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mountain tops. When once established it will care for 

 itself, if necessary, though benefited by good cultivation 

 and attention. It is absolutely hardy, and a plantation 

 will continue to thrive and bear fruit almost indefinitely. 



The juneberry is said to propagate from seeds as readily 

 as apples. It is more commonly multiplied from the 

 sprouts which spring up around the base of the plants. 

 One Iowa grower recommends root-grafting it on apple 

 seedlings. 1 It has been recommended as a satisfactory 

 stock upon which to graft the pear. 2 It has also been re- 

 ported from Illinois as a particularly suitable stock for the 

 quince, 3 causing the fruit to mature earlier and endure the 

 winter better. 



Enemies will doubtless appear, should the juneberry 

 come to be generally cultivated. Already it has been 

 noted 4 that the plum curculio is frequently found among 

 the bushes, and many of the fruits are stung by them. 

 The berries were also found to be injured by a coleopter- 

 ous larva, not determined. 



The different species are so variable in the wild state 

 that varieties would doubtless multiply rapidly were 

 they to come into general cultivation. Already several 

 have been named. The one known as Success, previously 

 mentioned, is doubtless the most widely known. 



The genus Amelanchier, to which the juneberries be- 

 long, is closely related to the genus Pyrus, which includes 

 the apple and pear. The species are not numerous, and all 



1 Trans. Iowa Hort. Soc., 1880: 130. 



2 Gardener's Monthly, 1861: 229, 300 and 361. 



3 Trans. Iowa Hort. Soc. 1879: 440. 



4 Insect Life, 3:219. 



