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tween stock which does make a good union, both with 

 them and with Cjuince. Among varieties usually treated 

 this way, the following are perhaps best known: Bosc, 

 A\'inter Nelis, Sheldon, Washington, Marie Louise, Gan- 

 sel's Bergamot, Josephin de Alalines, Dix, Dunmore and 

 Paradise. These are 

 worked on one of the 

 varieties that do make 

 better unions on quince 

 than on pear ; for in- 

 stance, A n g o u 1 e m e, 

 Louise Bonne, A'icar, 

 Glout Morceau, Easter, 

 Diel, Amalis and Au- 

 tumn Long Green. Al- 

 ways in double working 

 dwarf pears both opera- 

 tions must be as near the 

 ground as possible, so 

 only an inch or two of 

 the first pear wood shall 

 be left when the double 

 w^ork is complete. Popu- 

 lar apple "go-betweens" 

 are Northern Spy. Tol- 

 man, Ben Davis and 

 Delicious. Among- plums fig. 164— trimming an ornamental 



TREE FOR FORM 

 perhaps jjjjj. ,^^5 ^^^ 1,^ ^^u ^^^^^ 35 or 30 feet tall. 



Lombard is 

 most in favor. 



257. Origin of pear stocks. — Pear seed is secured in 

 France from the perry (pear cider) presses. It is several 

 times as expensive as apple seed, because each seed must 

 ])e picked from the core by hand. Most pear stocks used 

 in America are grown in France. Our nurser3^men pre- 

 fer them because they are started in seed beds and trans- 

 planted while still small. This tends to make their roots 



