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of varieties, the matter of varietal adaptation becames one of 

 fundamental importance in commercial fruit culture. 



3. The influence of even local conditions is sometimes very 

 marked. Because of this, the most critical discrimination in 

 selecting varieties for planting is often necessary or at least 

 contributes largely to success. 



4. Every fruit grower who is a real student of his business 

 will take advantage of any local adaptations which he can find 

 and on the basis of them he will specialize with the variety or 

 varieties that he finds are best suited to his conditons. 



5. The growing of varieties that are not fully adapted to 

 the conditions under which they are produced results in the 

 grower being less able to successfully meet competition than is 

 the case if he is growing varieties of potential value that reach 

 the highest possible degree of perfection under his conditions. 



6. The planting of varieties of poor dessert quality is to be 

 dscouraged by every legitimate means because of the depressing 

 influence of such varieties with reference to the consumption of 

 fruit. 



7. As a rule, it is better to plant for commercial purposes 

 a few thoroughly tried and tested sorts knowm to be adapted 

 to the conditions under which they are to be grown, rather than 

 to take chances with doubtful varieties even though such varie- 

 ties may be known to be of recognized value under some other 

 conditions. 



8. The planting of new and untried varieties for the purpose 

 of determining their value under our own conditions is to be 

 highly recommended if one is situated so that he can devote 

 the necessary attention to such work, but it should be carried 

 on apart from a commercial orchard. That is to say, a variety 

 orchard cannot in the nature of things, be satisfactory as a com- 

 mercial enterprise. 



9. It does not follow that the varieties now shown by ex- 

 perience to be the best obtainable for any particular region 

 necessarily measure the limit of perfection in varieties for the 

 region. 



TO. The possibility of developing varieties that will be mate- 

 rial improvements over present sorts is probably very great. 

 Such development is possible by the application of well known 

 plant breeding methods. 



