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8. Stocks Used for Various Fruits. 



Almond Peach, hard-shelled almond, plum. 



Apple Common apple seedlings. Paradise and 



Doucin stocks, crab-apple and wild 



crab. 

 Apricot Apricot and peach in mild climates and 



plum in severe ones. 

 Cherry Mazzard stocks are preferred for stand- 

 ards; Mahaleb stocks are used for 



dwarfing. 



Medlar Hawthorn, medlar, quince. 



Mulberry Seedlings of Avhite mulberry. 



Orange Otaheite orange, shaddock; Citrui tri- 



foUata, particulai'ly for dwarfs. 

 Peach and Nectarine. . Peach. Plum is often used when dwarfs 



are wanted, or when the peach must 



be gi'own in a too severe climate or 



upon heavy soil. 

 Pear Pear ; quince, mountain-ash, or thorn for 



dwarfs. Apple temporarily. 

 Persimmon, Japanese . Native persimmon. 



Plum Plum, Myrobolan plum, peach. 



Quince The finer varieties are sometimes grafted 



upon strong-growing kinds like the 



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