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be proved, as a rule, that fruits of high quality are usual- 

 ly more refined and delicate in their wood than those of 

 coarser and harsher taste ; that the common seedling is usu- 

 ally hardier in its stock than the highly cultivated " graft ;" 

 and, therefore, that the common seedling reared up to a 

 size fit for transplanting into the orchard, and then grafted 

 branch high, or at the point where its limbs diverge into 

 the branching top, is better as stock than those which are 

 root-grafted. 



WESTFIELD SEEK-NO-FTJBTHER. 



Synonyms. Seek-no-further, Red Winter Pearmain, Connecticut Seek-no-fur- 

 ther. Fruit. Size, medium ; form, regular roundish conical, broad at base ; color, 

 generally a light yellow ground, with the snnny sides striped and splashed with 

 red ; small russet dots, surrounded with shades of a light russet-yellow ; there is 

 often considerable russet around both stem and calyx ; stem, long and slender ; 

 cavity, open, regular ; calyx, usually small, and generally closed, or nearly so ; it 

 is, however, sometimes partially open, and always with short segments ; basin, 

 regular in form, and of moderate depth ; flesh, yellowish, tender, sub-acid, with a 

 pleasant Pearmain aroma ; core, medium ; seeds, ovate. Season, November to 

 March. 



