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Member. How about growing in a block ? 



Prof. Wright. Unless we leave out several rows, we have to 

 have a special spraying apparatus. 



Member. Have you had an opportunity to see how the French 

 Apple Stock is working out? 



Prof. Wright. I know there is a great deal of French Stock 

 being used, and I believe it is good. 



Member. Do you prefer trees root-grafted or budded ? 



Prof. Wright. I prefer them root-grafted. 



Member. Why ? 



Prof. Wright. I was brought up in a country where the win- 

 ters were pretty severe, and we were pretty particular about using 

 the Long Scion and the short root, so that the trees would be on 

 their own roots. In your climate it is not so necessary. 



Member. Will a budded tree come into bearing sooner? 



Prof. Wright. I think not. 



Member. Do you know of any nurseryman who is producing 

 his own Peach seeds ? 



Prof. Wright. No, I do not happen to know any. 



Member. How many cuts would you make of one seedling? 



Prof. Wright. That would depend entirely upon tl^e length 

 of the root. 



Member. Do you think the third and fourth would as good 

 as the first? 



Prof. Wright. It would not make as strong growing a tree 

 the first season. 



Member. Would you think it any advantage in growing peach 

 seeds in orchard where they are to stay, and budding afterward ? 



Prof. Wright. It would be an advantage ; but there would be 

 the disadvantage of having that ground lying practically idle while 

 the seedling is growing. 



Member. Would there be any advantage to the life of the 

 orchard? 



Prof. Wright. The tree would not have to be dug up and 

 re-set. If it were grown in the nursery it would lose a half or two- 

 thirds of its roots in the process of transplanting. 



Member. In the case of the two roots you showed last, I 

 think I should prefer even the fourth cut on the large root, to the 

 first on the small one. 



Member. Is it not evident that the parent of the seedling af- 

 fects its strength? 



Prof. Wright. It probably has a great deal to do with it. It is 

 one of the reasons for one to grow his own seedlings. 



Member. Do you not think you would get a better root sys- 

 tem from the budded stock than from root grafting? 



Prof. Wright. Yes, you probably would. 



Member. Do you consider it a very great disadvantage to 

 have any of the roots taken off of the tree? 



Prof. Wright. No, I do not; provided the top is pruned to 

 correspond. 



Member. If the farmer is to grow his own stock for planting, 

 why would it not be better to develop his seedling before making the 

 union with the variety he wants to inoculate. If you develop the 



