20 beginners' guide to fruit growing 



a considerable import business, will usually be able 

 to supply them. 



Pear stocks are grown very much like apples. In 

 the case of pears, however* the supply is almost 

 wholly foreign, and a very large majority of the 

 pear stocks used come from France. They are 

 handled in the nursery almost precisely like apple 

 stocks and are budded or root-grafted in the same 

 way. In recent years, a small supply of pear stocks 

 has been secured from our southern states by the 

 propagation of the Chinese hybrid varieties, such as 

 Kieffer and Garber, which will grow from cuttings 

 in a favorable soil and climate. 



Dwarf pears are propagated on quince roots, 

 always by budding. 



Quinces are budded on quince roots. These 

 stocks practically all come from Angers, France. 

 They can, of course, be grown from seed, in the 

 same manner as apple stocks. 



Peaches are nearly always budded on peach seed- 

 lings. The seed may be secured either from can- 

 ning factories or from the professional collectors 

 of "wild peach" seed. These wild or native peaches 

 are found growing rather freely through the moun- 

 tains of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Geor- 

 gia, and are thought to produce a very superior 

 grade of seedlings for budding. The peach seeds 

 are secured in the fall and should be buried in a 

 clean, well-drained soil for the winter. If they 

 freeze and thaw a few times during the winter it is 

 a distinct advantage, especially in breaking open 

 the shells. As soon as the garden soil is dry in the 

 spring, the seeds are sown in rows ^yi to 4 feet 

 apart and 6 inches apart in the row. They should 

 make a growth of 2 to 4 feet by the middle of 



