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growers who have carefully selected cions from bearing trees 

 of known quality and characteristics to compare their results 

 with the results obtained in unselected orchards. Some promi- 

 nent horticulturists claim that there is nothing in cion se- 

 lection and "pedigreed trees". 



An interesting paper has recently been published on 

 this subject. (See Hedrick, U. P., Pedigreed Nursery Stock. 

 New York Agr. Bxp. Sta. (Geneva), circular No. 18, pp. 8. 

 1912). In this paper Professor Hedrick takes the position 

 that the practice of some nurserymen of advertising "pedigreed 

 trees" with "the actual blood record of every tree" is to 

 be frowned upon by the growers. It must be borne in mind 

 that a pedigreed fruit tree is a different proposition from 

 pedigreed livestock or pedigreed seed. Apples are propagated 

 asexually; and the case is not analogous to livestock or 

 seed. Professor Hedrick concludes that it will not be wise 

 for the fruit grower to demand pedigreed trees from the 

 nurserymen. 



At all events, there can be nothing lost by the 

 fruit grower, who propogates his own trees, selecting his 

 cions from bearing trees of known characteristics. 



