56 A T R E A T I S E O F 



CHAP. XIX. 



Of Stocks proper for Pears and Medlars, 



THERE arc generally two forts of 

 flocks made ule of for thefe trees, 

 that is, the pear and quince flocks, and 

 fometimes white thorns ; tho' trees upon 

 the laft mentioned flocks bear, yet their 

 fruit is always gritty at the core, therefore 

 they ought not to be made ufe of : quince 

 flocks in fome kinds of pears produce the 

 fame ill effe£l, but are the moft proper for 

 dwarfs and efpaliers^ but the budding or 

 grafting muft be performed clofe to the 

 ground. Suitable kinds may be propagated 

 upon them, by examining the catalogue of 

 pears and their qualities, and chufmg fuch 

 as are of tlie melting fort 5 for thofe of 

 the breaking fort are apt to become ftony, 

 efpecially in a dry fummer 3 therefore thefe 

 laft forts ought to be upon free flocks, 

 fuch as are raifed from the kernels of good 

 melting pears, gathered from trees that 

 are healthy, whofe branches are always 

 free from canker : on thefe flocks trees 



defigned 



