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  tween 
  large 
  and 
  small 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  natural 
  thing 
  to 
  choose. 
  But 
  we 
  

   should 
  do 
  nothing 
  to 
  discourage 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  specimens, 
  

   with 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  getting 
  something 
  unusually 
  good. 
  That 
  is 
  cer- 
  

   tainly 
  the 
  work 
  for 
  every 
  amateur. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake: 
  Does 
  that 
  statement, 
  that 
  you 
  think 
  it 
  doesn't 
  

   make 
  much 
  difference 
  about 
  the 
  parent 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  for 
  stock, 
  apply 
  to 
  

   walnuts 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig 
  : 
  I 
  haven 
  't 
  had 
  any 
  experience 
  in 
  walnuts. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Mr. 
  Roper 
  if 
  he 
  knows 
  of 
  any 
  

   examples 
  where 
  selection 
  of 
  fine 
  varieties, 
  of 
  seed 
  has 
  not 
  resulted 
  in 
  

   getting 
  a 
  more 
  productive 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  producing 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Roper: 
  Only 
  one, 
  and 
  that 
  wasn't 
  in 
  a 
  tree. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  In 
  regard 
  to 
  coming 
  true 
  to 
  type, 
  I 
  think 
  rec- 
  

   ords 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  many 
  thousands 
  of 
  pecans, 
  and 
  I 
  don 
  't 
  know 
  

   of 
  any 
  instance 
  where 
  the 
  progeny 
  resembled 
  the 
  parent 
  closely. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  : 
  Maybe 
  someone 
  could 
  explain 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  failures 
  a 
  

   few 
  years 
  ago 
  in 
  planting 
  some 
  Persian 
  walnuts. 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  another 
  

   tree 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  got 
  a 
  peck 
  or 
  more. 
  They 
  were 
  planted 
  

   the 
  same 
  day, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  ground, 
  and 
  all 
  came 
  up. 
  Those 
  I 
  got 
  from 
  

   another 
  tree 
  resembled 
  a 
  hill 
  of 
  beans, 
  and 
  stayed 
  that 
  way 
  for 
  three 
  

   years. 
  Why 
  wouldn 
  't 
  those 
  grow 
  ? 
  In 
  soil 
  three 
  feet 
  from 
  those, 
  there 
  

   were 
  trees 
  growing. 
  Those 
  nuts 
  never 
  did 
  make 
  trees. 
  The 
  nuts 
  were 
  

   of 
  good 
  size. 
  

  

  Colonel 
  Van 
  Duzee: 
  As 
  a 
  practical 
  nurseryman, 
  I 
  wouldn't 
  think 
  

   of 
  planting 
  nuts 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  I 
  didn't 
  know 
  individually. 
  We 
  have 
  

   had 
  very 
  much 
  better 
  success 
  with 
  nursery 
  stock 
  where 
  we 
  have 
  chosen 
  

   as 
  seed 
  medium 
  sized 
  nuts 
  from 
  vigorous 
  trees 
  with 
  which 
  we 
  were 
  

   acquainted. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Pomeroy, 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  

   question 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  his 
  tree 
  would 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  failure. 
  

   In 
  other 
  words, 
  his 
  nursery 
  stock 
  was 
  undoubtedly 
  from 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  

   years 
  of 
  slow 
  growth 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  tree, 
  or 
  unfavorable 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  some 
  kind. 
  I 
  don't 
  quite 
  agree 
  with 
  Professor 
  Craig 
  on 
  

   the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  stock, 
  because 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  is 
  really 
  a 
  very 
  

   important 
  point. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  We 
  are 
  not 
  here 
  to 
  agree 
  upon 
  anything. 
  

  

  Colonel 
  Van 
  Duzee 
  : 
  I 
  can 
  't 
  speak 
  from 
  the 
  scientific 
  standpoint, 
  

   but 
  I 
  am 
  quite 
  sure 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  business 
  I 
  shouldn't 
  care 
  to 
  

   overlook 
  that 
  influence. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  When 
  men 
  agree, 
  it 
  means 
  we 
  are 
  on 
  stale 
  old 
  

   ground 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  thrashed 
  over. 
  

  

  