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384 THE NURSERY-MAN7JALdiffcult to obtaiifi in America that it is practically out of the market.Seildlings of the sand pear t>Tpe (Qrzrs srrofinn) have h&w stronglyrecommended for stocks, but they do not attain general favoramongst nurserymen.Pear seedlings should be taken up and removed from the seedbedthe first fall. The foreign st,ocks arc imported when a year oldfrom t,he seed. The seedlings are trimmed and sometimes ” dressed”(see page lZ), and are set into nursery rows the following spring.The nest season -- that is. the sc’ayon in which the sto& aretransplanted - shitld-budding is performed, as with the apple.The budding sea,son usually begins late in July or early in Augustin the il’orth. If t.hc storks arc small, of ” second size,” they ma:ystand over winter and be budded the second year. Pear trees a:‘esold at two a.ntl three >*rars from the bud. Pears dG not succex! welln-hen root-prilfted, except when a long cion is used, for the purposeof securing own-rooted trees (see page 140). Dormant buds of thepear may be iised on large stocks in early spring, the same as withthe apple, and buds may be kept on ice for use in early summer(WC page 13”).Pears are dwarfed by working on the quince. The Angers quinceis the best stock. The ordinary orange quince and its kin generallymake weak and short-lived trees. C$lince stocks are obtained fromordinaqr cllttings or from mound-layering, the latter method givingrn~~ch thrl l)tlttlbr stocks (see Quiuw). The layers should be removedtllc first autumn ; or, if they are not rooted then, they may be left ayear longer, vhen they will be found to be well rooted, and may thenbe taken off, trimmed up and fitted to plant as stocks the followingspring, and budded in August. Quince stocks are bought in Europe,whence they arrive in the fall. They are “ dressed ” and set innursery rows the following spring, and the buds are set the firstseason. It is imperative to set. the bud as low as possible to securetrees that C;III easily be set deep enough to cover the union (4 to 6inches ~wlow the surface i:s the common depth of planting dwarfpears). Some varieties do not unite well with the quince, and ifit is desired to dwarf them they should be double-worked (SW pageUS$. Some of the common and popular varieties that thrivedirectl>* on the quince (without double-working) are the follovGng :AngoulCme (Duchess), Anjou, Louise Bonne, Howell, WhiteDoyennc (TYrgalicu), Manning Elizabeth, Lawrence. J’arietiesthat usually thrive better when double-worked are Clairgeilu,Bartlett, Seckel, and others.