CONTENTS. 



PREFACE, 



INTRODUCTION, - ( _ *""M '* 9 



PART 1. 



OF THE GENERAL CULTIVATION OF FRUIT TREES. 



CHAPTER 1. Production of a New Variety of Fruit, - Ib 



Section I. Sowing Selected Seeds, - 18 



" 2. Sowing Hybridized Seeds, - 21 



CHAPTER II. Multiplication of a Variety, 24 



Section 1. Direct Mode of Multiplying, by 



Dividing the Original Tree, 25 



1. Suckers, - T-~. - 25 



2. Cuttings and Layers, - 26 

 *** 2. Indirect Mode of Multiplying, 



by Grafting from the Original 

 r ,;., into Other Trees, - - 30 



1. Scion-Grafting, - - 35 



2. Bud -Grafting, - - 45 



3. Position of the Graft upon 



the Stock, - - 51 



CHAPTER III. Stocks for Grafting, 54 



