Excerpt from Forty-Third Annual Report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1911 The number of new fruits of merit which are introduced each year is quite small. This is fortunate, in that fruit growers are not tempted to grow a large number of varieties. Many of them grow too many already without undue tempta tion. The time is coming, however, when there will be many new fruits of merit available for introduction, and there should be some plan worked out whereby the grower will be kept from planting any large number of trees or plants of a variety which has not been strongly recommended by some institution or society. The practice of cc-operative societies buying fruit trees for their members is a good one, as in this way the number of varieties grown in a district is limited, and only those most suitable for the district are planted. The reason why a large number of varieties Of merit will soon be available for introduction as that up to within quite recent years the development Of new sorts by the Experiment Stations has been carried on. In a very small way, and few things worthy of being grown in the best fruit districts have been originated. All this is changed, however, and fruit breeding is now an important part of the work Of the Horticultural Department of a large proportion of the fifty Odd Experiment Stations in the United States, and Canada also is doing, if not her share, at least doing something. Two States which are breeding fruits on a large scale are South Dakota and Minnesota. From South Dakota a number of new fruits have already been. Sent out and the Minnesota State Breeding Station, though organized but a few years ago, has originated some good things already. The New York Experi ment Station is beginning to distribute new fruits, and has already sent out some new apples, raspberries, and strawberries. The standard varieties we have to-day are almost all of them chance seedlings from the thousands of seedlings which have sprung in America and Europe during the past one hundred years or more, and it is scarcely-to be expected that anything as good will be Obtained from the limited number grown by comparatively few institutions and individuals for the especial purpose of Obtaining new varieties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.