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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
to grow — a perfect stand — trees vigorous and healthy. 
What more do we want? 
For budding purposes, the foreign grown stock have 
held a strong place in the front, from the fact that the 
growers of American stocks did not try to grow the 
branched root grades—rather considered them inferior 
grades — but the growers are not asleep, in growing apple 
seedlings now (excepting on contract) the grower selects 
part of his land of heavy dark soil, to get for part of his 
crop, the branched root seedlings. That this effort is 
appreciated by some is shown by the fact that a large 
Eastern firm, a member of a French Nursery Co., is de¬ 
creasing their foreign importation of apple seedlings and 
are placing their orders for American branched roots. 
We have a letter from a firm that says, “Foreign grown 
stocks are more vigorous than American grown stocks. 
Home grown stocks have not started to leaf out as yet. 
and the foreign stocks are in full leaf, both planted at the 
same time. What have you to say about it?” Foreign 
stocks leaf out quicker than home grown stocks, but if 
that is what the grower wants we can tell him of a way 
to get his stocks to leaf out early. Just put this years' 
stocks in cold storage and leave them until next year. 
The stocks when taken out, will leaf out in three or four 
days time. If there is an advantage in the early leafing 
out we recommend the trying of the cold storage process, 
but greater vitality is not shown by the early leafing of 
the stock. 
As to vitality, we believe if you could see some of the 
two year budded trees at Topeka, that were budded upon 
American grown stocks, you certainly would not want 
any more vitality. These two year budded trees are six 
to seven feet high, they caliper an inch—if they were any 
larger they would be too large to sell. 
In studying the question of American Grow n versus 
Imported Apple Seedlings w e have found that the strong¬ 
est advocators of imported stocks, are those who make a 
profit in the sale of these stocks, and that is alright too, 
but it casts no reflection upon the American stocks. 
An advantage in using American grown apple seedlings 
is, you can place your order for what you want and know 
in a day or tw o after mailing your order w hether you will 
get your order filled or not. 
You can get your stocks as early as you want them, this 
is especially important to those who graft. 
Grafts and buds grown from American seedlings are as 
strong and vigorous as from imported stocks. 
In tw r o blocks of apple grafts planted side by side, one 
on imported stocks and the other on American grown, 
there was no difference in the amount of knots and w aste 
in the tw o blocks of trees. 
Budded trees grow n on American stocks are practically 
free of knots. 
We grow in America, apple seedlings as large.as are 
ever grow n in France or Holland—they have no advan¬ 
tage in size. 
We grow apple seedlings as cheaply—plus duty as they 
are grown in the old country — they have no advantage in 
price. 
W e grow as pretty a branched seedling as was ever im¬ 
ported — and a far better straight root than they have ever 
been able to grow. 
The American grow n apple seedling is uniform, you 
know w hat you are going to get w hen you order a No. 1 
straight root, but with the imported stock it evidently is 
different—the best the importer can do is to advertise that 
“We open every box and regrade”—surely — and it is ne¬ 
cessary too. 
American grown seedlings are uniform in length—for¬ 
eign grown seedlings run from six to eighteen inches— 
whatever happens to come up w ith the spade. 
If tin 1 American seedling is grown on new land, prop¬ 
erly sprayed—dug late so as to be well matured—and not 
unnecessarily exposed at grading time—it is superior to 
any foreign grown stock. 
If the American seedling is as good —if it w r i 11 produce 
the same results — and at no greater cost — we are a strong 
believer in the slogan—“American grown for Americans.” 
It gives us pleasure to reproduce the photograph of Mr. 
Fallen, of Fallen and Lunnemann, Boskoop, Holland, in 
his soldier's uniform, who as a sergeant served in the 
army from August 1st. 
While Holland is a neu¬ 
tral country the army is 
mobilized. 
By special permission 
obtained from the minis¬ 
ter of War, he received 
permission to make a trip 
to the U. S. A. and Can¬ 
ada. under condition to be 
present again by May 1st. 
It is easily understood 
that an order as this is 
only given, when more 
than personal interest is 
at stake and it shows how 
much interest our Govern¬ 
ment takes in horticulture, 
as the War office has 
given similar orders for 
various others, traveling 
for nursery or bulb inter¬ 
ests. Mr. Fallen is in our 
midst at the present, with 
headquarters at 14 Stone 
St., New r York, care of 
Malt us & Ware. 
WHO WILL GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION? 
W hat per cent, of the apple seedlings planted in 
America are American grown? 
Is there any apple seed grown in America, if so what 
percentage is home grown? E. B. E., Utah. 
FORGETS BUSINESS TO HEAR “BILLY” 
Orlando Harrison, a fruit grower from Berlin, Md., 
was at the tabernacle yesterday. “I really ought to be 
home looking after my business.” Mr. Harrison said, 
“but I am so deeply interested in Billy and his preaching 
that I just wired home I would stay on a few days 
longer. I am going to try to persuade Mr. Sunday to pay 
us a visit in Maryland. I reckon it would do some folks 
back home good to hear him .” — Philadelphia North 
American. 
Mr. Kalien, 
of Kallen & Lunnemann 
