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CERTAIN ELEMENTS IN NURSERY PRACTICB 183cxwt I’twltS : the character of the stocks must be one factorin the program (page NO). IIere optms an important prospectill IlI11’sC1’)’plXCti(Y:.The reit(ler will find the customary stocks mentioned underthe cliflwcnt entries in Part II (Nursery-List), but it may be~11 to bring together a brief statement at this place.Tht: almond is ~vork~d on seedlings of almond, peach, myrobalanand I’r~mu,sIkwidiana.plum,The apple is grown on seedling stock of the same species, Pyrats M&s.Jt is dwarfed 13~ working any variety on the Paradise or Doucin, whichaw cltvarf forms of the apple, grown from mound-layers. The seedlingstoc*k is gro\vn esttwivt4y in Kaiv,as at present. and is also imported fromI:rnnw.Apri(*ot is grown on seedlings of apricot, peach, and several kinds ofp1um.(_‘hwric~s are grown on mazzard storks, which is a half-wild form of thrs\vwt c*lierry, Z’runlls flttilrm, and on mahalcb, which is a distinct speries( 1’ r1il1l~s ,Ilrt/rtr~c~h) tllat clots not procluw cdiblc fruit. Sweet vherriesare suppos~~1 to cl0 \wst on mazzard and sour cherries on mahaleb, buttllchy art’ lil;thl>* to JK* \\.orkt4 rather intlisc~rixninatel~.(‘lwst n11ts, \~~llc~thc~l ;Irwriwn, Eurqwan or *Jal)an~‘st~, are mostly\vorktA(l 011 rwti\x~ A~llcTi~~ilrl stocks. ‘1’1wee sptwiw of’ ( 'X4tilIl~i~ are involvc~dhtw.Grapes iilp grown from vllttings. Tn regions where phylloxera rendersthe groning of tlw wine grape (I-i/ix ~~IL.$Hw) impossible on its own wets,the varictiw are grafted on American stocks, chiefly on I’. ~dpina (riparia).Orange is \\.orktn(l 011 sour orange stock, rough lemon, grapefruit andt rifoliat a, all rtqwwntil~g different, spcries and the t rifoliata now considercdto Jw of il ciistilwt genus (Poncirus).Yeavh is 111~hltvl on seedling pea& stocks, the seeds being obtainedmostly from run-wild trtw in the southern states.Peilr is gro\vn WI stwfling stocks of the same species (I’yrus cornmu&)importecl fro111 Fraliw ; also to some extent on American-grown seedlingsof Kieffer, and OII Am&ran-grown and imported stork of the orientalsand pears (P~~TIIS,9f~rofinu, I-‘. ~o*vidta and perhaps others). The pear is _clwtrfecl lqr l)llcltling it on Angers qIlince, which is mostly mound-layered.14twn is grown t,~r stwlling pecan, and sometimes top-worked on establisht4native trew.