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at the establishment of MM. Jamin and Durand, at Bourg- 

 la-Keine, they prefer the Jaminette. The same mixed method 

 is used to obtain tall standard pears on quince. The vigorous 

 kinds, such as Beurre d'Amanlis, B. Hardy, Conseiller de la 

 cour, Madame Favre, &c, form stems directly, and serve as 

 intermediary tall standard stocks for the other kinds. 



M. Carriere, head nurseryman at the Museum, Paris, has 

 shown us, grafted close to the ground on quince stocks, some 

 fine specimens of those kinds of pears which generally do 

 not take well on the quince. He had, without using an 

 intermediary, employed cleft-grafting instead of budding in 

 their case. The hawthorn is seldom used as a stock except in 

 soils which do not suit the pear on its own roots or the 

 quince, and only robust kinds are propagated on it. We have 

 thought of grafting the quince on the hawthorn, in order to 

 graft it afterwards with a pear scion, and so be enabled to 

 obtain pears on quince in arid soils. 



The Apple. 



Stock. — Apple on its own roots (from seed) ; Doucin and 

 Paradise (from hillock-layers). Mode of Grafting. — Shield- 

 budding (in August) ; crown -grafting (in April and May); 

 cleft -grafting ; the English method ; inlaying (in March and 

 April) ; close to the ground or as standards (on the Apple on its 

 own roots) ; close to the ground only (on the Doucin and 

 Paradise stocks). 



Remarks. — The late and tedious vegetation of the apple-tree 

 indicates that the time of grafting should be late in the season 

 rather than early. The apple, when intended for the larger 

 forms, should be grafted on the apple on its own roots. For 

 tall standards it may be grafted either close to the ground or 

 otherwise. A hardy and promising stock might be worked 

 at some height ; a stunted one should be worked close to the 



