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  year. 
  There 
  are 
  one 
  (ir 
  t\v<i 
  varieties 
  in 
  this 
  neighborhood 
  that 
  may 
  take 
  

   rank 
  over 
  all 
  the 
  northern 
  peeans 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  discovered. 
  It 
  is 
  no 
  

   longer 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  finding 
  nuts 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  ot 
  good 
  size, 
  for 
  vce 
  have 
  

   already 
  located 
  some 
  that 
  rank 
  well 
  with 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  southern 
  

   varieties 
  in 
  size, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  surprising 
  and 
  favorable 
  points 
  of 
  the 
  

   northern 
  pecan 
  is 
  their 
  fine 
  filling 
  qualities 
  and 
  high 
  flavor. 
  When 
  

   placed 
  on 
  the 
  scales 
  their 
  weight 
  is 
  most 
  surprising 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  

   not 
  tested 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  problem 
  before 
  the 
  prospective 
  pecan 
  growcn- 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  is 
  

   to 
  secure 
  good 
  trees 
  of 
  these 
  most 
  desirable 
  varieties. 
  Seedling 
  trees 
  are 
  

   not 
  worth 
  setting 
  out. 
  Until 
  last 
  year 
  the 
  successful 
  propagation 
  of 
  

   pecans 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  was 
  doubted 
  by 
  many, 
  but 
  the 
  experiments 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  by 
  myself 
  and 
  ^Ir. 
  R. 
  L. 
  McCoy, 
  at 
  Lake. 
  Ind., 
  who 
  worked 
  in 
  

   conjunction 
  with 
  me. 
  have 
  demonstrated 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  successfully 
  

   propagated. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  points, 
  however, 
  must 
  be 
  carefully 
  observed 
  

   in 
  this 
  work. 
  

  

  First, 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  grafting: 
  The 
  grafting 
  should 
  be 
  done 
  on 
  

   northern 
  two-year-old 
  stocks. 
  One-year-old 
  stocks 
  can 
  be 
  used, 
  but 
  two- 
  

   year-olds 
  are 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  better. 
  The 
  stocks 
  must 
  be 
  grown 
  from 
  

   northern 
  seedlings. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  for 
  the 
  southern 
  

   stock, 
  and 
  right 
  here 
  let 
  me 
  suggest 
  that 
  the 
  individual 
  who 
  buys 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  trees 
  grafted 
  on 
  southern 
  stocks 
  or 
  southern 
  trees 
  grafted 
  on 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  stocks 
  is 
  throwing 
  his 
  money 
  away. 
  I 
  set 
  fifty 
  trees 
  last 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  

   "Indiana" 
  grafted 
  on 
  southern 
  stocks, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  freeze 
  that 
  came 
  

   promptly 
  killed 
  them 
  all. 
  They 
  put 
  up 
  a 
  few 
  new 
  sprouts 
  last 
  summer^ 
  

   but 
  finally 
  the 
  roots 
  rotted, 
  and 
  this 
  fall 
  I 
  dug 
  them 
  up. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  

   neighbor 
  who 
  put 
  out 
  an 
  orchard 
  of 
  southern 
  grown 
  trees. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   them 
  seemed 
  to 
  grow 
  all 
  right 
  for 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  years, 
  and 
  then 
  froze 
  

   down 
  to 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  find 
  out, 
  experi- 
  

   ments 
  with 
  southern 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  have 
  been 
  practically 
  a 
  waste 
  of 
  

   time 
  and 
  money. 
  So 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  bear 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  these 
  northern 
  

   varieties 
  must 
  be 
  grafted 
  or 
  budded 
  on 
  trees 
  grown 
  from 
  northern 
  seed. 
  

  

  The 
  proper 
  time 
  for 
  grafting 
  in 
  the 
  Evansville 
  latitude 
  is 
  the 
  last 
  

   A^'eek 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  April. 
  The 
  scions 
  must 
  be 
  cut 
  from 
  

   thrifty 
  growing 
  trees 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  used 
  immediately 
  after 
  they 
  are 
  cut. 
  

   Experience 
  has 
  shown 
  that 
  scions 
  kept 
  in 
  cold 
  storage 
  or 
  stratified 
  in 
  

   sand 
  for 
  any 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  lose 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  vitality, 
  and 
  

   success 
  with 
  them 
  is 
  very 
  limited 
  in 
  that 
  section. 
  Last 
  year 
  I 
  cut 
  most 
  

   of 
  my 
  scions 
  in 
  November 
  and 
  December, 
  stratified 
  them 
  in 
  sand 
  until 
  

   spring, 
  and 
  my 
  percentage 
  of 
  success 
  with 
  them 
  was 
  very 
  small, 
  while 
  

   on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  Mr. 
  McCoy 
  used 
  scions 
  directly 
  off 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  had 
  a 
  

   satisfactory 
  stand. 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  proven 
  later 
  that 
  

   the 
  best 
  method 
  of 
  grafting 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  is 
  to 
  graft 
  above 
  the 
  ground 
  

  

  