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SECTION II. 

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DWARF APPLE-TREES. 



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No one, we suppose, will attempt to culti- 

 vate these little trees in this country, except- 

 ing for ornamental purposes. They are very 

 pretty garden pets in the midst of a flower- 

 bed, or at the corners of alleys, or elsewhere 

 where fancy may locate them. They sel- 

 dom bear more than a dozen or twenty apples, 

 and therefore the economical orchardist, look- 

 ing to profit alone, ought not to consider them 

 as worthy of his attention. To form these 

 dwarfs, set grafts of such apples as you de- 

 sire into what are called Paradise, or by the 

 French, Doucin stocks.* These stocks are 

 of rather a tender habit, and they require kind 

 treatment, and a generous rich soil. Where 

 a number of these trees are planted together, 



* The Parad'se is a distinct kind of apples. Its stocks are 

 raised, in Europe, from suckers or from cuttings and layers. 



