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apple stock. The reason of this is, no doubt, that on the 

 quince and paradise the juices of the tree are better pre- 

 pared, richer, and better suited to the growth of the fruit. 

 In the common pear and apple stocks the sap is taken up 

 in greater quantities, is watery, and better adapted to form 

 wood than fruit. 



CLASSIFICATION OF SIZE. 



The terms qualifying the sizes of fruits are always given 

 comparatively, in regard to the two extremes, the largest 

 and the smallest of the species ; for instance — in apples, 

 we may consider the Gloria Mundi and Twenty Ounce 

 as extre'inely large^ and the Lady apple as extremely small. 

 The terms used, therefore, are such as to represent the 

 various grades between the two extremes. These are 

 Very large., as the Gloria Mundi Apple, Duchesse d'An- 

 goideme Pear, Orawford''s Early Peach, Yelloio Egg 

 Plum, and Napoleon Bigarreau Cherry. 

 Large., as the Baldwin Apple, Bartlett Pear, Bed Check 

 Melocoton Peach, Washington Plum, and Black Eagle 

 Cherry. 

 Medium^ as the Bainbo Apple, ^Yhite Doyenne Pear, 

 Imperial Gage Plum, and the American Amber 

 Cherry. 

 Small., as the Early Strawberry Apple, I)earhorn''s Seed- 

 ling Pear, Green Gage Plum, and Baumam's May 

 Cherry. 

 Very Small., as the Amire Johannet Pear, Lady Ajyple., 

 Winter Damson Plum, and the Indiille {Early May) 

 Cheny. 

 The distance between some of these grades, as be- 

 tween medimn and large, &c., is so short that they are 

 frequently confounded ; Still they give a notion of com- 

 parative size that answers all practical purposes. It 



