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  he 
  speaks 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  grafted 
  in 
  1880, 
  but 
  doesn't 
  say 
  when 
  it 
  began 
  to 
  

   bear. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  He 
  told 
  me 
  it 
  has 
  taken 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  twenty 
  years. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming 
  : 
  But 
  the 
  pecan 
  on 
  hickory 
  has 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  bear 
  

   the 
  second 
  season, 
  that 
  is, 
  topworked. 
  Can 
  we 
  expect 
  such 
  results 
  irn 
  

   top 
  working 
  our 
  own 
  hickories 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  I 
  think 
  so. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming 
  : 
  Are 
  we 
  going 
  to 
  have 
  success 
  in 
  topworking, 
  and 
  

   bj^ 
  what 
  method? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  I 
  believe 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  they 
  can 
  graft, 
  but 
  in 
  

   the 
  North 
  we 
  have 
  got 
  to 
  do 
  it 
  by 
  budding. 
  My 
  best 
  results 
  have 
  been 
  

   late 
  July 
  or 
  early 
  August. 
  I 
  believe 
  herbaceous 
  budding 
  promises 
  a 
  

   good 
  deal. 
  

  

  ]\Ir. 
  Rush 
  : 
  Were 
  those 
  buds 
  then 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  previous 
  1 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  Those 
  were 
  buds 
  from 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  the 
  scion, 
  and 
  

   herbaceous 
  stock 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming: 
  ^Ir. 
  Littlepage 
  has 
  had 
  some 
  success 
  in 
  budding 
  

   hickory 
  very 
  early, 
  haven't 
  you? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  I 
  was 
  just 
  stating 
  that 
  I 
  started 
  in 
  last 
  year 
  to 
  

   bud. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  possible 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  pecan 
  orchard 
  bear 
  early 
  

   by 
  budding 
  into 
  these 
  hickories, 
  ten, 
  fifteen, 
  or 
  twenty 
  years 
  old. 
  This 
  

   next 
  year 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  try 
  hickory 
  on 
  hickory. 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  try 
  three 
  

   processes. 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  try 
  bark 
  grafting, 
  and 
  whip 
  grafting 
  in 
  the 
  

   body 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  cut 
  off. 
  Then, 
  I 
  have 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   hickories 
  each 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  sawed 
  off 
  and 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  put 
  up 
  clusters 
  of 
  water 
  sprouts, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  whip 
  

   graft 
  some 
  and 
  put 
  paper 
  sacks 
  over 
  them, 
  and 
  see 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  best. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  budding 
  the 
  best. 
  

  

  ]\Ir. 
  Reed 
  : 
  Doctor 
  Morris 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  analogy 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  

   grafted 
  on 
  pecan 
  as 
  coming 
  into 
  bearing 
  in 
  two 
  years. 
  Do 
  you 
  account 
  

   for 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  a 
  graft, 
  or 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  wood 
  you 
  

   selected 
  came 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  had 
  the 
  characteristic 
  of 
  early 
  bearing? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  No 
  doubt 
  that 
  characteristic 
  was 
  transmitted, 
  

   and 
  further, 
  no 
  doubt 
  the 
  grafted 
  stock 
  was 
  used 
  from 
  bearing 
  wood. 
  

   Those 
  points 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  interest. 
  

  

  ]Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  Does 
  the 
  mere 
  operation 
  of 
  grafting 
  or 
  budding 
  influ- 
  

   ence 
  earliness 
  of 
  bearing? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Yes, 
  if 
  I 
  understand 
  the 
  question 
  rightly. 
  A 
  

   tree 
  that 
  might 
  not 
  bear 
  for 
  fifteen 
  years 
  as 
  a 
  seedling 
  may 
  bear 
  in 
  

   three 
  years 
  grafted. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  I 
  have 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  that 
  bore 
  two 
  fine 
  luits 
  the 
  

   second 
  year. 
  I 
  have 
  young 
  trees, 
  one 
  about 
  thirtv 
  inches, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  

  

  