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  yet 
  many 
  people 
  who 
  think 
  that 
  you 
  cannot 
  transplant 
  a 
  pecan 
  tree, 
  and 
  

   that 
  if 
  you 
  cut 
  the 
  tap 
  root 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  produce, 
  while 
  the 
  fact 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  tree 
  can 
  be 
  transplanted 
  with 
  almost 
  as 
  much 
  success 
  as 
  can 
  fruit 
  

   trees. 
  Two 
  years 
  ago 
  I 
  transplanted 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  cherry 
  trees. 
  At 
  the 
  

   same 
  time 
  I 
  transplanted 
  some 
  pecan 
  trees, 
  and 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  higher 
  per- 
  

   centage 
  of 
  loss 
  among 
  the 
  cherries 
  than 
  among 
  the 
  pecans. 
  There 
  are 
  

   some 
  who 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  even 
  a 
  benefit 
  to 
  cut 
  the 
  tap 
  root. 
  I 
  have 
  

   never 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  school 
  which 
  endorses 
  cutting 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  any 
  tree 
  

   to 
  accelerate 
  its 
  growth, 
  except, 
  of 
  course, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  take 
  

   up 
  a 
  tree 
  and 
  reset 
  it, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  cut 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   roots. 
  It 
  is 
  unquestionably 
  true 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  roots 
  are 
  cut 
  too 
  severely 
  

   the 
  tree 
  receives 
  too 
  great 
  a 
  shock, 
  but 
  the 
  pecan 
  tree 
  seems 
  to 
  recover 
  

   as 
  quickly 
  as 
  any 
  other 
  variety 
  of 
  tree. 
  However, 
  there 
  are 
  hundreds 
  of 
  

   farmers 
  today 
  who 
  would 
  not 
  undertake 
  to 
  raise 
  pecans, 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  

   that 
  they 
  think 
  they 
  cannot 
  be 
  transplanted. 
  Also, 
  in 
  every 
  community 
  

   where 
  the 
  pecan 
  is 
  native, 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  many 
  seedling 
  trees 
  ranging 
  any- 
  

   where 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  twenty-five 
  years 
  old 
  that 
  have 
  never 
  borne 
  a 
  nut. 
  

   These 
  trees 
  are 
  pointed 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  general 
  public 
  as 
  horrible 
  examples 
  

   of 
  the 
  uselessness 
  of 
  attempted 
  pecan 
  culture. 
  Near 
  my 
  home 
  at 
  Boon- 
  

   ville, 
  Ind.. 
  is 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  seedling 
  pecan 
  trees 
  planted 
  in 
  a 
  garden. 
  The 
  

   trees 
  are 
  now 
  old 
  enough 
  to 
  bear 
  a 
  half 
  bushel 
  of 
  pecans 
  every 
  year, 
  but 
  

   so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know 
  they 
  have 
  never 
  borne 
  a 
  nut. 
  The 
  general 
  public 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  INIiddle 
  West 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  learned 
  that 
  the 
  

   average 
  seedling 
  pecan 
  is 
  an 
  uncertain 
  quantity, 
  grows 
  slowly, 
  bears 
  

   irregularly, 
  if 
  at 
  all, 
  and 
  probably 
  inferior 
  nuts. 
  However, 
  once 
  in 
  a 
  

   while, 
  nature, 
  through 
  her 
  wonderful 
  workings, 
  has 
  produced 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  

   bears 
  large 
  crops 
  of 
  fine 
  nuts 
  regularly, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  seedling 
  pecan 
  is 
  

   grafted 
  or 
  budded 
  from 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  tree 
  the 
  trees 
  so 
  propagated 
  take 
  

   on 
  the 
  qualities 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  and 
  begin 
  bearing 
  very 
  early. 
  I 
  have 
  

   frequently 
  taken 
  pictures 
  of 
  small 
  pecan 
  trees 
  not 
  over 
  three 
  feet 
  high, 
  

   each 
  bearing 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  large, 
  fine 
  nuts. 
  This, 
  of 
  course, 
  is 
  unusual, 
  

   ])ut 
  shows 
  the 
  tendency 
  of 
  the 
  grafted 
  or 
  budded 
  tree. 
  I 
  mention 
  the 
  

   above 
  two 
  points 
  not 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  of 
  entering 
  into 
  a 
  

   discussion 
  of 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  the 
  pecan, 
  but 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  

   general 
  enlightenment 
  on 
  the 
  possibilities, 
  and 
  to 
  dispel 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   bug-a-boos 
  that 
  exist 
  in 
  the 
  minds 
  of 
  many 
  persons. 
  Those 
  of 
  you 
  here 
  

   who 
  have 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  phases 
  of 
  nut 
  culture 
  may 
  think 
  these 
  

   points 
  primitive 
  and 
  unnecessary, 
  and 
  they 
  are, 
  perhaps, 
  unnecessary 
  

   to 
  the 
  expert, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  my 
  pleasure 
  every 
  summer 
  to 
  spend 
  considerable 
  

   time 
  in 
  the 
  rural 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  surprising 
  how 
  very 
  

   little 
  is 
  known, 
  even 
  by 
  our 
  most 
  enlightened 
  farmers, 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  

   nut 
  culture. 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  many 
  trips 
  throughout 
  the 
  South, 
  and 
  I 
  find 
  

   the 
  farmers 
  in 
  that 
  section 
  have 
  read 
  the 
  various 
  proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  