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  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  But 
  that 
  statement 
  about 
  the 
  tap-root 
  would 
  

   lead 
  the 
  average 
  planter 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  very 
  desirable 
  to 
  

   have 
  the 
  tap-root. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  Has 
  it 
  been 
  settled 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  desirable 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  Well, 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  generally 
  accepted 
  that 
  

   it 
  is 
  of 
  no 
  special 
  value. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  That 
  trees 
  will 
  grow 
  as 
  well 
  transplanted 
  

   as 
  if 
  they 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  transplanted 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  Well, 
  I 
  shouldn't 
  want 
  to 
  put 
  it 
  that 
  way, 
  but 
  

   this 
  is 
  the 
  point: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  tree 
  planter 
  under- 
  

   stand 
  that 
  a 
  walnut 
  tree 
  doesn't 
  need 
  the 
  tap-root 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  

   cuts 
  off 
  the 
  tap-root 
  in 
  planting, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  great 
  loss. 
  I 
  wouldn't 
  

   want 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  his 
  trees 
  wouldn't 
  begin 
  to 
  bear 
  earlier 
  or 
  bear 
  

   larger 
  if 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  place. 
  I 
  prefer 
  to 
  transplant 
  my 
  

   own 
  tree 
  after 
  it 
  is 
  grown, 
  rather 
  than 
  run 
  the 
  risk 
  of 
  getting 
  

   scrub 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  post 
  hole 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  hill. 
  I 
  prefer 
  to 
  select 
  

   the 
  grafted 
  trees 
  even 
  without 
  the 
  tap-roots, 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  

   removed 
  in 
  digging, 
  and 
  planting 
  them 
  all 
  uniform, 
  rather 
  than 
  

   to 
  plant 
  the 
  seeds. 
  Speaking 
  for 
  the 
  amateur, 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  latter 
  

   is 
  good 
  practice. 
  The 
  point 
  I 
  had 
  in 
  mind 
  was 
  that 
  many 
  people 
  

   will 
  not 
  take 
  the 
  time 
  to 
  plant 
  nuts 
  but 
  will 
  want 
  to 
  set 
  grafted 
  

   trees, 
  and 
  the 
  question 
  is, 
  should 
  they 
  have 
  considerable 
  tap- 
  

   root 
  — 
  the 
  grafted 
  trees 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  Following 
  my 
  plan, 
  a 
  man 
  would 
  buy 
  a 
  

   small 
  number 
  of 
  fine 
  trees 
  and 
  set 
  them 
  out 
  at 
  once; 
  that 
  would 
  

   probably 
  be 
  all 
  he 
  would 
  undertake 
  and 
  all 
  he 
  could 
  probably 
  

   manage. 
  He 
  would 
  also 
  plant 
  a 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  nuts 
  on 
  which 
  

   to 
  experiment 
  in 
  propagation. 
  My 
  experience 
  up 
  in 
  Connecticut 
  

   has 
  been 
  that 
  all 
  my 
  southern 
  transplanted 
  trees, 
  almost 
  with- 
  

   out 
  exception, 
  have 
  died. 
  I 
  have 
  planted 
  pecans 
  and 
  Persian 
  

   walnuts 
  from 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  different 
  nurseries. 
  I 
  have 
  done 
  it 
  

   personally 
  and 
  done 
  it 
  as 
  carefully 
  as 
  I 
  could, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  

   either 
  made 
  a 
  very 
  feeble 
  growth 
  indeed 
  or 
  have 
  all 
  died. 
  On 
  

   the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  seeds 
  I 
  have 
  planted 
  have 
  grown 
  into 
  very 
  

   vigorous 
  trees. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  little 
  experience 
  with 
  the 
  tap-root 
  

   theory. 
  You 
  can't 
  dig 
  a 
  walnut 
  tree 
  without 
  cutting 
  the 
  tap- 
  

   root, 
  and 
  that 
  tap-root, 
  I 
  find, 
  is 
  practically 
  of 
  no 
  benefit 
  at 
  all 
  

   after 
  you 
  have 
  your 
  upper 
  laterals, 
  and 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  them; 
  

   by 
  cutting 
  the 
  tap-root 
  growth 
  is 
  stimulated 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  tap-root 
  

   is 
  made. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  largely 
  in 
  the 
  mode 
  of 
  pruning 
  the 
  tap- 
  

   root. 
  You 
  can 
  readily 
  stimulate 
  the 
  tap-root 
  system. 
  

  

  