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  Mr. 
  Wilcox 
  (Pennsylvania) 
  : 
  How 
  do 
  you 
  prepare 
  your 
  stocks 
  for 
  

   budding 
  and 
  grafting, 
  in 
  pots? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  practically 
  every 
  method 
  that 
  has 
  

   ever 
  been 
  described, 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  successful 
  method 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  now 
  

   has 
  been 
  topworking 
  vigorous 
  sprouts 
  of 
  oi^e 
  year's 
  growth. 
  That 
  is, 
  

   I 
  would 
  cut 
  off 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  now. 
  Next 
  spring 
  those 
  tops 
  send 
  

   out 
  very 
  vigorous 
  sprouts. 
  I 
  bud 
  those 
  early 
  in 
  August 
  or 
  the 
  latter 
  

   part 
  of 
  July, 
  or 
  else 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  spring, 
  sometimes, 
  we 
  graft 
  them 
  ; 
  

   and 
  in 
  grafting, 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  important 
  to 
  cut 
  longitudinally 
  at 
  one 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  stock, 
  and 
  go 
  clear 
  to 
  the 
  cambium 
  layer. 
  That 
  gives 
  the 
  flexible 
  

   slice 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  adapts 
  itself 
  to 
  the 
  tying. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilcox: 
  Have 
  you 
  prepared 
  any 
  stocks 
  in 
  pots 
  at 
  all? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  Yes. 
  I 
  personally 
  have 
  to 
  leave 
  these 
  to 
  others. 
  

   I 
  tell 
  my 
  men 
  to 
  do 
  it, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  rather 
  new 
  work 
  for 
  them, 
  and 
  I 
  give 
  

   them 
  so 
  much 
  to 
  do 
  that 
  things 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  neglected; 
  and 
  just 
  a 
  mo- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  neglect 
  at 
  the 
  wrong 
  time 
  will 
  wipe 
  out 
  a 
  whole 
  year's 
  work. 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  cared 
  very 
  much 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  for 
  root 
  grafting 
  in 
  pots. 
  

   I 
  have 
  lost 
  a 
  great 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  grafts, 
  and 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  at 
  the 
  

   present 
  time 
  seem 
  desirable 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  believe 
  if 
  that 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  hot 
  houses 
  

   with 
  the 
  ground 
  warmed 
  from 
  the 
  bottom, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  apt 
  to 
  succeed. 
  

   Give 
  them 
  plenty 
  of 
  time 
  for 
  granulating. 
  They 
  granulate 
  very, 
  very 
  

   slowly. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilcox 
  : 
  What 
  kind 
  of 
  pots 
  do 
  you 
  use 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Some 
  Professor 
  Sargent 
  showed 
  me, 
  long, 
  made 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Collins 
  (Pennsylvania) 
  : 
  You 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  hairy 
  hickory. 
  What 
  

   hickory 
  is 
  that? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  Hicoria 
  villosa, 
  that 
  you 
  find 
  from 
  Carolina 
  

   southward. 
  . 
  "^ 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  You 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  Stuart 
  as 
  being 
  the 
  most 
  hardy 
  

   pecan 
  in 
  the 
  latitude 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  I 
  presume 
  you 
  meant 
  of 
  the 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  pecans? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  hardiest 
  anyway. 
  Even 
  

   Virginia 
  forms 
  don't 
  stand 
  it 
  through 
  the 
  winter 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  Stuart. 
  

   Mine 
  are 
  not 
  fruiting 
  as 
  yet. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  What 
  varieties 
  have 
  you 
  there 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Appomattox 
  and 
  Mantura 
  are 
  northern 
  ones 
  I 
  

   have. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  Have 
  you 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  Indiana 
  varieties 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Yes, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  Indiana 
  varieties 
  on 
  northern 
  

   stocks, 
  but 
  those 
  have 
  only 
  gone 
  through 
  one 
  winter. 
  They 
  went 
  

   through 
  all 
  right. 
  I 
  would 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  Stuart 
  is 
  quite 
  as 
  hardy 
  as 
  

   those. 
  

  

  