494 THE PEAR. 



partial success. But all other kinds of dissimilar stocks have 

 given way to the quince, which is much superior for general 

 use to any other. 



The varieties of the pear do not grow with equal facility 

 upon the quince. A few, as the Angouleme, Louise Bonne, 

 and Diel, are so much improved in quality that their cultiva- 

 tion on pear-stocks is discontinued by most fruit-growers. A 

 large number flourish well, but are little changed in quality, 

 as White Doyenne and Dearborn's Seedling. A few, on the 

 other hand, succeed badly or wholly refuse to grow upon 

 quince stocks, without double working, which consists in first 

 budding some freely growing pear upon the quince bottom, 

 and then budding or grafting the " refractory" sort into the 

 pear-shoot. 



As a general rule, double-worked trees do not flourish for 

 a great length of time. Single-worked have done well for 

 fifty or sixty years under favorable influences. 



The following list, made out chiefly from the combined ex- 

 perience of European and American cultivators, may prove 

 valuable to those commencing with dwarf pears: 



I. Pears succeeding better on quince than on pear stocks, and 

 which should be mostly worked as dwarfs. 



Amalis. Easter. 



Angouleme. Glout Morceau. 



Autumn Long Green. Louise Bonne. 



Diel. Vicar. 



II. Pears usually succeeding well, both on pear and quince. 



Alengon. Colmar. 



Anjou. Dearborn's Seedling. 



Bloodgood. Delices Hardenpont. 



Boussock. Dumas. 



Buffum. Early Rousselet. 



Cadette. Figue. 



Capiaumont. Figue Alengon. 



Catillac. Forelle. 



Chaumontelle. Germain. 



