The Van Buren press., 1897-10-02
.FARMERANDP PLANTER.
FRUIT CULTURE
VI, De Szrse-ymsz 6res Fr1is Trees -
Bzzeln< azS Graftiag iass<Hd e fr~z

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VI. De ~zr<e-yzzz 6rsz Pratt Tzs-es ~
Bzzdlnx .a1 Graffaag IzsseAd e fr~z
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Pratt trees we7e originally EsP7c-
tszeed fr0a seed 2lnOst s1irelT. Bat
the 6rst peaches scarcely kza A1T
Eszh. hzzaly anything Hore 1azn
large SD The hrst apples were crabs
and pears we're Il better Improve
neat was Necessary IAzs has been
accomplished hF selection cultivation
and croSs fertilization azd theSe seeds
planted After good variety had been
| originated. and n order u maintain i.
il xzs necessary II propagate i n sucA
wzF IS % bs certain saa1 tie gco1
qualities woald y repro3ueea- Ials
Is accomplished b budding, grating
Ea1 from cuttings Seea. even from
improved varieties have > stuuag ten
deney 10 revert . the original Wlla
tTpez Besides seeds from one tree are
often tert5lized bF the pollen Of others
an trees from this class ean not oe de-
pended upon as 10 what i viii b when
il fruits
i few Years aso 9 Georgian grew
u. co peach trees from seed, and eul-
tivaled them til theF bore fruit
Elefen thousand nine hundred and
uinety-naHe. were discarded for being
worthless. The che reserved IS the ia
nous liberia Thousands Of seeds OF
the Elberta have been planted. but no
one a. ret has reported = single sue
eessfal tree Three -f0urths O the
peach orchards n Georgia are Of the
L lherta variety, and that means mil
lions OF trees These Eould never
hare been propagated from Elberta
seed Ii 5 true that occasionally 3
COED variety viii reproduce Itself from
seed. Host al sections o the country
hare had good varieties that were kept
mp from seed They have disappeared,
soHe from neglect. and Others because
theF hare deterlorzted = reverted =
from year 10 year til they become
worthless When : good variety viii
repzod1ce Itself fron see8. i IS vel 70
grow it that way. Bat I The sane va
riesE 5 grated o. budded en the hardy.
ssrozE seedlings % tAz south and
planted b. the tree from seed / will
te inst as good By thai Is meant,
beax IS well. IS lie trazz and Ire as
long. One farmer here in so1th
Georgia had q aae press peach Tree
He gathered 50 6ne specimens and
planted the seed from them he culti-
waited the - trees. and when theF bore
not one Vas like the original tree;
none as good. and most c them abso-
lutelr worthless Some varied 50 much
as % be clear seeded instead Of press
The great variation OF the seed s the
main reason fruit trees are badded,
grated and grown from cuttings The
second reason is. the seed can not be
had. while the buds and cuttings can.
OF al good varieties, the fruit IS all
shipped; hence, no seed left; the fruit
being worth more than the seed.
Then, again. some years the improved
varieties fail to make crop, but the
hardy southern seedlings tpeach1
seldom fail to make crop.
The third reason is. the stock which
are used for propagation are selected
for their hardness and vigor, and in
many varieties are greatly improved
by being propagated on thrifty stock.
The fourth reason is often a new va
riety is originated and frequently at
great expense, and often il fruits and
proves to be of special merit, and be-
fore the bearing trees have produced
Thousand seed. there has been propa-
gated by budding, grating, etc, 1,0OO,
900 trees.
Even the pecan, which has practical
Is just been taken from the forest, can
not be relied upon to reproduce itself
from seed. Not over 90 per cent of the
trees produced from seed will be as good
as the nuts planted. The other 40 per
cent. viii be inferior-smaller, thicker
shell, poorer quality.
Since the reader will have to plant
trees and wait from two to twelve years
for them 20 bear he had better observe
the above reasons for using such modes
of propagation that win enable him to
know at planting what frnits will be
produeed.-B. w. Stone. in Southern
CultiyatOr.