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  in 
  the 
  North 
  outside, 
  from 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  afraid 
  grafting 
  outside 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  is 
  a 
  failure 
  on 
  hickory 
  stocks. 
  There 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  better 
  chance 
  on 
  

   pecan 
  stock, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  thoroughly 
  tested 
  under 
  favorable 
  cir- 
  

   cumstances. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  sending 
  northern 
  pecan 
  nvits 
  and 
  had 
  them 
  

   planted, 
  and 
  sent 
  scions 
  for 
  working 
  on-them 
  in 
  the 
  South; 
  had 
  some 
  

   failures 
  from 
  natural 
  causes. 
  Simpson 
  Bros, 
  of 
  Monticello, 
  Florida, 
  

   have 
  had 
  fair 
  success 
  there. 
  My 
  share 
  of 
  two 
  year 
  old 
  trees 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  

   w^ay 
  here. 
  Of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  nuts 
  too 
  much 
  cannot 
  be 
  said. 
  Mr. 
  

   Fuller 
  ranked 
  them 
  superior 
  to 
  the 
  Madeira 
  nut. 
  It 
  has 
  remarkable 
  

   keeping 
  qualities. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  taken 
  from 
  eighteen 
  to 
  twenty-five 
  years 
  for 
  my 
  grafted 
  trees 
  

   to 
  come 
  into 
  bearing. 
  

  

  I 
  earnestly 
  hope 
  that 
  with 
  the 
  knowledge 
  gained 
  so 
  far, 
  the 
  means 
  

   of 
  propagation 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  discovered 
  and 
  successfully 
  

   carried 
  on. 
  What 
  a 
  gain 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  the 
  wealth 
  of 
  our 
  food 
  produc- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  luxury. 
  The 
  American 
  hickory 
  would 
  then 
  stand 
  highest 
  on 
  

   the 
  list 
  of 
  our 
  native 
  nuts. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  Are 
  there 
  any 
  comments 
  upon 
  this 
  paper 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Hales? 
  So 
  much 
  is 
  being 
  said 
  about 
  the 
  Hales 
  hickory, 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  

   that 
  possibly 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  put 
  on 
  record 
  some 
  thoughts 
  in 
  the 
  matter. 
  

   Mr. 
  Hales 
  is 
  entitled 
  to 
  more 
  credit 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  man 
  for 
  bringing 
  

   forward 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  shagbark 
  hickory, 
  and 
  his 
  enthusiasm 
  

   was 
  based 
  upon 
  this 
  remarkable 
  nut 
  on 
  his 
  grounds. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  

   nut, 
  and, 
  like 
  all 
  large 
  nuts, 
  is 
  much 
  coarser 
  in 
  character 
  than 
  small 
  

   nuts, 
  and, 
  like 
  all 
  large 
  nuts, 
  lacks 
  delicacy 
  of 
  flavor 
  that 
  we 
  find 
  in 
  

   small 
  nuts. 
  It 
  is 
  thinner 
  shelled 
  than 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  shagbarks 
  that 
  we 
  

   would 
  see 
  in 
  many 
  days 
  spent 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  but 
  when 
  we 
  have 
  for 
  com- 
  

   parison 
  some 
  smaller 
  nuts, 
  we 
  find 
  shells 
  very 
  much 
  thinner 
  than 
  the 
  

   shell 
  of 
  the 
  Hales. 
  The 
  Hales, 
  like 
  many 
  other 
  large 
  hickories, 
  keeps 
  

   much 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  small 
  hickories 
  of 
  finer 
  texture 
  and 
  more 
  delicate 
  

   quality, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  very 
  good 
  at 
  three 
  years 
  of 
  age,' 
  while 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  delicious 
  of 
  the 
  smaller, 
  more 
  tender 
  and 
  delicate 
  nuts 
  are 
  spoil- 
  

   ing 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  six 
  months. 
  I 
  don 
  't 
  know 
  that 
  iNIr. 
  Hales 
  would 
  take 
  

   exception 
  to 
  my 
  way 
  of 
  stating 
  this, 
  but 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  ought 
  to 
  

   feel 
  that 
  we 
  give 
  him 
  all 
  honor, 
  that 
  we 
  think 
  it 
  a 
  remarkable 
  nut, 
  that 
  

   it 
  is 
  a 
  nut, 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  size 
  and 
  features, 
  worthy 
  of 
  the 
  enthusiasm 
  he 
  

   gave 
  it. 
  There 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  some 
  misunderstanding 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  exact 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  this 
  holds 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  other 
  shagbark 
  hickories. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  What 
  is 
  its 
  bearing 
  record 
  as 
  to 
  quantity? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  The 
  tree 
  has 
  been 
  cut 
  so 
  much 
  for 
  scions 
  that 
  it 
  

   has 
  never 
  had 
  a 
  fair 
  chance. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  prolific 
  tree. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   propagation. 
  

  

  