GATHERING APFLE SEED 



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mercially, because of a lack of an organized effort on the 

 part of any one to collect them for the trade. All through 

 New England and in many of the other States apples grow 

 wild in all sorts of places, Fig. 3. These often represent hardy, 

 vigorous trees which bear fruit having plump, well-developed 

 seed. There are also many of the commercial varieties 



FIG. 4. Skimming Off the Pomace. 



which yield good viable seed. Even the common run of 

 seed as taken from apple pomace can be used to good ad- 

 vantage if a little precaution is taken. 



Gathering Apple Seed. To collect apple seed for 

 nursery purposes it is necessary to get plump, well-developed 

 seed from strong, vigorous, growing trees. The fruit is 

 separated at harvesting time and the juice extracted for 



