€6 THE NURSERY AND THE ORCHARD. 



do not require so much pruning as dwarf pears, and 

 usually grow only eight or ten feet high. 



Fig. 80. 



Summer and fall varieties as dwarfs are preferred to 

 later kinds, as the dwarf stock ceases vegetation earlier 

 than the standard, and renders the fruit of the winter 

 varieties unfit for keeping. This class of trees requires 

 rich soil and such cultivation as is necessary for garden 

 crops. 



THE CHERRY 



Is dwarfed by grafting on a species known as the 

 Mahaleb, which adapts them much better to our South- 

 ern climate. The Mirabelle plum is sometimes used as 

 a dwarf stock for peaches and plums. Any of the fore- 

 going stocks may be obtained from nurserymen. 



