The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19


Oftener than not these fruits
reproduce themselves from the
seeds, but the exceptions are so
numerous 1t is not desirable to trust to
the seeds, If a particular variety only is
wanted. Unless one is fully informed as
to the antecedents of a particular variety
it would be very risky to trust to the seeds
to continue the propagation of it. Seeds
from a Seeding pure and simple, that is
stock that has never been influenced or
amected by budding or previously grating
will reproduce the same fruit perhaps
without exception (such as is the case with
the Indian blow peach in Alabama,) but
there will be no accounting for the many
variations resulting from seeds from
stocks that have been grated.
Grating can be done almost at any sea-
son of the year, but in the spring just be-
fore the buds begin to swell is the most
common period for the purpose. Budding
is praticed any time from June until Oc-
tober-any time when the bark will rise.
Cleft grating is the kind most generally
practiced. Right here we would make the
same suggestion in regard to this that we
did regarding the pecan. If c. A. b. has
no experience and intends to so into the
propagation of fruit trees to any extent
at all, he must provide himself al once
with one or another Of the many illustrate
ed treatises on fruit growing For a tri-
ne, comparatively, he can procure such
help as will be worth a hundred times the
cost to him. A few illustrations, such as
we cannot readily give here will inculcate
the necessary lesson far better than a
page of wordy description. We could name
a dozen or so of books that meet the needs
of inexperienced persons undertaking
fruit culture, but a little work entitled,
1.-THE Nursery Book by Prof. L. II.
Baiy, is as its further title claims "a
complete guide to the multiplication and
pallination of plants" The price is 81. 1t
is worth ten to would-be- fruit-growers
like c. a. b. We will gladly procure for
him any book or other matter commended
here if he cannot get 1t himself There is
hardly a subject in the broad field of ag-
riculture Cunder which title we include
everything that pertains to farm or rural
life), that is not specially treated by some
competent practical writer and we would
as soon undertake to go on journey
without our purse as to start out in any
business, about which we were ignorant,
without the aid of the special instructions
| afforded us by those who have gone ahead
and had the experience that we lack. A
farmer must supply himself with the
same mental aids to succeed that doctor
or a lawyer would regard as indispensi-
BILE.
Now, so far as budding and grating are
| concerned, c. A. Is. will find that a knowl-
edge of the principles involved CLEANED
/ from reading and study must be supple
mented by practical manual experience
and instruction before he can hope to do
such work expeditiously and successfully.
| To become expert at budding and grating
will require considerable practice. Some
acquire the knowledge of chow to do it,
very promptly, while others fail altogether
| to do good work and rapidly enough to
make it profitable and satisfactory. Our
| advice to the latter is to buy the trees al
4 raadv btdded or grated