SECURING SEED 5 



Almond Bitter almond, peach or plum. 



Apricot Common apricot or peach. 



Cherry (sweet) Black Mazzard. 



Cherry (sour). . 1 . .> . . . Mahaleb. 



Peach Wild from Ken. and Tenn. 



Plum (Eastern States) Myrobalan. 



Plum (Western States) Myrobalan and Mariana. 



Walnut Black walnut. 



Pecan Own roots. 



Chestnut Native American. 



Olive Own roots. 



Citrus fruits Sour orange and pomelo. 



Fig Grown from cuttings. 



Mulberry Grown from cuttings. 



Date palm Suckers or off-shoots. 



Banana Suckers or off-shoots. 



The above list comprises the most important fruits and 

 the stocks mentioned are quite generally used through- 

 out the United States. In certain localities other stock may 

 be substituted but only to meet specific or unusual condi- 

 tions. 



Securing Seed. The securing of good strong virile 

 seed is not always easy. Some are collected in various 

 parts of the country, others are grown by the nursery 

 companies for their own use, while still others are imported 

 from Europe. The business of seed collecting has never 

 been given much consideration in the United States; hence 

 many of our most important fruit seed have to be imported. 

 It is unfortunate that more attention has not been given 



