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to determine whether the custom of nurserymen, to propagate from nur- 

 sery stock, mitigates against the bearing qualities of the tree. Another, 

 to determine whether trees propagated from water sprouts are inferior 

 to those propagated from bearing wood of same tree. 



On this line' we insert a clipping from the pen of R. M. Kellogg, of 

 Michigan. 



Propagating from Bearing Trees. 



"To the Farmers' Review: The editor of the Review desires reasons 

 why nurserymen should propagate only from bearing trees of known 

 fruiting ability. A careful study of a bud will show that the objection to 



Apple— 9>^ inches in circumference. Variety— Yellow, Transparent. Grown on wild crab tree. 

 No Transparent leaves. Apple, Yellow Transparent in every respect. 



propagating through a long series of years from young and untested buds 

 from nursery rows is well founded. A bud contains the life germ and a 

 perfect embryo tree possessing the same vascular system of the tree or 

 plant upon which it grows, and before modern investigation proved the 



