The Journal of Heredity 
TWO TYPES OF FRENCH CIDER APPLE TREES 
The tree at the left (Marechal) is a small, slow growing variety; the one at the right (Julien de 
Paulmier) is a large vigorous growing variety. Both of these trees are growing in the U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture’s orchard at Arlington, Va., and they are of the same age and on same stock, 
indicating that the same variation in size applies to other varieties than citrus. 
taken to grow stocks must be planted 
in isolated places so they will not be 
crossed with other varieties. 
(2) Good policy will doubtless dic- 
tate that all small seedlings be dis- 
carded when transplanting from the 
seed bed into the nursery. Doubtless 
nearly 50 percent of the seedlings 
should be discarded at this time. The 
writer believes that a severe culling of 
the seedlings may unhesitatingly be 
recommended. 
(3) In budding a nursery no inferior 
seedlings found in the nursery should 
be budded. Doubtless we will here- 
after carefully inspect the seedlings 
just before budding and cut out all in- 
(Fig. 4.) 
ferior ones to save the expense of bud- 
ding them. 
(4) When the budded trees reach 
the age for transplanting into the per- 
manent orchard only the good, vigor- 
ous, growing ones should be used. 
The writer assumes that hereafter 
only buds from trees of known good 
record and of standard type will be used 
in propagation. This is already rec- 
ognized as the only correct and safe 
policy. 
VARIATIONS IN APPLE STOCKS 
The evidence secured: with citrus 
varieties discussed above doubtless 
applies equally well to other fruits such 
