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  will 
  linger 
  on 
  for 
  several 
  seasons 
  without 
  making 
  much 
  growth, 
  tiring 
  

   out 
  the 
  patience 
  of 
  the 
  planter. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  transplanting 
  should 
  be 
  very 
  carefully 
  done 
  and 
  the 
  

   trees 
  given 
  proper 
  care 
  and 
  culture. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  that 
  it 
  costs 
  more 
  to 
  grow 
  pecan 
  nursery 
  trees 
  in 
  

   the 
  North 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  planters 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  will 
  find 
  that 
  these 
  trees 
  have 
  a 
  value 
  which 
  will 
  far 
  offset 
  their 
  

   additional 
  cost. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  propagation 
  and 
  care 
  are 
  slightly 
  different 
  

   in 
  the 
  North 
  from 
  those 
  that 
  usually 
  obtain 
  in 
  the 
  South. 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   practicable 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  details 
  connected 
  with 
  this 
  work. 
  The 
  facts 
  

   that 
  have 
  been 
  mentioned 
  are 
  those 
  that 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  most 
  im- 
  

   portance 
  for 
  consideration 
  by 
  persons 
  planting 
  pecan 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  North. 
  

   Those 
  who 
  have 
  gone 
  thus 
  far 
  with 
  the 
  work 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  conclasions 
  

   are 
  based 
  are 
  continuing 
  as 
  earnestly 
  as 
  they 
  began. 
  

  

  The 
  outlook 
  for 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  industry 
  in 
  northern 
  ter- 
  

   ritory 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  promising 
  where 
  hardy, 
  early-maturing 
  varieties 
  

   are 
  properly 
  grown 
  in 
  nursery 
  on 
  hardy 
  stocks 
  under 
  climatic 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  that 
  will 
  best 
  fit 
  them 
  for 
  the 
  locality 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  

   planted. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  We 
  can 
  -give 
  some 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Roper's 
  paper. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  ask 
  if 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  hardy 
  kinds 
  which 
  will 
  

   stand 
  the 
  winters 
  well 
  may 
  not 
  carry 
  their 
  ripening 
  season 
  so 
  late 
  that 
  

   they 
  do 
  not 
  properly 
  mature 
  ? 
  Isn 
  't 
  this 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  observation 
  we 
  have 
  

   got 
  to 
  follow 
  out 
  in 
  adapting 
  pecans 
  to 
  northern 
  fields? 
  Who 
  has 
  had 
  

   experience 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  point, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  things 
  that 
  everyone 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  discover 
  who 
  is 
  engaged 
  in 
  northern 
  

   pecan 
  planting 
  on 
  the 
  extreme 
  limits 
  within 
  the 
  next 
  few 
  years. 
  There 
  

   isn't 
  much 
  danger 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  getting 
  frost-bitten 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  as 
  

   some 
  imagine, 
  because 
  the 
  pecan 
  tree 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  pretty 
  good 
  weather 
  

   prophet. 
  They 
  don't 
  get 
  ready, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  till 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  danger 
  is 
  

   past. 
  A 
  great 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  and 
  pecans 
  don't 
  begin 
  

   to 
  pollenate 
  till 
  the 
  tenth 
  of 
  jNIay, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  rare 
  that 
  a 
  tree 
  doesn't 
  

   ripen 
  its 
  nuts 
  there. 
  But 
  once 
  in 
  a 
  while 
  we 
  discover 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  sets 
  a 
  

   bountiful 
  crop 
  annually 
  and 
  never 
  matures 
  a 
  nut, 
  because 
  it 
  gets 
  frost 
  

   bitten. 
  It 
  simply 
  doesn't 
  have 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  growing 
  season. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  I 
  remember 
  a 
  pecan 
  tree 
  I 
  received, 
  and 
  have 
  had 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  six 
  years 
  in 
  Pennsylvania. 
  It 
  was 
  never 
  affected 
  with 
  

   the 
  cold, 
  and 
  made 
  luxurious 
  growth. 
  But 
  I 
  haven't 
  been 
  so 
  fortunate 
  

   as 
  to 
  get 
  it 
  to 
  bear, 
  although 
  it 
  throws 
  out 
  catkins 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  

  

  President 
  ^lorris: 
  The 
  pecan 
  tree 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  hardy 
  as 
  far 
  

   north 
  as 
  Boston. 
  There 
  are 
  quite 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  near 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  

  

  