. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 56 By the end of the season, the bud showed by its plumpness that it had been adopted and nourished by its foster parent, and to all appearances it was tpuch the same as any of the other buds, except for ^ the scar around it showing- where it had been inserted. " Early next spring, however, each seedling tree was cut off just above the Mcintosh bud, which was thus sud- denly given the responsibilty of making a new top for the tree, and that is just what each little Mcintosh bud did. In three years, each had made a little tree, big enough to be sold for
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 56 By the end of the season, the bud showed by its plumpness that it had been adopted and nourished by its foster parent, and to all appearances it was tpuch the same as any of the other buds, except for ^ the scar around it showing- where it had been inserted. " Early next spring, however, each seedling tree was cut off just above the Mcintosh bud, which was thus sud- denly given the responsibilty of making a new top for the tree, and that is just what each little Mcintosh bud did. In three years, each had made a little tree, big enough to be sold for transplanting; and that year they were all taken up and sent to the purchasers throughout the ; " In Grandpa's orchard you may have noticed that the tree which bears the Mcintosh apples bears also a few yellow ; " Yes, Talman Sweets", said Gordon. "Well, that tree once bore all Talmans ; but one spring Grandpa cut off ^,^ most of its branches and grafted into the stubs left a few no. 7o. The scions, or bits of twigs, from a Mcintosh tree. These scions adopted bud united with the growing part of the Talman tree, and pro- around it. duced large branches which bear the Mcintosh apples, while the branches which were not grafted still bear Talman Sweet ; " By grafting into a large bearing tree in this way. Grandpa's tree was bearing Mcintosh apples in three or four years ; whereas our tree, being a young one, was nearly twice that old before it had apples on ; " From the story of this particular apple, you will have learned how new varieties of fruits sometimes originate. Varieties found in this way r^. No. 71. Taken from the nursery and bundled for shipping'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ontario. Dept. of Agricultu
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