HOW MAY I DO IT, TOO;—GRAFTING 
cause the chances for unusually fine fruits from 
a given number of seedlings are not great. 
Very many seeds of apples, for example, may 
be planted, hundreds, even thousands, of them, 
and not one of the trees which grow from the 
seeds may bear a fruit any better than the 
apples which have gone before, while a very 
large proportion of them are more than likely 
to be inferior or worthless. Still, he holds that 
the chances of producing one good new apple 
are quite sufficient, considering the bearing of 
such a new fruit upon the commerce of the 
world, to well warrant one in carrying on the 
experiments. He recommends for the amateur 
all the hardier cherries, peaches, apples, pears 
and plums to choose from for beginning, and 
also all manner of berries. The seeds or pits 
from the best fruit obtainable should be kept 
very slightly moist through the winter for the 
spring planting. The larger the number of 
them, the greater the opportunities for in- 
teresting results. The seeds should be planted 
in a trench from a half-inch to an inch deep, 
though no hard and fast rule may be set down 
applicable to all. It will be necessary to bear 
in mind the climate in which one lives in se- 
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