. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. PROPAGATION BY BUDDING, GRAFTING ETC. 21 originating by Prof. Van Mons in this way, it is well known pro- duces its fruit often in the nursery at two years from the bud; while the Dix, a seedling from we know not what variety, requires twelve or fifteen years. This process however, if taken, as by Van Mons, from the commencement, , a wildling, would require a life-time; but our people have all around them seedlings which at an early age are producing fruit; if, therefore, seed be taken from the best of them, and the choices
. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. PROPAGATION BY BUDDING, GRAFTING ETC. 21 originating by Prof. Van Mons in this way, it is well known pro- duces its fruit often in the nursery at two years from the bud; while the Dix, a seedling from we know not what variety, requires twelve or fifteen years. This process however, if taken, as by Van Mons, from the commencement, , a wildling, would require a life-time; but our people have all around them seedlings which at an early age are producing fruit; if, therefore, seed be taken from the best of them, and the choicest again selected, it is not probable that more than ten years would elapse to produce something very superior. On the other hand, the process of Mr. Knight, of producing by crossing, gives the grower the choice of selecting and growing to whatever form, size or character he may desire, and this with an almost absolute certainty of success. This process being fully described by Thomas in his Fruit Culturist, we extract therefrom: " A familiar instance of cross-impregnation in plants occurs in the Indian corn. The pistillate or seed-bearing flowers covering the young ear, are remotely situated on the plant from the staminate or fertilizing flowers on the summits, or tassels. Hence, from this re- mote position, the pollen or fertilizing dust from the summits may not certainly fall on the ear; and if different sorts grow near, a mix- ture will probably result. It is well known to farmers, that if dif- ferent sorts, as white, yellow, and purple, are planted in the same field; or, if common and sweet corn are planted together, each sort no longer remains distinct, but each ear, the second year, is speckled with a promiscuous assemblage of white, yellow, and purple, and of common and sweet corn, of various grades. In fruit trees, the stamens and pistils are in the same flower, and the chances of acci- dental mixture from other trees, become very small, unless affected by insects,
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