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  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  Have 
  the 
  members 
  anything 
  to 
  say 
  about 
  the 
  

   Stringfellow 
  method 
  of 
  transplanting 
  hickories 
  ? 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  very 
  little 
  experience 
  in 
  transplanting 
  

   hickories, 
  but 
  I 
  set 
  out 
  two 
  Hales 
  hickories 
  I 
  got 
  from 
  Meehan, 
  and 
  they 
  

   are 
  both 
  living, 
  although 
  they 
  have 
  made 
  little 
  growth 
  in 
  some 
  three 
  

   years. 
  Can 
  you 
  tell 
  us 
  what 
  stocks 
  the 
  Hales 
  hickory 
  is 
  grafted 
  upon*? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Brown 
  (Pennsylvania) 
  : 
  Upon 
  the 
  bitternut. 
  All 
  there 
  are 
  

   have 
  been 
  upon 
  the 
  bitternut 
  from 
  the 
  start. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming: 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage, 
  what 
  do 
  you 
  think 
  of 
  the 
  future 
  

   of 
  topworking 
  our 
  seedling 
  hickories 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  with 
  improved 
  varie- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  hickory 
  or 
  pecan, 
  — 
  the 
  commercial 
  future 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  It 
  is 
  largely 
  speculative. 
  I 
  suppose 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  

   province 
  of 
  every 
  nut 
  enthusiast 
  to 
  have 
  an 
  opinion 
  about 
  these 
  things. 
  

   In 
  fact, 
  I 
  find 
  it 
  is 
  encouraging 
  to 
  talk 
  to 
  the 
  fellow 
  who 
  has 
  an 
  opinion. 
  

   My 
  notion 
  is 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  future 
  for 
  topworking 
  the 
  various 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  the 
  hickory 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  to 
  the 
  desirable 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  

   hickory, 
  that 
  is. 
  of 
  the 
  hickory 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  Hicoria 
  pecan. 
  On 
  my 
  

   farm 
  I 
  expect 
  next 
  year 
  to 
  devote 
  some 
  time 
  to 
  topworking 
  the 
  various 
  

   hickories 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  the 
  desirable 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  shagbark. 
  1 
  think 
  that 
  

   can 
  be 
  done 
  throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  country. 
  The 
  shagbark 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  

   indigenous 
  to 
  such 
  extensive 
  latitudes, 
  that 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  there 
  are 
  

   great 
  possibilities 
  along 
  that 
  line. 
  I 
  observe 
  that 
  around 
  here 
  we 
  find 
  

   many 
  of 
  those 
  trees. 
  I 
  havi^ 
  some 
  very 
  beautiful 
  shagbarks 
  that 
  came 
  

   from 
  Canada. 
  ^ly 
  opinion 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  successful. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  

   reason 
  the 
  pecan 
  has 
  not 
  proved 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  upon 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  

   of 
  hickory 
  is 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  those 
  hickories 
  have 
  a 
  close 
  grained 
  wood, 
  and 
  

   that 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  available 
  food 
  depends 
  largely 
  upon 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  sap. 
  The 
  Hicoria 
  pecan 
  is 
  a 
  much 
  coarser 
  grained 
  wood. 
  The 
  flow 
  

   of 
  the 
  sap 
  u{)ward 
  is 
  facilitated 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  sap 
  

   upward 
  through 
  the 
  hickory 
  stock 
  of 
  other 
  varieties. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  is 
  

   the 
  reason 
  the 
  theoretical 
  rule 
  would 
  probably 
  not 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  case, 
  

   simply 
  because 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  sap 
  cannot 
  take 
  place 
  fast 
  enough 
  

   through 
  the 
  tight, 
  close 
  grained 
  stock 
  of 
  other 
  varieties 
  of 
  hickory. 
  

   Otherwise, 
  I 
  don't 
  see 
  why 
  the 
  rule 
  would 
  not 
  obtain, 
  as 
  with 
  fruits. 
  

   The 
  experiences 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  gives, 
  I 
  think, 
  are 
  generally 
  recognized 
  by 
  

   those 
  who 
  have 
  experimented 
  with 
  them 
  to 
  any 
  extent. 
  I 
  noticed 
  in 
  

   visiting 
  Mr. 
  Roper's 
  nursery 
  he 
  had 
  one 
  very 
  beautiful 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  grafted 
  on 
  a 
  hickory. 
  That 
  was 
  the 
  Stuart, 
  was 
  it 
  not? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Roper 
  : 
  The 
  Moneymaker. 
  It 
  had 
  made 
  a 
  growth 
  of 
  four 
  or 
  

   five 
  feet 
  in 
  two 
  years. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  Do 
  you 
  know 
  the 
  variety 
  of 
  hickory 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   topworked 
  to? 
  

  

  j\Ir. 
  Roper 
  : 
  Just 
  our 
  common 
  hickory, 
  I 
  suppose 
  the 
  pignut. 
  

  

  