Among the strongest arguments in favor of the idea that the graft has an influence on the stock is the experience of nurserymen with apple trees. It is well known that nurserymen can tell a variety by the root. A row of Maiden Blush apples when dug up, presents a very different appearance to a row of Fallawater roots. It was supposed that the graft gave its own character to the root on which it was grafted, and this has been accepted as an undoubted fact. Now comes Mr. Eli Meech, of Shiloh, New Jersey, and tells the Farmer and Gardener that the reason for the difference in the roots is that the grafts send out roots of their own. Now we confess that this is much more reasonable than the older guess; and until we get more evidence are inclined to believe that Mr. Meech has the best of the argument.