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iitlier, according to wlietlicr sti'Ck ripens carlirr or lalcr than 

 cion. It follows, of course, tbal keeiiing (|iiality is affected in tlie 

 same degree as maturity, l-rom what is knuwn on this subject \vc 

 are warranted in sayin.c; that carliness is |)roTnote(l only when tlic 

 stock ripens its wood earlier than the cimi; lateness, when the stnck 

 wood ripens later. 



7. Color of fruit may he clian.i;ed hy stock. There is little e\i- 

 dence to substantiate the claim that the characteristic color of a 

 fruit is changed by the stock, but, as all know, color is heightened 

 by earliness and lessened by lateness in the maturity of a variety. 

 In cases, then, in which stock influences time of maturity, color 

 may be more or less changed. I know of a Mcintosh orchard the 

 fruit of which is much brighter in color and matures nearly two 

 weeks earlier than Mcintosh on standard stocks, apparently because 

 grafted upon Oldenburg stocks. 



8. Size of fruit is often increased l)y stock. I cite onh- pear on 

 quince as an example Many others might be adduced 



'"I Stock affects eatmg qualities ot truit on cion Lar,Lr crispci. 



FIG. 150— PEACH PIT PLANTER 



1. Natural wild peach pit; 2, Canning factor^' pit, not good for plantini:; 3, 

 HoDoer of inachine. Most nurserymen contend for the "natural" pit as against 

 piis of cultivated varieties secured from canneries. 



