58 MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY 



There are two types of dwarf trees, the Paradise, 

 which in character is a strictly dwarf tree. It has 

 a small root system and in most varieties does not 

 grow above 8 or 9 feet high. This has been used 

 principally in gardens, and is capable of being 

 trained in various ways and forms upon walls, as 

 is largely done in Europe, and upon trellises in our 

 own country. According to George T. Powell of 

 Columbia county, New York, the Paradise dwarf 

 is well suited to gardens and to places where land 

 is limited and where but few trees of small size may 

 be planted. The trees come into bearing very 

 early, and are desirable on this account. Mr. 

 Powell has had the Cox Orange Pippin set fruit 

 on these trees at one year old, and the Red Astra- 

 chan at two years, while at three years he has had 

 as many as 60 apples set on a single tree. 



*' The other type of dwarf apple with which I am 

 vv^orking," says Mr. Powell, " is that propagated on 

 roots of the Doucin, which, in character, is a semi- 

 dwarf growing from 16 to 18 feet high. This tree 

 gives promise of having value in commercial or- 

 chards, for it will have capacity for setting a liberal 

 quantity of fruit. 



" The root system being small, dwarf trees need 

 to be planted deeper than standards. The union 

 between the bud and the stock should be set 4 to 5 

 inches below the level of the ground. With this 

 deep planting the question will arise. Will not the 

 budded stock throw out roots above the union, and 

 change the trees into standards? While we are not 

 far enough along in our work to know about this, 

 we do not anticipate difficulty from this source. 

 From experience with dwarf pear trees, our judg- 

 ment is that by pruning the size and form of the 

 apple trees may be successfully controlled. 



