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went to see the black haw that was growing on an apple tree. There 

 happened to be a scrubby, seedling pear growing there, and it was a pear 

 instead of a black haw, and it was not an apple at all. I knew it could 

 not be possible, and 1 think if you will sift this matter down it will be 

 just the same way. 



Mr. Teas: In Mr. Burton's case the Grimes Golden produced a sweet 

 fruit, and in that particular case I believe the root had as much to do 

 with the fruit as any other part of the tree. 



President Stevens: It seems that your experiments, Mr. Burton, arie 

 not yet complete. 



Mr. Burton: No, but facts point our way. I think they are complete 

 as far as the influence of the root is concerned. As I said before, the 

 wagon brings bad wheat to the mai'ket and the miller makes bad flour, 

 but that is no fault of the wagon's. We have not given this question 

 close enough study. I do not believe the Creator made things in this way. 



Mr. Ratliff: I would like to know, Mr. Burton, if grafting any variety 

 on a seedling stock would be just as well as grafting on a more hardy 

 variety whose ripening season corresponds with that of the scion? 

 Wouldn't it be better to gi-aft into the lai'ger, stronger varieties with this 

 point in view? It has been advocated by some that varieties that mature 

 near the same time should be grafted together. Summer varieties should 

 be grafted to stocks that mature during the summer, and autumn varieties 

 to those that mature in the autumn, etc. I should like to know if you 

 have conducted any experiments along this direction, and, if so, what 

 has been the result. 



Mr. Burton: Now, we grafted Yellow Transparent on Wild Crab in 

 the proper season, and they have developed very fine Yellow Transparents. 

 Prof. Troop will bear evidence to this. If Mr. Ratcliff's questions were 

 to be answered in the affirmative we would have to do things quite dif- 

 ferently from wliat we do now. If this were true we would have queer 

 orchards. 



Mr. Lafuse: I think the variation of varieties from seed comes from 

 the pollenization at the time of blooming. When you plant a seed you 

 have influences at work which were never there before. 



Mr. Burton: I can not say, l)ut I do think it has an influence. When 

 you cross pollenize apples I can not see that they are larger or smaller. 

 Take a Winesap. for instance. That is aa apple that varies the least in 

 appearance of any of them. This must be poUenizod by something else, 

 because it is generally conceded that it has no pollen. I have hunted 

 for hours and hours to find some, but I have never succeeded as yet. 



