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or that manifest great adaptation to the locality, 

 As a rule the neighbor will gladly give scions 

 which, grafted upon the trees of the Home Acre, 

 will soon begin to yield the coveted variety. This 

 opportunity to grow different kinds of fruit on one 

 tree imparts a new and delightful interest to the 

 orchard. The proprietor can always be on the 

 lookout for something new and fine, and the few 

 moments required in grafting or budding make 

 it his. The operation is so simple and easy that 

 he can learn to perform it himself, and there are 

 always plenty of adepts in the rural vicinage to 

 give him his initial lesson. While he will keep the 

 standard kinds for his main supply, he can gratify 

 his taste and eye with some pretty innovations. 

 I know of an apple-tree which bears over a hun- 

 dred varieties. A branch, for instance, is produ- 

 cing Yellow Bell-flowers. At a certain point in its 

 growth where it has the diameter of a man's thumb 

 it may be grafted with the Red Baldwin. When 

 the scion has grown for two or three years, its 

 leading shoots can be grafted with the Roxbury 

 Russet, and eventually the terminal bough of this 

 growth with the Early Harvest. Thus may be pre- 

 sented the interesting spectacle of one limb of a 

 tree yielding four very distinct kinds of apples. 



In the limited area of an acre there is usually not 

 very much range in soil and locality. The owner 



