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   ing 
  and 
  begin 
  to 
  do 
  as 
  you 
  please. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Comment 
  upon 
  this 
  paper 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  order. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  You 
  say 
  you 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  issue 
  that 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  On 
  my 
  own 
  responsibility, 
  but 
  subject 
  to 
  

   modification. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  If 
  that 
  is 
  going 
  out 
  as 
  a 
  circular 
  of 
  the 
  associa- 
  

   tion, 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  suggest 
  two 
  slight 
  changes. 
  For 
  instance, 
  

   you 
  wouldn't 
  expect 
  the 
  ordinary 
  nut 
  tree 
  to 
  begin 
  to 
  bear 
  as 
  

   early 
  as 
  the 
  ordinary 
  transplanted 
  apple 
  tree. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Some 
  would. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  A 
  summer 
  apple 
  would 
  begin 
  to 
  bear 
  much 
  earlier 
  

   than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  nut 
  tree. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  Well, 
  chestnuts 
  begin 
  to 
  bear 
  very 
  early 
  

   after 
  grafting. 
  I 
  refer 
  only 
  to 
  grafted 
  trees 
  here. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  I 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  paper 
  had 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  trees 
  

   that 
  were 
  planted 
  as 
  nuts. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  No, 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  made 
  that 
  perfectly 
  clear. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  What 
  is 
  that 
  new 
  statement 
  about 
  roots, 
  that 
  

   it 
  is 
  desirable 
  to 
  leave 
  them 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  That 
  it 
  is 
  better 
  that 
  a 
  tree 
  should 
  go 
  un- 
  

   disturbed 
  than 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  transplanted. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  Isn't 
  there 
  a 
  question 
  about 
  that 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  A 
  question 
  would 
  arise 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  an 
  

   expert, 
  perhaps, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  for 
  an 
  amateur, 
  that 
  a 
  tree 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  where 
  the 
  nut 
  was 
  planted 
  is 
  more 
  likely 
  to 
  live 
  and 
  do 
  well 
  

   than 
  a 
  transplanted 
  tree. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  so 
  certain 
  about 
  that, 
  but 
  what 
  I 
  had 
  

   in 
  mind 
  was 
  that 
  the 
  planter 
  would 
  get 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  the 
  tap- 
  

   root 
  was 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  cut 
  off 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  desirable 
  to 
  the 
  

   tree. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  That's 
  a 
  good 
  point. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  About 
  cutting 
  the 
  tap-root 
  I 
  have 
  said 
  

   yes 
  and 
  no 
  so 
  fast 
  that 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  which 
  I've 
  said 
  last, 
  

   and 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  have 
  discussion 
  on 
  this 
  

   very 
  point. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  I 
  have 
  said 
  that 
  in 
  buying 
  these 
  grafted 
  

   trees 
  you 
  should 
  set 
  them 
  out 
  following 
  the 
  instructions 
  of 
  the 
  

   nurseryman 
  closely. 
  

  

  