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  The 
  Chairman: 
  You 
  try 
  to 
  keep 
  an 
  equilibrium 
  by 
  cutting 
  

   down 
  the 
  top 
  in 
  proportion 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  Yes, 
  sir. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  In 
  examining 
  transplanted 
  trees 
  I 
  found 
  ten 
  

   times 
  as 
  many 
  roots 
  where 
  the 
  tap-root 
  had 
  been 
  cut; 
  and 
  

   there 
  were 
  two 
  tap-roots. 
  I 
  like 
  a 
  tree 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  tap-root 
  sys- 
  

   tem 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  positive 
  that 
  if 
  you 
  transplant 
  a 
  tree 
  you 
  get 
  a 
  

   better 
  root 
  system, 
  get 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  more 
  roots. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  tree 
  development, 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me, 
  de- 
  

   pends 
  not 
  upon 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  roots 
  which 
  are 
  carried 
  with 
  it 
  

   when 
  it 
  is 
  transplanted, 
  but 
  upon 
  the 
  feeding 
  roots 
  which 
  de- 
  

   velop. 
  Now, 
  if 
  we 
  cut 
  back 
  the 
  tap-root, 
  cut 
  back 
  the 
  laterals, 
  

   cut 
  back 
  the 
  top, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  tree 
  carrying 
  in 
  its 
  cambium 
  layer, 
  

   food, 
  just 
  as 
  a 
  turnip 
  or 
  beet 
  would 
  carry 
  it 
  — 
  and 
  I 
  look 
  upon 
  a 
  

   transplanted 
  tree 
  much 
  as 
  a 
  carrot 
  or 
  beet, 
  with 
  stored 
  food 
  

   ready 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  new 
  root. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harris: 
  I 
  planted 
  last 
  fall 
  a 
  year 
  ago 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  English 
  

   walnuts. 
  Would 
  the 
  gentleman 
  advise 
  taking 
  those 
  up, 
  cut- 
  

   ting 
  the 
  tap-roots 
  and 
  planting 
  them 
  again 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  advisable. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harris: 
  They 
  were 
  grown 
  from 
  the 
  nuts 
  sown 
  in 
  a 
  row 
  

   last 
  fall 
  a 
  year 
  ago 
  and 
  grew 
  very 
  well. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  In 
  propagating 
  the 
  English 
  walnut 
  we 
  have 
  

   had 
  them 
  do 
  the 
  best 
  by 
  transplanting 
  when 
  the 
  tree 
  is 
  about 
  

   two 
  years 
  old, 
  but 
  it 
  will 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  disturb 
  the 
  vigor 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  

   to 
  transplant 
  it. 
  That 
  is 
  self-evident; 
  it 
  needs 
  some 
  time 
  to 
  

   heal 
  those 
  wounds 
  that 
  are 
  made 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  root 
  and 
  the 
  branch. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harris: 
  What 
  time 
  of 
  year 
  do 
  you 
  bud 
  them 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  In 
  August. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  I 
  notice 
  some 
  trees 
  here 
  that 
  are 
  evidently 
  two- 
  

   year 
  old 
  pecans 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  back, 
  and 
  you 
  notice 
  that 
  

   in 
  every 
  case 
  several 
  tap-roots 
  have 
  taken 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  one. 
  

   Here 
  are 
  some 
  others 
  that 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  cut. 
  These 
  have 
  gone 
  

   straight 
  down. 
  They 
  are 
  strong 
  roots 
  with 
  few 
  fibers 
  on 
  them. 
  

   On 
  these 
  other 
  trees 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  tap- 
  

   roots 
  continues. 
  They 
  will 
  go 
  down 
  till 
  they 
  strike 
  a 
  perma- 
  

   nent 
  water-table 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  tap-root 
  will 
  stop. 
  In 
  Hyde 
  

   County, 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  near 
  the 
  ocean, 
  the 
  water-table 
  is 
  close 
  

   to 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  black 
  alluvial 
  soil 
  with 
  a 
  great 
  

   deal 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  it. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  grow 
  anything 
  there 
  they 
  have 
  

   to 
  put 
  in 
  ditches 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  water 
  out. 
  The 
  pecan 
  trees 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  there 
  have 
  absolutely 
  no 
  tap-roots 
  at 
  all, 
  it 
  rots 
  off 
  as 
  soon 
  

  

  