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Particular Methods by which Fruits are Multiplied, continued. 

 Raspberries, bl'k. .Layers from tips of canes ; root cuttings. 



Blackberry Root cuttings ; suckers from the root. 



Cranberry Layers or divisions. 



Strawberry Runners ; tip cuttings. 



8. Stocks Used for Various Fruits. 



Almond Peach, hard-shelled almond, plum. 



Apple Common apple seedlings, Paradise and 



Doucin stocks, crab-apple and wild 

 crab. 



Apricot Apricot and peach in mild climates and 



plum in severe ones. 



Cherry Mazzard stocks are preferred for stand- 

 ards ; Mahaleb stocks are used for 

 dwarfing. 



Medlar Hawthorn, medlar, quince. 



Mulberry Seedlings of white mulberry. 



Orange Otaheite orange, shaddock ; Limonia 



trifoliata, particularly for dwarfs. 



Peach and Nectarine. .Peach. Plum is often used when 

 dwarfs are wanted, or when the 

 peach must be grown in a too se- 

 vere climate or upon heavy soil. 



Pear Pear ; quince, mountain ash, or thorn 



for dwarfs. Apple temporarily. 



Persimmon, Japanese Native persimmon. 



Plum Plum, Myrobalan plum, peach. 



Quince The finer varieties are sometimes 



grafted upon strong growing kinds 

 like the Angers. 



