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the\ sprlxlfs will rtq)ro(l~~~~~ the variety ; and even in grafted or
I)~ltlclc~l tr’tybs this sol~~~tin~\s tx’(*11rs, Ijut it. is proI,abIy because the
trccl has I~oinc~ own-rootclcl from t Iicrooting of the cion. It is a cornman
notion that trees grown frox11 SI~&C~S sprout or sucker worse
tlxln those grown from steels.
La ;,-t; I’S ;I 13 ;lI.+) sometinltts c~~ploy~l for the propagation of the
pl11w. Strt)np slools arc’ grown, antI thcl long :knd strong shoots are
(‘o\xm’ii ill S;IWi~l, (p t lrrnugllr)llt tllrtir I~~rigth -the tips only being ex-
1~~4~1 ----;I ntl (x\-tbrJ* 1)1~1 LviII protluc’c~ II plant. Strong shoots of vigor-
011s sorts xvii1 givtl I>Iilllts large t~norlgh the first. fall to be removed
illto n11rstq* roW. ,1Iounc!-l:~~cring is also enlplo)ved with good re-
SllhS.
It001 -(ai&tirlgs;, 11;1nt!l~~(I liktb tllostb of I~lackl~erry, grow readily, but
SOIIIC’ gro\~~‘r,i ;il~I~I)o~t* tililt they protlllctl trr‘t’s which sucker badI,;-.
31;1n~- 1)1~1ns grow rt>;lrIiI>. from cuttings of t.he mature recent wood,
tIXbiktcd tile s111w it’; long grape cuttings. This is especially true of
thc~ 3I;~rianna (x!lir:h is a form of m~robalan, or a hybrid of it and
sonlt nati\-c plum of the 1YiIc-l Goose type), which is grown almost
exr~?Wi~*r~l~- from cuttings. Some kind.- of the common garden plum
(I’. c!u~r~i~,Yf~(Atl 1 ilIc;o grow from ciltfings.
I’lunls arr worketl in \*arious ways, but, ordinary shield-budding
is 1lSIli~ll~~ t~lllplO~~eCi in latr i summer or carI>r fall, as for peaches and
cherrit~~. Root-grafting I)>- the common whip method is sometimes
~~mplo~ctl, t~~~>c~~~i;lIl>* whthn own-rootctl trees are desired. In the
Xortll ;~nci kht, tlw common pl,um (P. dowcsticn) is worked on
stocks of tile same sprcios, and t,hese xre always to be preferred.
These stocks. if set~dlings, are likely to I:)e very variable in size and
hal)it, and sometimes half or more of any batch, even from selected
st4s;, are pr:1c+c;\Ilj- worthless. Stocks from inferior or constant
varictit3 arc2 tlx~ri~forc, t5cntit~I. Such stocks are largely imported ;
Ijut. sonata Yrrrictic 5 Ci\ll Iw relied on in this count.ry. One of the
best of thtbsp tlotn~lstit: stocks is the Horse plum, a small and purplefruitctl
\.itritlt>* of P~UU~US (/o!~~C~sfirn, which gives very uniform seedlings.
TIlLi is soni~tinl~s used in New York. It is simply a sponta-
WOII~ or wiltling plurrl, in thicket,s and along roadsides. The French
stocks in lrloit ctmnlon use are St. ,JuIien and Black Dama.s. The
myroMan ( I’. ~nsi:;~), however, is chiefly used for plums,
bt~use of its cIl~~aI~I~t*ss and t.he readiness with which all varieties
tab on it. In Iarg~ nurstlry centers it is the prevailing stock. In the
coltl~r rqion5, 1’. CIWP~‘~CW~~ stocks are used. The peach is often
used as a pli~in stocl C, and it is valuable in the South, especially for