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under the new name of Hunt's Russet, with the remark that 

 for the purposes of "exportation, beauty of form and coloring, 

 it excels any other apple in New England, and stands at the 

 head of them all ''(!') It is a very fine apple, as our descrip- 

 tion will show, bnt it does not excel all others. In some 

 collections it is known as the American Golden Russet. 



Root-Grafted Apple Trees. — We are glad to notice that 

 our Western cultivators are beginning to appreciate the dif- 

 ference between a root-grafted and a budded or stock- 

 grafted tree. At the late Northwestern Fruit-Growers' Con- 

 vention, the subject was alluded to in almost every fruit that 

 was discussed. It is the first time we have ever noticed any 

 expressed opinion on this mode of propagating trees, so com- 

 mon among nurserymen in New York and the Western 

 States, where hundreds of thousands of trees are annually 

 root grafted. 



We have long been convinced that it was a perfect waste 

 of time and money to plant root-grafted trees, and were sat- 

 isfied that cultivators would find it out in time. We knew 

 it was useless to offer any advice upon the subject, as it 

 would be considered quite gratuitous. To tell a man that a 

 budded or grafted stock \vas worth double the price of a 

 root-grafted one, would only create a laugh at our expense. 

 We therefore thought it best to let those who estimate the 

 value of a tree by its cheapness^ try the experiment fully, 

 and realize the truth of the adage, "a fool and his mon- 

 ey," &.C. 



The Swaar apple being under discussion, Mr. Williams, 

 of Knox Co., 111., was called on to give his views upon the 

 advantages of stock-grafted or budded trees over root-grafted. 

 " He had paid attention to it for several years ; this year, had 

 spent much time in visiting orchards and making observa- 

 tions." He believes that " for the orchardist, trees worked 

 standard high are better worth one dollar a tree, than for 

 them to plant root-grafted trees, receiving those and a dollar 

 with each tree as a gratuity. ^^ [The italics are ours.] Mr. 

 Williams also further states that he had found root-grafted 

 trees of the R. I. Greening ^'invariably unproductive.^^ 



