LUTHER BURBANK 



In raising apple seedlings to obiain improved 

 varieties it is best to select seed from some one 

 standard apple that already possesses most of the 

 good qualities sought in the improvement, because 

 comparative tests are more easily riiade from one 

 variety than from mixed seed. There is much 

 variation among different varieties as to keeping 

 qualities of the seed and characteristics of the 

 seedlings. Seedlings of the Baldwin, for example, 

 are peculiarly subject to mildew; seedlings of the 

 Newtown are usually rather slow and slender 

 growers. 



As a general rule it may be said that the seeds 

 of winter apples have a greater tendency to pro- 

 duce winter apples than summer apples, whereas 

 summer apples are almost as likely to produce 

 winter varieties as to reproduce their own quali- 

 ties as to time of bearing. 



Sweet apples are quite often produced from 

 the seeds of sour ones and vice versa. 



The Yellow Bellflower produces a large pro- 

 portion of seedlings good in most respects, and 

 this is true also of the Newtown Pippin, Hubbards- 

 ton, the Rhode Island Greening, Roxbury Russet, 

 Haas Queen, William's Favorite, Swaar, Rambo, 

 Fameuse, Lyscom, Alexander, Palmer, and Wag- 

 ener. Especially fine seedlings have been obtained 

 from the Garden Royal, Fameuse, Golden Russet, 



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