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cause the chances for unusually fine fruits from 

 a given number of seedlings are not great. 

 Very many seeds of apples, for example, may 

 be planted, hundreds, even thousands, of them, 

 and not one of the trees which grow from the 

 seeds may bear a fruit any better than the 

 apples which have gone before, while a very 

 large proportion of them are more than likely 

 to be inferior or worthless. Still, he holds that 

 the chances of producing one good new apple 

 are quite sufficient, considering the bearing of 

 such a new fruit upon the commerce of the 

 world, to well warrant one in carrying on the 

 experiments. He recommends for the amateur 

 all the hardier cherries, peaches, apples, pears 

 and plums to choose from for beginning, and 

 also all manner of berries. The seeds or pits 

 from the best fruit obtainable should be kept 

 very slightly moist through the winter for the 

 spring planting. The larger the number of 

 them, the greater the opportunities for in- 

 teresting results. The seeds should be planted 

 in a trench from a half-inch to an inch deep, 

 though no hard and fast rule may be set down 

 applicable to all. It will be necessary to bear 

 in mind the climate in which one lives in se- 



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