3 JANUARY 1947, Page 20

APPLE SEEDLINGS

SIR,—Sir William Beach Thomas mentions in The Spectator of December 20 that he has never yet found an apple seedling. The disused railway from Crotty to Kelly Basin, in Western Tasmania, used to be flanked by seedling apples which had grown from the cores and pips thrown out of the train-windows by passengers. There are reported to be forests of seedling apples in South Chile which has -much the same climate as Western Tasmania.—Yours truly, Australia News & Information Bureau, THOMAS DUNBABIN Australia House, Strand W .C.2