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the work can best be done and how it may be done to 

 the best advantage. The problems involved are so com- 

 plex that private interests can not well handle them. 



Briefly then, the chief problems connected with 

 the production of commercial stocks of apple, pear, 

 plum, cherry, and rose are to find regions and soils 

 in this country where such shocks may be commercially 

 grown and to demonstrate on a commercial scale that 

 such stocks are equal to - or better than - those grown 

 abroad. We use the word "commercial" here in the sense 

 that the procedure throughout should be such that the 

 results secured may be satisfactorily applied by the 

 trade. Such work as is proposed will need the help 

 and cooperation of the trade. Nurserymen have not 

 been idle in the past in this field. As recently 

 pointed out by Mr. Wm. Pitkin and others, nurserymen 

 have tried for years to develop the business of pro- 

 ducing fruit tree seedlings but, with the exception 

 of the apple, no material progress has been made. It 

 has been further pointed out tha't many nurserymen 

 prefer to import French apple seedlings and pay more 

 for them, believing that thereby they would secure 

 better blocks of better trees. 



Correlated with the problem of commercial stock 

 production, is that of securing seeds for stocks. 

 There are no contemplated restrictions, so far as we 

 are aware, on the importation of fruit seeds. The re- 

 strictions brought about by war conditions, and the 

 general situation with respect to seed for stocks, 

 show the need for developing our own home supplies. 

 This is a long time proposition, as there are few rec- 

 onized sources of supply here, such as exist in Europe. 



DEFINITIONS OF THE PLANTS AND PLANT MATERIALS 

 ADMITTED UNDER RESTRICTIONS. 



1. Lily bulbs. - Herbaceous perennials with scaly 

 bulbs, belonging to the genus Lilium, and consisting 

 of numerous species and varieties. 



2. Lily of the valley. - Horizontal rootstocks-, "pips", 

 and clumps (without soil), of Convallana majalis. 



3. Narcissus. Hardy bulbs of three species, Nar- 

 cissus Pseudo-narcissus (the common daffodil), N. bulboeodium 

 (hoop-petticoat daffodil), and N. tazetta (polyanthus 

 narcissus), represented by numerous varieties. 



