. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. PEA 443 PEA Fig. 121.—(P. 439.). ter of the stock, which does not increase proportionally to, nor ever attains the same size as the stem of the pear. Du- breuil, a French gardener, recommends the quince stock for clayey and light soils, and the free stock for chalky and siliceous soils.—Enc. Gard. The suggestion of Mr. D. Mont- gomery, gardener to the duke of Mont- rose, is also worthy of adoption, viz., that by grafting the alternate branches of late pear-trees with early sorts, and early trees with late sorts, there are two chances of success, t
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. PEA 443 PEA Fig. 121.—(P. 439.). ter of the stock, which does not increase proportionally to, nor ever attains the same size as the stem of the pear. Du- breuil, a French gardener, recommends the quince stock for clayey and light soils, and the free stock for chalky and siliceous soils.—Enc. Gard. The suggestion of Mr. D. Mont- gomery, gardener to the duke of Mont- rose, is also worthy of adoption, viz., that by grafting the alternate branches of late pear-trees with early sorts, and early trees with late sorts, there are two chances of success, the early sort being very early in blossom; if that fails in consequence of unfavourable weather, the late sort, flowering at another time, may succeed. Farther, the early sort ripens off before much effort is required from the tree to support the late sort; hence, each sort in its season is brought to greater maturity.—Hort. Trans. Soil.—A dry loam, when the pear is grafted upon a pear stock ; but moister, if grafted upon the quince, is suitable. Two feet depth of soil is required, and tiles should be placed beneath the young trees to prevent their/rooting deeper. If this be attended to, and the soil be thoroughly underdrained, the subsoil is not of much consequence. A gravelly subsoil is to be preferred. Pruning Standards is not often re- quired, and when necessary it is only to remove crowded, diseased, and cross- growing branches. This may be done at any season, unless the branch to be removed is large, in which case it had better be amputated early in the spring, before the sap is in motion. Their. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnson, George William, 1802-1886; Landreth, David. Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard
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