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the best stock is available. Trees for spring planting should 

 be ordered during the preceding fall or early vvinter. 



Procedure: 



(a) Consider age and grade of trees. 



(6) Consider sources from which trees may be obtained. 



(a) Consider Age and Grade of Trees. The age of trees is 

 measured by the age of the top without regard to the age of 

 the root. Since our standard varieties do not come true from 



(Washington Nursery Go.) 



Fig. 64. Budded Bartlett pear trees beginning their second year of 

 growth in a Washington nursery. 



the seed, it is necessary to resort to budding or grafting to ob- 

 tain them. Seedlings are grown from the seed or pit for one 

 year, either in France or the United States. They may be dug 

 in the fall, root grafted to the desired variety in the winter, 

 and set in the nursery row in the spring; or, as is the more 

 common practice, the seedlings may be transplanted to the 



