. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. STOCK AND CIOX HANDLING 197 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- w
. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. STOCK AND CIOX HANDLING 197 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. 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 Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville), 1868-1946. New York : Orange Judd Company
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