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  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  trunk 
  below 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  union 
  became 
  scaly 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  hiean 
  above. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake: 
  That 
  would 
  suggest 
  something 
  worth 
  while, 
  if 
  

   that 
  part 
  below 
  would 
  produce 
  fruit 
  like 
  the 
  part 
  above, 
  but 
  I 
  would 
  

   want 
  to 
  question 
  a 
  little 
  the 
  modification 
  in 
  bark 
  characteristics 
  being 
  

   a 
  direct 
  result 
  of 
  cross 
  grafting. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  Of 
  course, 
  it 
  was 
  no 
  check 
  — 
  only 
  one 
  instance. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  There 
  are 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  others 
  that 
  are 
  authentic. 
  

   I 
  have 
  known 
  a 
  ease 
  of 
  plum. 
  Here 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  plum 
  stock, 
  we 
  will 
  

   say 
  it 
  is 
  Primus 
  Americana, 
  grafted 
  with 
  Primus 
  triflora, 
  the 
  Japanese, 
  

   then 
  later 
  on. 
  Primus 
  domestica 
  is 
  put 
  on 
  top. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  sprout 
  

   from 
  tritlora 
  bearing 
  Japanese 
  plums, 
  while 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  bore 
  

   Primus 
  domestica, 
  although 
  there 
  was 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  section 
  of 
  stem 
  in 
  

   there 
  between 
  our 
  two 
  distinct 
  species. 
  They 
  were 
  perfectly 
  normal. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  Each 
  elaborates 
  its 
  own 
  kind 
  of 
  food 
  in 
  its 
  own 
  

   kind 
  of 
  cell. 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  hear 
  from 
  ^Ir. 
  Brown 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Wilcox 
  on 
  

   this 
  matter 
  of 
  grafting 
  — 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  stock 
  on 
  scion. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilcox 
  : 
  We 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  show 
  of 
  stocks, 
  but 
  instead 
  of 
  allowing 
  

   them 
  to 
  become 
  established 
  in 
  the 
  pots, 
  we 
  grafted 
  them 
  as 
  they 
  started 
  

   into 
  growth 
  after 
  rooting. 
  Had 
  they 
  been 
  established, 
  we 
  would 
  have 
  

   expected 
  better 
  results. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig 
  : 
  What 
  method 
  do 
  you 
  employ 
  ? 
  

  

  ]\Ir. 
  Wilcox 
  : 
  Side 
  grafting. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  Do 
  you 
  mean 
  whip 
  grafting? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilcox: 
  Side 
  whip 
  grafting. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming 
  : 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Doctor 
  Morris 
  what 
  he 
  thinks 
  

   of 
  the 
  practical 
  future 
  of 
  grafting 
  our 
  hickory 
  seedlings 
  with 
  improved 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  hickory 
  or 
  pecan, 
  and 
  the 
  method 
  most 
  likely 
  to 
  succeed, 
  — 
  

   whether 
  grafting 
  or 
  budding, 
  and 
  at 
  what 
  season. 
  It 
  is 
  important 
  

   to 
  learn 
  whether 
  we 
  can 
  so 
  graft 
  or 
  bud 
  our 
  hickory 
  sprouts 
  that 
  within 
  

   a 
  few 
  years 
  we 
  can 
  hope 
  to 
  get 
  something 
  from 
  them. 
  

  

  President 
  ^lorris 
  : 
  AVe 
  can 
  only 
  make 
  a 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  pecan. 
  If 
  

   we 
  know 
  that 
  it 
  requires 
  fifteen 
  or 
  twenty 
  years 
  for 
  coming 
  into 
  bearing 
  

   as 
  a 
  seedling 
  tree, 
  and 
  if 
  we 
  laiow 
  that 
  it 
  bears 
  frequently 
  in 
  two, 
  three, 
  

   or 
  four 
  years 
  after 
  being 
  grafted 
  we 
  can 
  anticipate 
  analogous 
  acticm 
  

   with 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  hickories. 
  I 
  haven't 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  testimony 
  

   from 
  men 
  who 
  have 
  grafted 
  hickories. 
  One 
  man 
  told 
  me 
  he 
  thought 
  

   shagbark 
  grafted 
  upon 
  other 
  shagbark, 
  topworked, 
  came 
  into 
  bearing 
  in 
  

   seven 
  or 
  eight 
  years. 
  Another 
  man 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  his 
  came 
  into 
  bearing 
  

   in 
  a 
  much 
  shorter 
  time 
  than 
  it 
  would 
  otherwise, 
  while 
  with 
  one 
  par- 
  

   ticular 
  variety, 
  the 
  Hale, 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  twelve 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  re(iuired 
  

   for 
  the 
  tree 
  to 
  come 
  into 
  bearing. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  communication 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Hales 
  in 
  which 
  

  

  