The Propagation of Trees Through Selection 



It is of the most vital importance to select trees that have 

 been propagated and grown under scientific principles and 

 methods. 



In orchards of the past, there was great want of uniformity 

 in growth, form, vitality and productiveness. This arose from 

 the fact that in the selection of buds for the propagation of 

 Nursery stock, no regard had been paid to the individual quali- 

 ties of the trees from which the buds were taken, which was 

 usually from the young and immature trees in the Nursery. 



Where buds are used from mature trees that have a record 

 for hardiness, constitutional vigor, resistance to disease, and for 

 early bearing, productiveness, and a large degree of uniformity 

 in the character of the fruit, an orchard of trees propagated with 

 buds thus selected, and combining these necessary character- 

 istics, will return far greater profits and yield much greater 

 satisfaction than those not possessing such inherent qualities. 



There is existing difference of opinion upon the value of this 

 line of work in the propagation of trees, but with the most sat- 

 isfactory results from bud selection with orchards of Thomp- 

 kins Kings, and other varieties running through four genera- 

 tions, and covering a quarter of a century, we consider such 

 evidence more convincing than the theories that may be urged 

 against it. 



While it is true that soil, cultivation and fertilization will 

 greatly help all trees, it is nevertheless also true that trees propa- 

 gated from specially selected quality, will be superior over a 

 long term of years. 



To accept the theory that trees are an exception to the gen- 

 eral law of improvement through selection in their propagation 

 and development, is not in accordance with the results that are 

 produced in every other line of work. 



Varieties of Apples 



The success of an orchard is largely dependent upon the 

 selection of varieties that are suited to the locality, in its soil, 

 climate and market requirements. Many of the apples of New 

 England and the Middle States are not adapted to the Southern 



