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SEED FOE PROPAGATION 



and perhaps there are some similar orchards in other east- 

 ern states. 



" The imported seed is strong in vitality and grow good 

 seedlings, but the French seed is getting poorer than it 

 used to be from the fact that instead of using the old mills 

 that they used to, which did not injure the seed, they are 

 gradually adopting the cylinder grinders like our own 



FIG. 3. Good Seed-bearing Trees Growing by the Roadside. 



which crack the seed more or less and I do not think it 

 will be a great while until even the French seed will be as 

 inferior as the American apple seed is to-day. We figure 

 in order to get one bushel of good seed we must buy two 

 bushels. This was not the case years ago.' 7 



There are many varieties of apples in the United States 

 yielding seed that will answer every requirement of good 

 nursery stock. These have never been made use of com- 



