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  sure 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  full 
  of 
  nuts 
  next 
  year, 
  unless 
  some 
  providential 
  mis- 
  

   fortune 
  should 
  intervene. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  At 
  what 
  age 
  did 
  the 
  original 
  trees 
  begin 
  to 
  bear? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  Those 
  were 
  buds 
  shipped 
  to 
  me 
  from 
  California. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  I 
  am 
  firmly 
  convinced 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  something 
  in 
  

   the 
  process 
  of 
  budding 
  or 
  grafting 
  that 
  stimulates 
  the 
  growth. 
  For 
  

   example, 
  I 
  have 
  scions 
  that 
  were 
  not 
  over 
  four 
  to 
  eight 
  inches 
  long 
  

   grafted 
  on 
  one 
  year 
  seedling 
  pecans 
  which, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  season's 
  

   growth, 
  were 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  thirty 
  inches 
  high. 
  All 
  along 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  row 
  

   where 
  seedling 
  pecans 
  were 
  not 
  grafted, 
  there 
  is 
  none 
  over 
  eighteen 
  

   inches 
  high. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  To 
  have 
  made 
  exact 
  comparison, 
  you 
  would 
  have 
  had 
  

   to 
  take 
  buds 
  from 
  your 
  seedling 
  nursery 
  trees, 
  and 
  graft 
  on 
  other 
  trees. 
  

   You 
  are 
  comparing 
  these 
  buds 
  from 
  one 
  tree 
  with 
  seedlings 
  of 
  another. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  if 
  you 
  didn't 
  bud 
  or 
  graft 
  the 
  

   best 
  stocks 
  in 
  the 
  row 
  too? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  We 
  took 
  the 
  whole 
  row, 
  as 
  we 
  came 
  to 
  it, 
  but 
  that 
  

   particular 
  tree 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  on 
  some 
  particularly 
  favorable 
  stock. 
  

   It 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  see 
  why 
  a 
  seedling 
  which 
  

   wasn't 
  budded 
  at 
  all 
  didn't 
  grow 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  a 
  scion 
  which 
  was 
  budded 
  

   in 
  summer, 
  stratified 
  all 
  winter, 
  then 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  an 
  un- 
  

   natural 
  position. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  principle, 
  I 
  think, 
  which 
  we 
  dis- 
  

   cover 
  in 
  pruning. 
  If 
  we 
  prune 
  heavily 
  during 
  the 
  dormant 
  season, 
  

   the 
  effect 
  is 
  increased 
  vegetative 
  growth. 
  If 
  we 
  wish 
  to 
  stimulate 
  the 
  

   growth 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  tree 
  somewhat 
  debilitated, 
  we 
  go 
  to 
  work 
  and 
  cut 
  off 
  

   a 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  top. 
  We 
  don't 
  disturb 
  the 
  root. 
  The 
  effect 
  is 
  

   that 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  amount 
  of 
  pushing 
  power 
  from 
  the 
  root, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  

   decreased 
  area 
  over 
  which 
  that 
  energy 
  is 
  spread, 
  and 
  it 
  results 
  in 
  ap- 
  

   parently 
  increased 
  growth. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  cpiite 
  sure 
  if 
  we 
  were 
  to 
  measure 
  

   it 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  scientific 
  way, 
  we 
  would 
  actually 
  find 
  it 
  was 
  increased 
  growth. 
  

   There 
  are 
  fewer 
  branches, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  made 
  greater 
  length. 
  In 
  the 
  

   case 
  of 
  grafting 
  our 
  pecans, 
  we 
  cut 
  off 
  our 
  tops, 
  set 
  a 
  two-bud 
  scion 
  in 
  

   the 
  root, 
  and 
  usually 
  but 
  one 
  starts 
  and 
  receives 
  all 
  the 
  vigor 
  from 
  the 
  

   established 
  root, 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  vigor 
  being 
  distributed 
  over 
  several 
  buds 
  

   on 
  the 
  original 
  seedling 
  top. 
  We 
  have 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  that 
  concentration 
  

   of 
  vitality 
  increased 
  grow'th. 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  theoretical 
  explanation 
  will 
  

   stand 
  fairly 
  well, 
  because 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  directly 
  in 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  effect 
  

   of 
  winter 
  pruning. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Professor 
  Craig 
  to 
  what 
  extent 
  he 
  

   w^ould 
  select 
  seed 
  for 
  nursery 
  purposes? 
  What 
  influence 
  would 
  the 
  

   characters 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  tree 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  seed 
  came 
  have 
  on 
  the 
  

   grafted 
  tree? 
  

  

  