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  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  I 
  am 
  learning 
  much 
  and 
  prefer 
  to 
  continue 
  a 
  

   learner. 
  I 
  shouldn't 
  know 
  anything 
  about 
  this 
  crossing, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  

   <'ase 
  of 
  the 
  Juglans 
  regia 
  and 
  the 
  oaks 
  of 
  California. 
  That 
  is 
  one 
  case 
  

   that 
  was 
  not 
  mentioned. 
  We 
  have 
  a 
  remarkable 
  hybrid 
  between 
  the 
  

   native 
  oaks 
  and 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut. 
  It 
  is 
  remarkable 
  in 
  many 
  ways. 
  It 
  

   Jias 
  foliage 
  that 
  is 
  perhaps 
  half 
  way 
  between 
  the 
  oak 
  and 
  the 
  walnut, 
  

   and 
  the 
  nut 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  looks 
  like 
  a 
  small 
  walnut, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  

   it 
  is 
  between 
  a 
  w^alnut 
  and 
  an 
  acorn. 
  I 
  had 
  an 
  opportunity 
  to 
  sample 
  

   the 
  iiesh, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  edible 
  yet. 
  They 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  very 
  

   much, 
  especially 
  at 
  Chico 
  and 
  the 
  Southern 
  California 
  Station. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  the 
  live 
  oak 
  and 
  

   the 
  walnut. 
  It 
  seems 
  absolutely 
  impossible, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  nuts, 
  

   and 
  a 
  photograph 
  of 
  the 
  tree. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  We 
  haven 
  't 
  devoted 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  

   hybridization 
  of 
  nuts 
  in 
  our 
  Department 
  work. 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  thing 
  that 
  

   occurred 
  to 
  me, 
  as 
  I 
  sat 
  here, 
  merely 
  of 
  passing 
  interest. 
  A 
  gentleman 
  

   in 
  Mississippi 
  sent 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  foliage, 
  together 
  with 
  berries, 
  from 
  

   what 
  he 
  said 
  was 
  a 
  hybrid 
  between 
  the 
  pecan 
  and 
  the 
  China 
  berry; 
  and 
  

   he 
  had 
  the 
  evidence, 
  because 
  the 
  parent 
  pecan 
  tree 
  stood 
  right 
  there, 
  

   and 
  the 
  China 
  berry 
  was 
  the 
  other 
  parent 
  tree 
  ! 
  He 
  wanted 
  world 
  wide 
  

   attention 
  called 
  to 
  that. 
  They 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  the 
  botanist, 
  and 
  he 
  rec- 
  

   ognized 
  them 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  soap 
  berries. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  similar 
  

   -case 
  this 
  fall. 
  A 
  gentleman 
  in 
  Texas 
  exhibited 
  some 
  nuts 
  at 
  the 
  State 
  

   Fair 
  at 
  Dallas 
  that 
  he 
  said 
  were 
  a 
  hybrid 
  between 
  the 
  mocker-nut, 
  the 
  

   common 
  hickory 
  there 
  in 
  Texas, 
  and 
  the 
  pecan. 
  He 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  parent 
  

   trees 
  stood 
  near 
  one 
  another 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  pecan 
  blossomed 
  some 
  years 
  

   about 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  hickory 
  did, 
  and 
  in 
  those 
  years 
  the 
  hickory 
  

   nut 
  was 
  long, 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  years 
  it 
  was 
  short. 
  Somebody 
  sent 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  nuts 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Taylor, 
  Assistant 
  Chief 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  

   He 
  sent 
  the 
  nut 
  on 
  to 
  me, 
  and 
  I 
  looked 
  it 
  up. 
  I 
  struck 
  Texas 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  

   those 
  cold 
  wave 
  days, 
  and 
  drove 
  five 
  miles 
  out 
  and 
  back 
  in 
  a 
  Texas 
  liv- 
  

   ■ery 
  rig, 
  and 
  found 
  an 
  ordinary 
  hickory 
  that 
  bore 
  nuts 
  just 
  a 
  little 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  from 
  others. 
  That 
  is 
  one 
  way 
  the 
  Department 
  is 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  

   ferret 
  these 
  things 
  out. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  T 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  what 
  information 
  he 
  

   lias 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  pecans 
  bearing 
  when 
  grafted 
  or 
  budded 
  on 
  

   ■*-»ther 
  varieties 
  of 
  hickory? 
  I 
  say 
  that 
  because 
  I 
  know 
  from 
  traveling 
  

   around 
  through 
  the 
  country 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  widespread 
  impression 
  that 
  

   it 
  is 
  j)ossible 
  to 
  have 
  very 
  extensive 
  pecan 
  orchards 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   iSlorth 
  by 
  topworking 
  the 
  wild 
  hickory. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  some 
  little 
  experi- 
  

   ence 
  along 
  that 
  line, 
  but 
  I 
  don 
  't 
  know 
  what 
  the 
  facts 
  are 
  ; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   Reed 
  has 
  made 
  an 
  extensive 
  trip 
  recently 
  for 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture, 
  collecting 
  data 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  pecan. 
  

  

  