4 SEED FOR PROPAGATION 



nursery stock in any part of the country. It is therefore 

 desirable in this discussion to give only the more fundamenta 

 operations and leave to the judgment of the reader such 

 changes as are necessary to suit the work to his particular 

 locality. 



Seed. The first step in the work of propagation is 

 to secure good seed. Very few of our common fruits will 

 grow well from cuttings, hence some kind of a seedling 

 must be grown on which the standard varieties can be 

 budded or grafted. It is therefore necessary to get good 

 seed that will grow strong roots, or the resultant tree will 

 be weak and below standard. It is also necessary to grow 

 stock on which standard varieties can easily be united. 

 There is a wide difference in the various fruits as to the 

 strength of the union a graft will make, and also as to the 

 life and vigor of the resulting tree. Nursery men quite 

 generally agree upon the kinds of stock best suited for 

 the various kinds of fruit. The following list gives the 

 stocks used for the different fruits by the best nursery 

 companies in the United States: 



STOCKS FOR THE DIFFERENT TREE FRUITS 

 Common varieties. 



Apple (standard) , 



[ French crabapple. 



Apple (dwarf) Paradise. 



Apple (semi-dwarf) Doucine. 



n f , { Chinese or Japanese. 



Pear (standard) \-n-a i T/ 



[ Kieffer and French. 



Pear (dwarf) Quince. 



Quince Common. 



