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(graft) descendants of these "superior" trees? In other words, 

 can we say that bud variation has given us improved strains but 

 will now cease to exert any influence and permit us to propagate 

 from these improved types with perfect assurance that "like pro- 

 duces like"? 



For further advice as to varieties one may turn to the publica- 

 tions of the agricultural colleges and experiment stations. De- 

 pendable Fruits, 313, and Apple Varieties, 290, of the Ohio Experi- 

 ment Station, give much of value for Ohio planters. Besides bulle- 

 tins there are nursery catalogues, reports of horticultural societies, 

 and discussions in the agricultural press. 



Nursery. Always buy trees or plants direct from the nursery, 

 never from an agent, unless the agent is personally known to you 

 and is one in whose judgment and integrity you have enough con- 

 fidence to make him your agent. 



There is a little advantage in attempting to get trees true to 

 name in buying from from the small nursery over the large one 

 when the proprietor of 

 the small nursery gives 

 his personal attention to 

 the work of propagation. 

 This is only true when 

 the small nurseryman 

 grows his own stock. 

 Every time a nursery 

 tree changes hands it 

 increases the possibility 

 of error and decreases 

 the responsibility of the 

 dealer who finally sells it 

 to the planter. 



In studying nursery 

 c a t a lo g s discriminate 

 against those making ex- 

 travagant claims or list- 

 ing marvelous new "bug- 

 less" and "blight-proof" 

 varieties. The list of 

 truly desirable varieties 

 does not change much 

 from year to year or 



Crown gall on roots of young tree 



