ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, lvii. 
with the Rose Ettersburg, and as a result produced the 
famous tree Ettersburg No. 80. 
Monthly Meeting, 9th October, 1918. 
Mr. H. W. Ports in the Chair. 
Mr. P. GILDER opened a discussion on “‘ The Hffect of 
the Stock on the Scion in Fruit Trees.’’ It was pointed 
out that the value of bud selection was a subject of decided 
economic importance, and that if all observers would record 
their impressions on a uniform basis, an extensive collection 
-of data could eventually be made, from which conclusions 
could be drawn, and this would provide a convenient jump- 
ing off ground for systematic inquiry in the future. In 
discussing in detail the uses of different stocks for different 
purposes, the lecturer remarked that the universal popular- 
ity which Northern Spy possessed as a stock for the apple, 
in New South Wales and Victoria was somewhat astonishing. 
This was in spite of the fact that Winter Majetin was 
considered by some as equal to Northern Spy in respect of 
blight resistance, and superior to it in respect of Bitter 
Pit; and at Capertee, New South Wales, Winter Majetin ~ 
stocks are producing a better development of tree and root 
system, and greater freedom from other diseases. Again 
different stocks were used for different soils as in the case 
of plums and oranges. Certain stocks were also used for 
dwarfing apples, and the Mahaleb stock for dwarfing 
cherries. 
In investigating the effect of the stock on the scion, one 
should not lose sight of the factor of bud variation. Krom 
such a sport the Washington Navel Orange had originated, 
and SHAMEL, the Oalifornian scientist, had shown that 
great variations existed in the trees propagated by such 
buds, and that a considerable increase in yield could be 
obtained by selecting the right types. 
