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  Professor 
  Craig: 
  I 
  don't 
  believe 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  expect 
  the 
  characters 
  

   of 
  our 
  stock 
  to 
  affect 
  the 
  scion 
  to 
  any 
  extent. 
  I 
  think 
  what 
  the 
  nursery- 
  

   men 
  should 
  have 
  in 
  mind 
  and 
  keep 
  in 
  mind 
  is 
  a 
  good, 
  vigorous 
  stock, 
  

   and 
  as 
  many 
  stocks 
  as 
  possible, 
  — 
  as 
  he 
  can 
  get 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  pound 
  of 
  nuts. 
  

   Otherwise, 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  it 
  cuts 
  much 
  figure. 
  In 
  that 
  connection 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  principle 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  discovered 
  by 
  experience, 
  namely, 
  that 
  if 
  

   you 
  are 
  growing 
  stocks 
  it 
  is 
  wise 
  to 
  get 
  your 
  nuts 
  as 
  near 
  your 
  own 
  

   locality 
  as 
  possible. 
  My 
  experience 
  last 
  year 
  in 
  planting 
  five 
  hundred 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  northern 
  grown 
  nuts 
  in 
  a 
  southern 
  locality, 
  and 
  five 
  hundred 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  southern 
  grown 
  nuts 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality, 
  gathered 
  in 
  that 
  

   locality, 
  is 
  that 
  I 
  got 
  fifty 
  per 
  cent 
  more 
  trees 
  from 
  my 
  southern 
  grown 
  

   nuts 
  than 
  northern, 
  and 
  trees 
  that 
  were 
  fully 
  thirty 
  per 
  cent 
  better. 
  

   Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  Where 
  were 
  your 
  northern 
  grown 
  nuts 
  stratified? 
  

   Professor 
  Craig: 
  They 
  were 
  not 
  stratified. 
  They 
  were 
  planted 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  received, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  received 
  within 
  two 
  weeks 
  

   from 
  the 
  time 
  they 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  trees. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  if 
  your 
  northern 
  

   grown 
  nuts 
  had 
  been 
  stratified 
  in 
  the 
  North, 
  and 
  undergone 
  the 
  custo- 
  

   mary 
  freezing 
  and 
  thawing, 
  then 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  you 
  

   wouldn't 
  have 
  seen 
  that 
  difference. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  point 
  is 
  well 
  taken. 
  

   President 
  Morris: 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  about 
  that. 
  In 
  that 
  same 
  

   connection 
  — 
  I 
  would 
  choose 
  nuts 
  for 
  .seed 
  purposes 
  of 
  a 
  mean 
  type, 
  for 
  

   the 
  reason 
  that 
  nature 
  is 
  all 
  the 
  while 
  establishing 
  a 
  mean. 
  The 
  big 
  

   pecan 
  is 
  a 
  freak. 
  If 
  you 
  plant 
  big 
  or 
  small 
  nuts, 
  you 
  don't 
  get 
  big 
  or 
  

   small 
  nuts 
  in 
  return. 
  You 
  get 
  both 
  big 
  and 
  little 
  seeking 
  a 
  mean. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Roper: 
  The 
  large 
  nut 
  will 
  give 
  a 
  better 
  tree. 
  We 
  have 
  tested 
  

   that 
  out. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Does 
  that 
  work 
  out 
  logically 
  in 
  that 
  way, 
  is 
  it 
  

   a 
  comparative 
  matter 
  all 
  the 
  time? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Roper 
  : 
  We 
  haven 
  't 
  worked 
  that 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  bearing, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  

   nuts 
  in 
  the 
  row, 
  the 
  small 
  nuts 
  did 
  not 
  produce 
  as 
  large 
  trees 
  as 
  the 
  

   large 
  nuts. 
  We 
  never 
  tested 
  the 
  mean 
  nuts. 
  We 
  did 
  select 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   very 
  smallest 
  we 
  had, 
  and 
  planted 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   southern 
  type. 
  They 
  came 
  up, 
  but 
  the 
  trees 
  amounted 
  to 
  nothing. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  The 
  idea 
  I 
  meant 
  to 
  convey 
  was 
  that 
  both 
  very 
  

   small 
  and 
  very 
  large 
  nuts 
  are 
  freaks, 
  and 
  neither 
  likely 
  to 
  give 
  as 
  good 
  

   a 
  tree 
  as 
  mean 
  types. 
  What 
  would 
  you 
  anticipate. 
  Professor 
  Craig? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  would 
  resolve 
  itself 
  on 
  a 
  practical 
  

   basis 
  from 
  the 
  practical 
  standpoint. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  mean 
  or 
  average 
  sized 
  

   nut 
  would 
  give 
  you 
  the 
  best 
  results. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  doubt, 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Roper 
  

   said, 
  the 
  very 
  small 
  nut 
  would 
  give 
  you 
  weak 
  seedlings. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  

   hand, 
  you 
  couldn't 
  afford 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  very 
  largest, 
  so 
  that 
  a 
  mean 
  be- 
  

  

  