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  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  The 
  present 
  situation, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  

   gather 
  the 
  information, 
  is 
  just 
  this. 
  The 
  pecan 
  has 
  been 
  grafted 
  on 
  a 
  

   good 
  many 
  species 
  of 
  hickory, 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  Virginia 
  south 
  to 
  

   Florida, 
  and 
  west 
  to 
  Texas; 
  bvit 
  rarely 
  ever 
  can 
  we 
  find 
  an 
  instance 
  in 
  

   which 
  they 
  have 
  produced 
  satisfactorily 
  after 
  they 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  a 
  

   bearing 
  stage. 
  We 
  find 
  that 
  they 
  unite 
  readily 
  ordinarily, 
  and 
  grow 
  

   rapidly 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  pecan 
  eventually 
  proves 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  more 
  rapid 
  grower 
  

   than 
  the 
  hickory, 
  and 
  when 
  it 
  catches 
  up 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  diameter, 
  then 
  

   the 
  pecan 
  growth 
  is 
  slower, 
  and 
  while 
  they 
  bear 
  a 
  little 
  the 
  first 
  few 
  

   years, 
  later 
  on 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  productive. 
  I 
  don't 
  wish 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  is 
  

   final, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  experience 
  so 
  far. 
  You 
  will 
  find 
  most 
  enthusi- 
  

   astic 
  advocates 
  of 
  pecan 
  on 
  hickory 
  where 
  it 
  hasn't 
  been 
  tried 
  for 
  any 
  

   length 
  of 
  time. 
  The 
  men 
  who 
  try 
  it 
  find 
  it 
  unites 
  readily 
  and 
  makes 
  

   this 
  quick 
  growth, 
  and 
  think 
  the 
  question 
  is 
  solved. 
  But 
  aside 
  from 
  a 
  

   few 
  instances 
  in 
  Texas, 
  1 
  don't 
  find 
  very 
  encouraging 
  reports. 
  It 
  may 
  

   be 
  due 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  right 
  varieties 
  of 
  pecan 
  haven't 
  been 
  

   used. 
  We 
  know 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  history 
  of 
  pecan 
  culture 
  the 
  Rome 
  and 
  

   Centennial 
  and 
  some 
  others 
  that 
  are 
  light 
  bearers 
  were 
  used 
  ; 
  and 
  then 
  

   the 
  pecan 
  on 
  hickory 
  has 
  been 
  looked 
  at 
  as 
  so 
  much 
  saved, 
  tind 
  they 
  

   haven't 
  been 
  given 
  much 
  attention. 
  It 
  is 
  still 
  very 
  much 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  

   doubt, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  favorable 
  light 
  at 
  present. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig 
  : 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  if 
  he 
  has 
  looked 
  over 
  

   Mr. 
  Ramsey's 
  work 
  recently 
  at 
  Austin, 
  Texas. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  I 
  was 
  at 
  Mr. 
  Ramsey 
  's 
  last 
  year, 
  and 
  I 
  don 
  't 
  recall 
  that 
  

   that 
  matter 
  came 
  up 
  at 
  all. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  Didn't 
  you 
  see 
  his 
  plantation 
  of 
  top 
  worked 
  

   hickories 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  I 
  didn 
  't 
  know 
  he 
  had 
  topworked 
  hickories. 
  He 
  has 
  

   top 
  worked 
  pecans. 
  Professor 
  Kyle 
  of 
  the 
  Station 
  in 
  Texas 
  has 
  recently 
  

   issued 
  a 
  bulletin 
  on 
  that 
  ver^^ 
  thing, 
  and 
  he 
  cites 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  cases 
  in 
  

   M'hich 
  he 
  concludes 
  that 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  favorable 
  outcome 
  ; 
  but 
  for 
  

   some 
  reason, 
  in 
  the 
  instances 
  which 
  he 
  cites, 
  the 
  trees 
  haven't 
  borne 
  

   very 
  much. 
  They 
  attribute 
  it 
  this 
  season 
  in 
  one 
  instance 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  they 
  had 
  a 
  storm 
  at 
  pollinating 
  time, 
  and 
  last 
  year 
  some 
  other 
  acci- 
  

   dent 
  happened 
  that 
  prevented 
  them 
  from 
  maturing 
  after 
  a 
  quantity 
  

   of 
  nuts 
  had 
  set. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  I 
  mention 
  this 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  because 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  get 
  

   Mr. 
  Reed's 
  testimony 
  in 
  the 
  record, 
  because 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  every 
  prospec- 
  

   tive 
  nut 
  grower 
  must 
  go 
  through 
  this 
  stage. 
  A 
  year 
  ago 
  I 
  undertook 
  on 
  

   my 
  farm 
  in 
  Indiana 
  to 
  bud 
  the 
  pecan 
  into 
  other 
  varieties 
  of 
  hickory 
  — 
  

   I 
  have 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  wild 
  hickories 
  growing 
  all 
  over 
  my 
  farm, 
  — 
  shag- 
  

   bark, 
  shellbark, 
  and 
  different 
  varieties 
  of 
  those 
  even. 
  So 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  

   work 
  and 
  budded 
  perhaps 
  one 
  hundred 
  of 
  those 
  trees, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  while 
  

  

  