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  some 
  of 
  them 
  fine 
  trees, 
  but 
  not 
  bearing 
  much, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  

   small 
  nuts. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  of 
  Jeanerette, 
  Louisiana, 
  has 
  been 
  at 
  my 
  

   place, 
  and 
  he 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  is 
  just 
  as 
  luxuriant 
  

   there 
  as 
  in 
  Louisiana. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  The 
  point 
  we 
  want 
  to 
  bring 
  out 
  is 
  this, 
  and 
  I 
  

   think 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  emphasize 
  it 
  at 
  this 
  meeting 
  — 
  that 
  pecans 
  suitable 
  

   for 
  northern 
  planting 
  must 
  include 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  an 
  early 
  ripening 
  season, 
  

   earlier 
  than 
  the 
  ripening 
  season 
  of 
  southern 
  pecans. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  Sometimes 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  provision 
  in 
  nature 
  for 
  that. 
  The 
  

   tree 
  will 
  adapt 
  itself 
  to 
  the 
  climate, 
  and 
  give 
  a 
  smaller 
  nut. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  What 
  has 
  been 
  your 
  experience, 
  Mr. 
  Roper? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Roper 
  : 
  "We 
  have 
  only 
  fruited 
  Stuart 
  at 
  Petersburg. 
  All 
  the 
  

   nuts 
  have 
  been 
  well 
  filled, 
  but 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  Stuart 
  farther 
  

   south. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  : 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  made 
  the 
  remark 
  yesterday 
  that 
  

   nature 
  will 
  attend 
  to 
  this 
  largely 
  for 
  us. 
  He 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  wood 
  be- 
  

   ginning 
  to 
  ripen 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  August. 
  With 
  us 
  in 
  Niagara 
  County, 
  

   we 
  expect 
  that 
  with' 
  all 
  trees 
  the 
  wood 
  will 
  begin 
  ripening 
  about 
  the 
  

   first 
  of 
  August, 
  preparing 
  for 
  the 
  winter. 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  doesn't 
  come 
  

   into 
  blossom 
  till 
  about 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  May 
  or 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  June. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  mainly 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  ripening 
  wood, 
  but 
  

   of 
  ripening 
  nuts, 
  in 
  pecan 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  North. 
  A 
  good 
  many 
  nuts 
  

   will 
  remain 
  green, 
  even 
  though 
  the 
  tree 
  will 
  grow 
  well 
  ; 
  and 
  we 
  must 
  

   have 
  nurserymen 
  draw 
  our 
  attention 
  to 
  this 
  difference, 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  

   sending 
  trees 
  out 
  to 
  us 
  for 
  northern 
  planting. 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  thing 
  that 
  may 
  

   not 
  be 
  determined 
  right 
  now. 
  but 
  nurserymen 
  must 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  report 
  

   upon 
  comparative 
  ripening 
  times 
  of 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  pecans 
  to 
  be 
  sent 
  

   north. 
  

  

  We 
  will 
  have 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Committee 
  on 
  Nominations. 
  

  

  [The 
  report 
  was 
  accepted 
  and 
  the 
  nominees 
  elected.] 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  We 
  have 
  with 
  us 
  Professor 
  Herrick, 
  who 
  will 
  

   present 
  his 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  the 
  scolytus 
  beetle. 
  Professor 
  Her- 
  

   rick 
  has 
  prepared 
  his 
  paper 
  at 
  our 
  request 
  since 
  we 
  came 
  here. 
  

  

  THE 
  SCOLYTUS 
  BEETLE. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Herrick. 
  Ithaca. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  With 
  a 
  residence 
  of 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  a 
  decade 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  I 
  became 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  intimately 
  connected 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  growers 
  

   of 
  the 
  section, 
  especially 
  the 
  pecan 
  growers. 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  there 
  an 
  

   intelligent 
  body 
  of 
  men. 
  

  

  