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and money by chasing after trees of this nature; in other 

 words, I am gratifying a dream, but I have faith and am go- 

 ing to pursue my vision. 



Now, I am going to leave this, because two or three have 

 asked me more or less about the business of planting trees, 

 and what is probably of equal importance, the care of the 

 tree after you have it. Some prefer a one year old, some 

 prefer a two ; some prefer a big tree, and some would pre- 

 fer this 5-8 inch tree. Nearly all trees are sold by height, 

 measured from the point of insertion of the bud to the tip, 

 and their caliper taken at two inches above the bud. That 

 i9 the diameter and they are sold as 11-16 inch, 5-8 inch and 

 1-2 inch or whatever they happen to be and their height. 

 If you want to know how to order intelligently, you can buy 

 that way. You get an idea then of the size of the tree. 

 Also, it is well to know their age. A great many men write 

 me that they want buds. Here are two trees (indicating). 

 Which would you take ? So far as the roots are concerned, 

 the roots are of equal age. The only difference is that this 

 one is a root graft, and this one is a bud. In the case of the 

 budded tree the seedling was planted in April or May and 

 in August or September a bud was put in the stem. Th-3 

 following spring the top was cut off and the bud grew and 

 made the trunk and eventually the tree. In this case a root 

 was taken and a graft or small piece of wood of the desired 

 variety was put in it. It was planted in Ma,y, just the sam^ 

 as the seedling and grew into this tree. Which do you want, 

 how do you know which you want? (Laughter). Don't 

 3'ou think there is a lack of knowledge as to what you Avant? 

 Some men want the bud, some want the graft. We try to 

 give them just what they want, then they are satisfied? 

 They may be, and they may not be, but in many varieties 

 we can grow a bigger tree in the time from a graft than we 

 can from a bud. Why? I think that explains a fundamen- 

 tal principle in causing an orchard to come into early bear- 

 ing. In the ease of the graft we planted the little tree and 

 it grew and was never touched ; it was left alone. In the 



