Therefore they may be considered worthy of
attention by the purchasers of small places. Those who are
disposed to make pets of their trees and to indulge in
horticultural experiments may derive much pleasure from these
dwarfs, for they can be developed into symmetrical pyramids or
graceful, fruitful shrubs within the limits of a garden border.
When the seeds of ordinary apples and pears are sown they produce
seedlings, or free stocks, and upon these are budded or grafted
the fine varieties which compose our orchards. They are known as
standard trees; they come into bearing more slowly, and eventually
attain the normal size familiar to us all. Standard cherries are
worked on seedlings of the Mazzard, which Barry describes as a
"lofty, rapid-growing, pyramidal-headed tree." I should advise the
reader to indulge in the dwarfs very charily, and chiefly as a
source of fairly profitable amusement. It is to the standards that
he will look for shade, beauty, and abundance of fruit.
Since we have been dwelling on the apple, pear, and cherry, there
are certain advantages of continuing the subject in the same
connection, giving the principles of cultivation and care until
the trees reach maturity. During the first summer an occasional
watering may be required in long periods of drought.
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