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(2) Propagation of apples, pears and 

 other fruits by root cuttings. 



(3) Comparison of a number of tea 

 and perpetual roses on some promising 

 new stocks. 



Under the comparison of growth of 

 apple seedlings from different sources 

 we have purchased seedlings from a 

 number of commercial sources, seedlings 

 imported from abroad, seedlings pur- 

 chased in Kansas, raised from imported 

 seed, seedlings raised in this country 

 from Minnesota and Vermont seed. 

 While selections will bo made from 

 these 2-year-old seedlings late this year, 

 up to date we find the seedlings which 

 have made the best growth are those 

 which have come from northern seed, 

 either Minnesota or Vermont. There is, 

 of course, individual variation within 

 these groups, as would naturally be ex- 

 pected, as the term, "Minnesota crab 

 seeds," may include seeds of Wealthy, 

 Northwestern Greening, Okabeena and, 

 in fact, any apple grown in Minnesota. 

 Next year we hope to include seedlings 

 grown in the Yakima valley of Wash- 

 ington. 



If it were possible to find some one 

 variety that produced uniform seed- 

 lings, this might solve our stock prob- 

 lem with apples. Unfortunately, even 

 though such a variety were found whose 

 seedlings had outstanding characteris- 

 tics which made them desirable for use 

 as stocks, with present methods of seed 

 extraction, it is exceedingly doubtful if 

 nurserymen would be able to secure 

 seeds in sufficient quantity for many 

 years. 



Nevertheless, the variation which we 

 find in individual root stocks must be 

 responsible for many of the stunted 

 orchard trees we have. Investigations 

 which our office of horticultural and 

 poniological investigations has con- 

 ducted has shown that many variations 

 which we find in established orchards 

 of citrus fruits, such as trees bearing 

 poor quality or off-type fruit, has been 

 due to a lack of selection or faulty se- 

 lection of bud wood on the part of the 

 nurserymen propagating the trees. We 

 believe that this factory method of us- 

 ing stocks from miscellaneous sources 

 cannot help also but have a marked 

 effect on the orchard tree. What is the 

 actual effect of stock on scion no one 

 can tell, but undoubtedly the stock does 

 influence the character of growth of the 

 tree and the development of the root 

 system if nothing else. 



Effect of Stock on Scion. 



A striking example of the effect of 

 stock on scion is shown in the work of 

 Prof. Hatton, an English experimenter 

 who has worked with Paradise stocks. 

 He has taken the same bud stock, placed 

 one bud on one strain of Paradise and 

 produced a small dwarf tree; he has 

 taken another bud and placed on a sec- 

 ond strain and secured a medium-sized 

 tree; he has taken another bud and 

 placed on a third strain and secured a 

 tree as large as a standard orchard 

 tree. Now he is working with a stock 

 which is propagated vegetatively. 

 Think how much greater chance for 

 variation there is in the case of seed- 

 ling stocks, where each seedling repre- 

 sents, theoretically at least, a distinct 

 variety. For this reason we are in- 

 tensely interested in the possibility of 

 vegetntively propagatine root stocks 

 and also varieties as well. 



The propacration of apples hy hard- 

 wood cuttings has been undertaken a 



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