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ways, and the remaining trees may stand 

 during their life-time, at from eight to ten feet 

 apart. An occasional root-pruning once in 

 three or four years has been found very ben- 

 eficial to the quince-bottomed pear. 



In purchasing quince-bottomed dwarf- 

 pears, examine the quince part of the tree to 

 ascertain whether it has been injured by bor- 

 ers. Select good stocky, low -branching, well- 

 rooted trees. In setting out, dig holes sufficient- 

 ly deep for the purpose, and set the whole of 

 the quince part entirely under ground, without 

 any regard to the height above the roots at 

 which the grafting was performed.. Fill up 

 the hole and among the roots with rich soil, 

 and aim to have the tree stand, when the 

 work is done, so that the point of union be- 

 tween the quince and pear shall be about one 

 inch below the surface of the ground, just 

 low enough to hide the quince from the borer, 

 and not so low as to allow the pear to strike 

 roots of its own. It would not answer to 

 plant high grafted dwarfs, so deeply, were it 

 not that the quince has an almost peculiar 

 power of emitting thrifty roots from any part 

 of its trunk or limbs when buried in the earth. 

 We have set many dwarfs in this way, and 

 have never lost one. 



