DWARF FRUIT TREES 



GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 



A DWARF fruit tree is simply one which does not 

 reach full size. It is not so large as it might be ex- 

 pected to be. It is smaller than a normal tree of the 

 same variety and age. 



There are indeed some trees which are normally 

 dwarf, so to speak. They never reach a considerable 

 size. They are smaller than other better known and 

 related species. For example, the species Primus pu- 

 mila besscyi is sometimes called the dwarf sand cherry, 

 simply because it is always notably smaller than re- 

 lated species. The Paradise apple is spoken of as a 

 dwarf because it never attains the stature which other 

 apples attain. 



But in the technical sense, as the term is used by 

 nurserymen and pomologists, a dwarf tree is one 

 which is made, by some artificial means, to grow 

 smaller than normal trees of the same variety. 



These artificial means used for making dwarf trees 

 are chiefly three: (i) propagation on dwarfing stocks, 



