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  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  the 
  Stuart 
  in 
  Indiana. 
  A 
  friend 
  

   of 
  mine 
  has 
  a 
  small 
  orchard 
  of 
  several 
  varieties 
  of 
  pecans. 
  I 
  notice 
  

   some 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  Stuart 
  has 
  lived 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  years, 
  and 
  then 
  

   some 
  particularly^ 
  hard 
  freeze 
  has 
  frozen 
  it 
  back. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  

   Mr. 
  Jones 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  says 
  they 
  had 
  a 
  recent 
  freeze, 
  

   and 
  every 
  variety 
  of 
  pecan 
  he 
  had 
  there 
  had 
  suffered, 
  except 
  the 
  Stuart. 
  

   I 
  don't 
  recall 
  whether 
  he 
  mentioned 
  the 
  Moneymaker 
  in 
  a 
  previous 
  

   letter 
  or 
  not, 
  but 
  he 
  did 
  mention 
  the 
  Kussell 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  varieties. 
  

  

  }*resident 
  INIorris 
  : 
  We 
  have 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  pecan 
  trees 
  about 
  New 
  

   York 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  grown 
  on 
  private 
  estates. 
  Pecans 
  have 
  been 
  

   })lant('d 
  in 
  Connecticut 
  and 
  ^lassachusetts. 
  You 
  run 
  across 
  seedling 
  

   trees 
  here 
  and 
  there, 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  perfectly' 
  hardy. 
  

   They 
  are 
  very 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  infertile. 
  The 
  staminate 
  flowers 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  

   destroyed 
  because 
  they 
  mature 
  so 
  late, 
  and 
  they 
  may 
  not 
  carry 
  any 
  nuts. 
  

   Pollination 
  is 
  imperfect 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  and 
  nuts 
  may 
  not 
  fill. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  ("Washington, 
  D. 
  C.) 
  : 
  But 
  trees 
  of 
  Stuart 
  are 
  in 
  bearing? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  about 
  bearing. 
  Three 
  years 
  they 
  

   have 
  stood 
  a 
  temperature 
  of 
  twenty 
  below 
  zero, 
  so 
  that 
  is 
  a 
  pretty 
  good 
  

   test. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  You 
  haven 
  't 
  seen 
  any 
  nuts 
  yet 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  No, 
  I 
  haven't 
  seen 
  any 
  nuts; 
  but 
  they 
  mature 
  

   their 
  wood, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  mature 
  their 
  wood, 
  they 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  mature 
  

   staminate 
  and 
  pistillate 
  flowers. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  While 
  it 
  is 
  true 
  they 
  may 
  mature 
  staminate 
  and 
  

   pistillate 
  blossoms, 
  the 
  question 
  arises 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  the 
  growing 
  sea- 
  

   son 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  long 
  enough 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  to 
  mature 
  the 
  nuts. 
  I 
  notice 
  

   in 
  going 
  through 
  wild 
  groves 
  in 
  Indiana, 
  once 
  in 
  a 
  while 
  you 
  have 
  a 
  

   tree 
  which 
  never 
  matures 
  any 
  nuts, 
  though 
  it 
  has 
  bountiful 
  crops. 
  The 
  

   frost 
  gets 
  them. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  There 
  is 
  evidently 
  a 
  lack 
  of 
  summer 
  heat 
  to 
  

   ripen 
  fruit. 
  Before 
  we 
  get 
  quite 
  away 
  from 
  this 
  subject, 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  

   to 
  ask 
  ]\Ir. 
  Roper 
  if 
  he 
  has 
  noticed 
  any 
  striking 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  hardi- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  Stuart 
  and 
  other 
  northern 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  in 
  his 
  particular 
  

   locality. 
  Does 
  Stuart 
  maintain 
  its 
  reputation 
  for 
  hardiness 
  in 
  his 
  lo- 
  

   cality? 
  We 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  that 
  question 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  stand- 
  

   point. 
  

  

  ]\Ir. 
  Roper 
  (Virginia) 
  : 
  1 
  think 
  it 
  does, 
  but 
  that 
  is 
  discussed 
  in 
  a 
  

   paper 
  which 
  I 
  shall 
  read 
  some 
  time 
  here 
  in 
  the 
  meeting. 
  Both 
  the 
  

   Stuart 
  and 
  Moneymaker 
  have 
  done 
  better 
  with 
  us 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  

   southern 
  varieties 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  budded 
  on 
  hardy 
  stocks. 
  The 
  grafted 
  

   trees 
  do 
  not 
  do 
  well 
  with 
  us. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  Professor 
  Lake, 
  will 
  you 
  speak 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  

   points 
  ? 
  

  

  