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it only a guide, and not an infallible 

 one. It will not enable you to distin- 

 guish between a Ben Davis, Black Ben 

 and a tiano. Neither will the notches 

 alone enable one to tell a Stayman 

 Winesap from a Mammoth Black Twig 

 or an Arkansas Black, but the white un- 

 derside of the Stayman leaf distin- 

 guishes it from the others, and the leaf 

 of the Arkansas Black is thinner than 

 either of the three. 



In api)lying this test, use large, vig- 

 orous leaves from the bearing trees, as 

 they furnish a better comparison with 

 the large leaves of the young trees. 

 Don't ignore other excellent tests, 

 rather let this supplement them. The 

 grower who does this should be able to 

 determine the first season whether his 

 trees are true to name. If there are 

 any strays, they can be budded at small 

 cost and one doesn't lose three or four 

 years' growth of the tree. 



I suggest that nurserymen co-operate 

 with orchard men in the use of this 

 guide. In their catalogs, along with 

 description of the tree and fruit, let 

 them picture a leaf typical of the vari- 

 ety, together with any other guide that 

 will enable the orchardist to know, be- 

 fore bearing age, that his trees are true 

 to name. If he will apply this test to 

 his trees in the nursery row, he can 

 eliminate all the strays and be doubly 

 sure he is selling the grower what he 

 calls for. I believe that with a leaf 

 typical of the variety in hand, anyone 

 at all familiar with varieties could in- 

 spect fifty thousand trees per day 

 unless they were a hodge-podge of 

 everything in the catalog. If the nur- 

 seryman will so co-operate, it will be a 

 great help; but ultimately it is up to 

 each orchardist whether he goes on 

 catching bumblebees. 



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