ADVANTAGE OF PLANTING HOME GROWN STOCK. 



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But' a few more courageous ones began planting apple seeds, 

 and some success was had with a few of the Russian apples, es- 

 pecially after they had been grown for a few generations and had" 



What Minnesota grown trees will do in five years. 

 In orchard of J. A. McVeety, Howard I^ake. 



become acclimated. The seedlings also seemed to increase in hardi- 

 ness as the years went by, and they became more adapted to our 

 rigorous climate. 



The Minnesota nurserymen has kept busy selecting the hardy 

 and rejecting the tender varieties, so that while he has not such 

 a long list to oflfer his patrons as the eastern or southern nursery- 

 man he can certainly furnish stock adapted to the climate, so that 



