MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS SAPERDA 3 1 



by Mr Woodbridge Strong in the issue of the Country Gentleman 

 for Mar. 20, 1890. His plan consists in providing the quince 

 with a trunk which is practically borer-proof, and he accom- 

 plishes this by first taking stocks of English hawthorn and graft- 

 ing on them varieties of Crataegus crus-galli or 

 c o c c i n i a , which are worked on the hawthorn at the surface 

 of the ground, and a year later hawthorn is worked back onto 

 the native stock about a foot above and then quince on that a 

 few inches higher. This compound tree is then set so that the 

 hawthorn stock is below the surface of the ground and the 

 Crataegus occupies the first foot. Mr Strong states that such 

 trees make very satisfactory growth and fruit readily, and that, 

 while the work of preparing them is difficult and involves con- 

 siderable labor, the results amply justify the expense. 



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