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by which they are dwarfed, and a tendency to earlier, and, in 

 some cases, to superior fruiting is induced ; or rather, perhaps, 

 we should say that, in climates unsuited to certain varieties, 

 when grown upon strong seedling stocks, dwarfing affords us 

 aid by hastening the maturity of the fruit. 



The illustration of this with which we are most familiar is 

 that of the pear worked upon the Angers and other free-grow- 

 ing varieties of quince stock. It is also sometimes grafted 

 upon the mountain ash or the hawthorn, but the quince stock 

 is the best and most generally reliable. 



For dwarfing the apple, small growing varieties, known as 

 the Doucain and Paradise stocks, are used. 



Plums are sometimes, but rarely, grafted for this purpose 

 upon the smaller varieties of plum, the damson, the winter 

 damson or bullace, and the sloe, etc. 



With the same view, peaches are sometimes budded on the 

 small, double-flowering almond, to be fruited in pots. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Implements for Pruning, Budding, and Grafting. 

 IMPLEMENTS FOR PRUNING, BUDDING, GRAFTING, &c. 



