INDIANA HORTICULTURAT. SOCIETY. 



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is the one who compels success. And he also experiences that rare sat- 

 isfaction which attends the reflection: "I did my very best." 



DISCUSSION. 



President Stevens: I want to ask one question In selecting nursery 

 stock. A good many growers would rather have trees that were grafted 

 from bearing trees instead of from nursery stock. 



W. C. Reed: That is a question which is rather hard to decide. It 

 has not been experimented on, but it looks as though it would be reason- 

 able that if trees were grafted from trees that were old enough to be 

 prolific bearers, that the nursery stock would be inclined that way. Some 

 trees seem to be more prolific and bear better than others. This is caused 

 by soil, and certain other conditions, and certain varieties of trees. 



A member: Is there any preference in the locality from which nur- 

 sery stock is grown? Should one plant home-grown trees? 



W. C. Reed: I don't think it makes much difference where nursery 

 stock is gi-own. Don't think it makes much difference whether the trees 

 are grown close to home or not. 



A Member: In planting an orchard, set a board where you want the 

 tree to grow, so as to shield the body from the sun. 



W. C. Reed: I never tried that, or saw it tried on apples. We tried 

 leaning trees where we wanted them to gi'ow, leaning them to the north- 

 west. They were almost a total failure. Leaning trees is very unsatis- 

 factory. 



A Member: How would it do to plant the seeds where you want the 

 trees to grow in your orchard, and when old enough, top graft them? 



Mr. Cloi*e: There was quite a little discussion on that subject in 

 New York Horticultural Society recently. Two or three gave their ex- 

 perience in that line. They gave it up as a poor job. It took so much 

 more work to get the ground in proper condition. The seedlings were 

 small and hard to take care of. 



C. M. Hobbs: I know so little of the plan I would not recommend it 

 myself. 



W. C. Reed: I would prefer the nursery tree. There is no question 

 but that you can raise trees so much better where you plant nothing but 

 trees. You can not give them the same attention where you can if you 

 have a solid body of trees. 



H. H. Swaim: I have noticed— probably all of you have— the seed- 

 lings grafted after they have a little size, frequently outgrown the graft. 



