FEBRUARY 15; 1919] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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Gardeners Chronicle 
1627.—SATU RDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1919. 
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ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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SELECTION AND PROPAGATION 
OF PARADISE STOCKS. 
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ocks, 
the 
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ns эш йы moment . in many 
ing. the: > years, of war, the frui tree 
hi certain; and paye 
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оско, hav 
The signing of xm аав ‘the ta uc 
ensive land se he 
& general sF for 8. 
t East Malling че кын 
3 "ws : т oting that wi without “farther ex- 
Et со 
very w б йыш ded Bag nounced 
lifting. ma any: hundreds o of а 
ех settlement, high prices 
ж English Apples, the коке: о е 
emoval of restrictions, have all te ed. to 
m in the fruit- ie world and l 
of 
| We have already started the ‘ 
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of the various types, it is possible to say 
that there is a remarkable uniformity of 
root system in each group 
Moreover, characters portrayed in 
the 
the roots have b 
ance of wood growth, so that 
to some extent safe to predict what are 
likely to be desirable or undesirable root 
systems for special purposes 
The Ба conclusion at which these 
experiments are aimi to test thes 
seri ot istis wor ked т strong, 
weak-growing v ieties, and 
in heavy, medium, and 
are now ac- 
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of some years 
1s i 
and t of very rapidly improving the 
ee des of trees both from the 
grower nd the nurseryman’s 
view. "Therefore, those laying dow 
stoo l beds, who, have Залаа. in future o 
К of the stock they 
ook 
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types to PoR ea as aly as possible. 
Growers also want to know ee t variety 
of stock to ask for w irked + 
PRACTICAL RESULTS ALREADY OBTAINED. 
In October, 1918, a representative Con- 
ference of Nurserymen, under the anepi 
of the Horticultu ural Trades’ Assoc 
met at the Fruit Experiment: женеп, East 
alling, and discussed these matters at 
some length. 
Th erence marked a distinct step 
e Confer 
oo in ideas about Ко tree produc- 
urserymen were only too ready 
үл Acknowledge t ede diversi ity ced con Зыр 
sio t the often in 
and y were peal Breed s as to the 
desirability “of having uniform ония within 
a specified t irst, it was decided 
that the classification made a i 
Station should be accepted as the 
апа that a A a HOM namin 
should ted ted as fol 
Type у, Soe a "English Para- 
туре 2. —Doucin (commonly ‘‘ English 
Paradise "* 
Type 5.—Impr oved p "rcr. 
Type 6.—Nonsuch Par 
Tu 8. —French Paradi 
—Jaune de Met radis 
Ti о pies “the aice of which 
appears as yet to be uncertain, were still 
to be known by their numerals. eT 
appears rather a desirable. stock xà this 
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ond place, nu ni ge imme- 
“their stock-beds “ rogued E and ж 
y pe- 
resent time the Fruit Experi- 
ment Station has supplied. some 26 nur- 
ymen wi o 
roguing ' 
ae Ана 
grower ook 
‘ir bush Apples upon 
stocks of definite 
ise to nsi this real 
of existing stock-beds. 
short t 
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ra А. rer, Im to > pav 
slightly above nor y prices for guaranteed 
rees, 
RELATIVE MERITS OF VARIOUS STOCKS. 
The „only moot question at the prese 
earches is which stock is 
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dise, has the name 
ne was willing 
investigations lon 
as far less commonly d than is -sup- 
posed, though the s frequentl 
used for other varietie From general 
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observations, it appears a desirable stock 
for several reasons. 
It. is 
een Д raiped from layers 
` the t vigorous, and should 
hia ЛАЙ for: permanent: bush: trees. 
and possibly even for half-sta Mats trees: 
It is an ‘easily recognised в ock: Et 
seryman’s a fruit-grower’s 
stock. f 
Туре 2, the Doucin,. commonly known 
lish Me is a far the 
oth in this coun- 
Broutle aval d it'matures, it 
appears. to develop. “Tittle anaes fibre 
f its coarse lateral. roots. In, all 
probability dt. prod "bush. tree. of 
ioderate size. - Опе would suppose it to be 
lightly more dwarfing than the Broad- 
leaved. .By some t er writers it 
is.commended as a.stock for heavy soils 
n Pafadis a Standardi 
me-raising should counteract this disa d- 
the improved екг would 
о мат а stock 
es, espaliers, mo her forms of trained 
ea used in garde 
metho? of identifying the varions stocks is fully 
достат in the S oh event report in the R.H.S. 
Journal already referri 
