THE FETJIT. 



apple stock. The reason of this is, no doubt, that on the 

 quince and paradise the juices of the tree are better pre- 

 pared, richer, and better suited to the growth of the fruit. 

 In the common pear and apple stocks the sap is taken up 

 in greater quantities, is watery, and better adapted to form 

 wood than fruit. 



CLASSIFICATION- OF SIZE. 



, The terms qualifying the sizes of fruits are always given 

 comparatively, in regard to the two extremes, the largest 

 ' and the smallest of the species ; for instance — in apples, 

 we may consider the Gloria Mundi and Tioenty Ounce 

 as extremely large^ and the Lady apple as extremely small. 

 The terms used, therefore, are such as to represent the 

 various grades betv/een the tw^o extremes. These are 

 Very large^ as the Gloria Mundi Apple, JDuchesse d''An- 



goideme Pear, Orawford''s Eofrly Peach, Yellow Egg 



PluFi, and Najpoleon Bigarreau Cherry. 

 Large^ as the Baldwin Apple, Bartlett Pear, Bed CJieeh 



Melocoton Peach, WasMngton Plum, and Black Eagle 



Cherry. 



Medium^ as the Bambo Apple, White Doyenne Pear, 

 Imperial Gage Plum, and the American Amber 

 Cherry. 



^mall^ as the Early Strawberry Apple, Dearborn^s Seed- 

 ling Pear, Green Gage Plum, and Bauman's May 

 Cherry. 



Very Small^ as the Amire JoTiannet Pear, Lady Apple^ 

 Winter Damson Plum, and the Indulle {Early May) 

 Cherry. 



The distance between some of these grades, as be- 

 tween medium and large, &c., is so short that they are 

 frequently confounded ; still they give a notion of com- 

 parative size that answers all practical purposes. It 



