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  President 
  ^Torris: 
  It 
  can 
  drag 
  the 
  stock 
  along 
  perhaps. 
  It 
  has 
  

   been 
  proved. 
  I 
  think, 
  that 
  a 
  graft 
  has 
  a 
  certain 
  influence 
  upon 
  the 
  

   stock, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  can 
  drag 
  it 
  along 
  willy 
  nilly 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  extent. 
  

   The 
  root 
  and 
  the 
  top 
  get 
  to 
  balance 
  each 
  other 
  fairly 
  well 
  if 
  the 
  root 
  is 
  

   very 
  small 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  graft 
  is 
  put 
  on. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  that 
  have 
  

   been 
  topworked 
  to 
  pecan 
  have 
  been 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  large 
  hickories. 
  

   Perhaps 
  if 
  you 
  were 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  shagbark 
  hickory 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  years 
  of 
  age 
  

   and 
  graft 
  it. 
  the 
  pecan 
  top 
  would 
  dominate 
  or 
  control 
  that 
  root, 
  no 
  mat- 
  

   ter 
  whether 
  it 
  wanted 
  to 
  grow 
  or 
  not. 
  

  

  ]\Ir. 
  Reed 
  : 
  The 
  claim 
  is 
  sometimes 
  made 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  pecan 
  is 
  grafted 
  

   on 
  other 
  hickory 
  young 
  enough, 
  it 
  will 
  transform 
  the 
  hickorj' 
  com- 
  

   pletely. 
  It 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  sufficient 
  root 
  system 
  to 
  feed 
  the 
  pecan 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  the 
  pecan 
  root 
  would. 
  But 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  that 
  demonstrated. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  That 
  is 
  speculative. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  valuable 
  point, 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  sort 
  of 
  points 
  that 
  would 
  naturally 
  be 
  brought 
  out 
  at 
  a 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  this 
  kind. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  Have 
  you 
  seen 
  that 
  with 
  other 
  fruits, 
  Professor 
  Craig 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  Yes. 
  Each 
  variety 
  of 
  apple 
  produces 
  its 
  owti 
  

   kind 
  of 
  roots 
  without 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  seedling 
  stock. 
  That 
  is 
  to 
  say 
  the 
  

   scion 
  overrules 
  the 
  root 
  in 
  budding 
  or 
  grafting 
  upon 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  year 
  

   old 
  seedlings. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  A 
  parallel 
  that 
  comes 
  to 
  mind 
  now 
  is 
  the 
  graft- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  Burbank's 
  Royal 
  walnut 
  upon 
  ordinary 
  walnut 
  stock. 
  When 
  

   that 
  was 
  done, 
  his 
  Royal 
  walnut 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  drag 
  the 
  other 
  walnut 
  along. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  valuable 
  suggestion. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  

   sure 
  I 
  will 
  go 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  President 
  has 
  gone 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  exceed- 
  

   ingly 
  suggestive, 
  and 
  worthy 
  of 
  careful 
  consideration. 
  

  

  ]\Ir. 
  Rush 
  (Pennsylvania) 
  : 
  I 
  find 
  the 
  same 
  experience 
  in 
  some 
  

   instances, 
  that 
  the 
  graft 
  outgrows 
  the 
  stocks. 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  peculiar 
  in- 
  

   stance 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  improper 
  unions. 
  Eventually 
  the 
  stock 
  pushes 
  

   up 
  and 
  forms 
  a 
  perfect 
  union 
  in 
  growth, 
  with 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut. 
  This 
  

   is 
  particularly 
  applicable 
  to 
  pecan 
  and 
  hicko^J^ 
  I 
  suppose 
  jNIr. 
  Reed 
  

   will 
  bear 
  me 
  out 
  in 
  that, 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  English 
  walnut 
  and 
  black 
  wal- 
  

   nut. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  Oh, 
  yes. 
  

  

  President 
  jNIorris 
  : 
  You 
  occasionally 
  see 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  apple 
  grafted 
  

   on 
  another 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  graft 
  part 
  gives 
  the 
  tree 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  slipshod 
  ap- 
  

   pearance. 
  How 
  about 
  the 
  bearing 
  in 
  that 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig 
  : 
  They 
  usually 
  bear 
  heavily 
  where 
  the 
  food 
  supply 
  

   is 
  restricted. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  That 
  would 
  make 
  our 
  pecans 
  bear 
  more 
  heavily 
  on 
  

   hickory 
  stock 
  than 
  on 
  their 
  own. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig 
  : 
  As 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  theory, 
  they 
  ought 
  to. 
  The 
  bear- 
  

  

  