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apple stock. The reason of this is, no doubt, that on the 

 quince and paradise the juices of the tree are better pre- 

 pared, richer, and better suited to the growth of the fruit. 

 In the common pear and apple stocks the sap is taken up 

 in greater quantities, is watery, and better adapted to form 

 wood than fruit. 



CLASSIFICATION OF SIZE. 



The terms qualifying the sizes of fruits are always given 

 comjDaratively, in regard to the two extremes, the largest 

 and the smallest of the species ; for instance — in apples, 

 we may consider the Gloria Mundi and Twenty Ounce 

 as extremely large^ and the Lady apple as extremely small. 

 The terms used, therefore, are such as to represent the 

 v^arious grades between the tw^o extremes. These are 

 Very large., as the Gloria Mundi Ap]3le, DiicJiesse d^An- 

 goideme Pear, Oratoford''s Early Peach, Yelloio Egg 

 Plum, and Napoleon Bigarreau Cherry. 

 Large., as the Baldwhi Apple, Bartlett Pear, Bed Cheeh 

 Melocoton Peach, WasMngto7i Plum, and Black Eagle 

 Cherry. 

 Medium., as the Ramlo Apple, WMte Doyenne Pear, 

 Imperial Gage Plum, and the A7nerican Amher 

 Cherry. 

 Small^ as the Early Strawberry Apple, Dearlorn^s Seed- 

 ling Pear, Green Gage Plum, and Bauman^s May 

 Cherry. 

 Very Small., as the Amire JoTiannet Pear,. Lady Apple^ 

 Winter Damson Plum, and the Indulle {Early May) 

 Cherry. 

 The distance between some of these grades, as be- 

 tween medium and large, &c., is so short that they are 

 fi-equently confounded ; still they give a notion of com- 

 parative size that answers all practical purposes. It 



