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variety, as Arkansas, and after *ne, two or three years top- 

 work these young trees with cions of Grimes. Another, and more 

 desirable method is to insert buds of Grimes into young trees 

 of the variety to be used as the stock while those trees are 

 still in the nursery. Several growers stated that Winesap, 

 Stayman Winesap, and Rome make better growth when top worked 

 than they do when root grafted. 



The varieties most frequently recommended for stocks 

 (that is, trees on which to work some other variety) are 

 Arkansas, Spy, Baldwin and Ben Davis. 



Selection of cions . - The following question was 

 asked: "How are your cions selected?" I did not receive very 

 many replies to this question, for most of the fruit growers 

 buy their young trees direct from the nurseryman. But among 

 the growers who propagate their own trees, we find that con- 

 siderable care is exercised in selecting grafting wood. Data 

 on this question is given below: 



Method No. of growers practicing it. 



cions selected from bearing trees 21 



cions cut from trees in the nursery 7 



cions cut from young trees in the orchard 2 

 Miscellaneous selection 13 



From these figures it may be seen that a few of the 

 growers are giving attention to the source of the grafting 

 wood. In recent years much has been written and said in re- 

 gard to "pedigreed trees". It will be worth while for the 



