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stand the rigorous northwest winters. They are used 

 only for native varieties. It is not known how success- 

 fully other plums can be grown on them, though W. & T. 

 Smith of Geneva, N. Y., report their use as satisfactory. 

 As yet they are expensive, so they are not likely soon to 

 compete with myrobalan and peach stocks. Their chief 

 fault is their suckering habit. 



Munsonia is reputed to be "pre-eminently adapted for 

 low, wet lands." Kerr believes P. hortulana excellent 

 because it :iever suckers. P. Angustifolia, var. Watsoni 

 promises to be a dwarfing species. P. bessyi, according to 

 Hansen, also dwarfs varieties worked on it, but is hardy 



FIG. 167 "SPROUTING" BUDDED NURSERY STOCK 



Men standing are foremen; men kneeling are removing all branches except the bud 

 shoots. 



and produces precocious and prolific trees. For top- 

 working Domestica, Lombard is probably best. 

 The sooner done the better because slow and crooked 

 growth is common with late working. Early spring 

 grafting and late summer budding are best. 



262. Cherry stocks.* Despite the antiquity and the im- 

 portance of the cherry, the question of stocks is un- 

 settled. Fruit growers favor mazzard; nurserymen, 

 mahaleb, which they consider fit, at least, for sweet, and 

 best for sour kinds. Further, they say it is impossible to 

 grow cherries on mazzard at prices fruit growers are 



*Syn Q psized from The Cherries of New York by Hedrick. 



