120 DWARF FRUIT TREES 



comprehensive American monograph on dwarf apples, 

 concluded his essay rather pessimistically in these 

 words: "From all the evidence which I have been 

 able to collect, therefore, I cannot advise the planting 

 of dwarf apple trees for commercial rewards, but it 

 seems to me, nevertheless, that they are worth exper- 

 imenting with for this purpose." Mr. Lodeman re- 

 corded and endorsed the common opinion "that apples 

 grown on dwarf trees are handsomer and of better 

 quality than those grown upon standards" ; but he 

 did not seem to consider that fact of much importance. 



Those who are acquainted at the Lazy Club in Cor- 

 nell University, and especially those who know Baili- 

 wick, have heard of Professor L. H. Bailey's dwarf 

 apples. (Fig. 44.) These were planted six or eight 

 years ago, and most of them are now in bearing. There 

 are a good many different varieties, nearly all French. 

 My understanding of the scheme is that it was as 

 much as half intended to be a commercial venture; 

 but up to the present time little else but confusion and 

 fun have been gathered with the fruit from those dwarf 

 apple trees. When last I asked the proprietor for 

 his experience with dwarf apples he said that he was 

 having a lot of experience, only he didn't know what 

 it was. 



Dwarf pears have been planted frequently, especially 

 in Western New York and Michigan. I asked Pro- 

 fessor S. A. Beach for his observations of them, to 

 which he replied: "With regard to dwarf pears I will 

 say that the variety which is most generally grown in 

 commercial orchards is Bartlett. Almost without ex- 

 ception this is grown as a standard. Other important 



