104 



rr.AX'i' I'RCjl'aca'i (nx 



cred at New England cider mills, l-'ornierl)- nmst of the 

 a[)ples used were appareiitl}' seedlings, Imt seed of ciilti- 

 \'ated \'arieties has been finding its wax- inl" the commer- 

 cial seed in increasing quantities, due tn the d\ nig nf 

 seedling trees and the increase of cultivated A'arieties, 

 the culls of which arc used for cider. Seedling growers 

 are of opinion that stronger stock trees can be grown 

 from seedling than from budded or grafted trees. ITence 



A ermont seed is losing its 





FIG. 163— STREET TREE SPECIFICA- 

 TIONS 



A, character of top; B. height 

 of lowest branch; C, character of 

 trunk; D, burlap to prevent barking; E, 

 wire netting protector; F, stake to 

 hold tree till established; G, char- 

 acter of roots. 



reputation, parti}- on this 

 account and parth' because 

 the seed comes more and 

 mrire from decre])it trees 

 and cull fruit. At the 

 present writing most A'er- 

 mont seed is used in the 

 Northern and the Western 

 states, while French seed 

 dominates the middle A^'est 

 and the East. 



249. Paradise and Dou- 

 cin stocks for dwarf trees 

 (252) are at present of 

 small importance in Amer- 

 ica, because dwarf trees 

 have here not come into 

 anything like the promi- 

 nence they pla}' in Europe, 

 but the demand for them 

 is increasing, more espe- 

 cially in New England. 



250. Securing apple seed. 



In RTOwiiifi; apple trees Hansen 

 of South Dakota has found that 

 the seed should be separated 

 from cider pomace before plant- 

 ing, since fermentation acts in- 

 juriously. Clean seed \vaslie<l 



