally of a slow growth, are 

 coveted for dwarf trees, that they may not mount 

 the wall, fill the espalier, or increase to a large head 

 too fast. So for apples, instead of crab stocks, which 

 are commonly of free growth, those raised from the 

 seeds of the paradise apple are recommended as 

 growing dwarf. Or stocks may be raised from cut- 

 tings of the Kentish Codlin. 



In default of these naturally dwarf-growing stocks, 

 those raised from suckers are sometimes used, as less 

 likely to grow oft' freely than seedling stocks. Layers 

 also are proper for dwarf stocks, and they are com- 

 monly to be had from the codlin ; all layers must be 

 carefully taken up to' preserve the roots. 



For pears, dwarf stocks arc raised from quince 

 cuttings, layers, or suckers ; but as quince shoots 

 are commonly of a weak and crooked growth, the 

 stocks from pear seeds are mostly used. But suckers 

 may be obtained from pears, quinces, &c. by cutting 

 down an old tree within a foot of the ground, and 

 these being planted out for a year or two, become 

 good stocks. If the suckers, or shoots, lay high f 

 they may be earthed up to induce them to strike. 

 But suckers will be often forced, by only cutting oft* 

 the top of an old tree, which is an experiment to be 

 recommended, (in pears particularly) as there will 

 be formed a new head, and an opportunity given to 

 grajf for another, or 1 a better ,sort. And if there 

 are no suckers, there may be low- placed shoots 

 proper for layers, of those trees that will thus strike., 



