APPLE SERVICE, 
which have the finest fruits, as is pra6Tised 
with other fruit-trees. They may be grafted, 
or budded, on Pear Stocks; which agree better 
for these trees than any other except their own, 
Tiiey thrive not on the Hawthorn, or on the 
Medlar, nearly so well ; though the fruit ap- 
proaches nearer to those than any others, and 
is not fit for the table till in a state of decay. 
The leaves of this tree differ from those of the 
first, or Common Service, in having their 
lobes broader, and not so much sawed ; they 
are also far more downy on their under side ; 
and the young shoots of the tree are covered 
with a white down. The flowers are produced 
in larger and more diffused bunches, and are 
somewhat bigger : their stamina are also longer 
than those of the wild sort. 
There is a variety of the Common Service, 
with yellow variegated leaves ; which is pre- 
served by such as are curious in colleiSling the 
several sorts of striped leaves : it may be pro- 
pagated by layers, or by being budded on the 
plain sort, but becomes plain in a rich soiL 
Edwards, who first figured the Apple Ser- 
vice, says that it grows in clusters, or bunches, 
with 
