LUTHER BURBANK 
In raising apple seedlings to obtain improved 
varieties it is best to select seed from some one 
standard apple that already possesses most of the © 
good qualities sought in the improvement, because 
comparative tests are more easily made from one 
variety than from mixed seed. There is much 
variation among different varieties as to keeping 
qualities of the seed and characteristics of the 
seedlings. Seedlings of the Baldwin, for example, 
are peculiarly subject to mildew; seedlings of the 
Newtown are usually rather slow and slender 
growers. 
As a general rule it may be said that the seeds 
of winter apples have a greater tendency to pro- 
duce winter apples than summer apples, whereas 
summer apples are almost as likely to produce 
winter varieties as to reproduce their own quali- 
ties as to time of bearing. 
Sweet apples are quite often produced from 
the seeds of sour ones and vice versa. 
The Yellow Bellflower produces a large pro- 
portion of seedlings good in most respects, and 
this is true also of the Newtown Pippin, Hubbards- 
ton, the Rhode Island Greening, Roxbury Russet, 
Haas Queen, William’s Favorite, Swaar, Rambo, 
Fameuse, Lyscom, Alexander, Palmer, and Wag- 
ener. Especially fine seedlings have been obtained 
from the Garden Royal, Fameuse, Golden Russet, 
