FRUIT-TREES, 51 



CHAP. XV. 



Of Stocks proper for Apples, 



THERE are feveral forts made ufe 

 of ; as thofe raifed from crabs and 

 apple kernels, from layers of the codling, 

 paradife, and creeper apple-tree : I don't 

 well know what fort of fruit the laft bears ; 

 but trees which I have known propagated 

 upon them are of an extreme flow growth, 

 and may therefore very juftly be called 

 dwarfs. 



It would be tedious here to point out 

 what ftock is proper for each tree that may 

 be planted in a garden ; for which reafon 

 I fhall only lay down a few rules with re- 

 lation thereto, which if obferved will be 

 a guide upon moil occafions, viz. Thofe 

 trees that are defigned for efpaliers or 

 dwarfs of any fhape whether horizontal, 

 concave, convex, or conical, Ihould be pro- 

 pagated from paradife or codling ftocks, 

 as the nature of the frait requires -, fuch 

 as produce fruit of the fv/eeteft flav^our, 

 and are fooneft apt to turn mealy and in- 

 E z fipid, 



