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FRUIT CULTURE. 



QUINCE STOCK. Used in most cases for pyramid and 

 dwarf pears, inducing short growth and early fruitfulness, 

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



Fia. 26. DOUBL 

 A Quince Stock. B B 



QUINCE. 

 C Marie Louiss. 



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

 unite directly with the quince. In this case they have 

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



