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FRUIT CULTURE. 



QUINCE STOCK. Used in most cases for pyramid and 

 dwarf pears, inducing short growth and early fruitful ness, 

 and like the paradise, it is a surface-rooting stock. Some 



FIG. 26. DOUBLE-WORKED PEAR ON QUINCE, 

 A Quince Stock. B Beurre d'Amanlis. C Marie Louise. 



varieties of pears, however, such as Marie Louise, will not 

 unite directly with the quince. In this case they have 

 to be double worked (Fig. 26) \ that is, the stock is first 



