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little more definitely, then a man could get what he asked for. 

 I never have seen a nurseryman's catalogue in which they 

 distinctly priced the different stock they grow. Personally, 

 I have no hesitation in planting crooked trees. Take a variety 

 that naturally grows crooked, but they will straighten up, and 

 you will be surprised to see how the crook disappears as they 

 get older. Better nursery stock in one line means better 

 varieties. We are having that thrown at us by every speaker 

 that has spoken here before us, and there is no doubt about 

 that; let us plant the varieties that this state ought to grow. 

 We certainly can grow some of these varieties of better qual- 

 ities, and it is a great deal better than handling these cheaper 

 growing trees, with which we must compete all over the land. 

 They cannot -grow them out west, but we can, and, especially 

 with our local markets, you can find a market for these finer 

 kinds at almost your own prices. Take some of those 

 Mcintosh apples, for instance. One gentleman told me last 

 fall he sold all he had at five dollars a barrel. Those are not 

 supposed to keep as well, but the Mcintosh and some of those 

 higher grade kinds can be grown perfectly well, and it is only 

 a C[uestion of planting and growing the tree. The main 

 thing, on the whole, is to get healthy, strong trees; get them 

 where you can buy the best, and then give them the proper 

 care afterwards, and that is about the whole of it. 



The "Pedigree Idea" in Nursery Stock, 



By Edwin Hoyt, Neii' Canaan. 



So much is being said and written about "Thoroughbred" 

 or "Pedigree" nursery stock I deemed it advisable to try to 

 show you the fallacy of the term thoroughbred as applied to 

 nursery trees. 



The term thoroughbred, as applied to cattle, horses or other 

 animals, is well understood by all intelligent farmers, and if 

 it was not for the fact that such stock is more expensive to 

 buy than the common bred animals all who wished to buy stock 

 would purchase onl}- the thoroughbreds. 



