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  tor 
  Bourne 
  and 
  I 
  own. 
  Hundreds 
  of 
  those 
  trees 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  

   woods 
  there. 
  It's 
  rich 
  alluvial 
  soil. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  rich 
  alluvial 
  soli 
  does 
  not 
  

   usually 
  bar 
  coniferous 
  trees; 
  it 
  may 
  in 
  your 
  section. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  There 
  are 
  none 
  there. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  The 
  slide 
  before 
  us 
  shows 
  typical 
  black 
  walnuts 
  

   that 
  are 
  almost 
  as 
  common, 
  perhaps 
  more 
  so, 
  in 
  many 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  area 
  under 
  discussion, 
  than 
  the 
  butternut. 
  This 
  photo- 
  

   graph 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  Michigan 
  where 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  growing 
  along 
  

   fence 
  rows 
  without 
  cultivation 
  or 
  special 
  attention. 
  No 
  one 
  

   knows 
  whether 
  the 
  nuts 
  of 
  those 
  trees 
  are 
  of 
  special 
  value 
  or 
  

   not. 
  It 
  merely 
  shows 
  the 
  starting 
  point 
  for 
  improvement 
  in 
  

   the 
  walnut. 
  We 
  come 
  now 
  to 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut, 
  which 
  Mr. 
  

   Lake 
  will 
  discuss 
  more 
  fully 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  minutes. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  trees 
  we 
  will 
  probably 
  have 
  an 
  opportunity 
  to 
  see 
  this 
  after- 
  

   noon. 
  It 
  is 
  between 
  Mr. 
  Rush's 
  nursery 
  and 
  the 
  station, 
  on 
  the 
  

   right 
  hand 
  side 
  as 
  you 
  are 
  going 
  out. 
  Just 
  above 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  

   fence 
  you 
  will 
  notice 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  which 
  indicates 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  

   union. 
  The 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  was 
  grafted 
  on 
  the 
  black 
  stock. 
  The 
  

   Persian 
  is 
  of 
  slightly 
  greater 
  diameter. 
  Now 
  we 
  have 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  

   in 
  his 
  walnut 
  nursery. 
  These 
  are 
  seedling 
  walnuts 
  in 
  their 
  

   third 
  year. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  Second 
  year. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Second 
  year 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  planting. 
  You 
  

   will 
  notice 
  the 
  luxuriant 
  growth. 
  The 
  next 
  slide 
  shows 
  the 
  

   methods 
  of 
  propagation. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  step 
  in 
  the 
  operation. 
  

   The 
  knife 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  tables 
  in 
  the 
  Court 
  House. 
  The 
  

   next 
  slide 
  shows 
  the 
  second 
  stage 
  in 
  the 
  operation 
  where 
  the 
  

   bark 
  has 
  been 
  lifted 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  holds 
  the 
  bud 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  

   walnut 
  in 
  the 
  fingers 
  of 
  his 
  left 
  hand, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  slide 
  shows 
  

   the 
  bud 
  in 
  position 
  and 
  being 
  held 
  firmly 
  by 
  a 
  finger 
  of 
  the 
  left 
  

   hand. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  position 
  like 
  that, 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  lifts 
  the 
  

   pencil 
  — 
  the 
  instrument 
  that 
  he 
  holds 
  in 
  the 
  right 
  hand 
  and 
  folds 
  

   the 
  bark 
  back 
  over 
  the 
  new 
  bud 
  and 
  then 
  cuts 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  outside, 
  

   so 
  that 
  he 
  makes 
  a 
  perfect 
  fit. 
  If 
  anything, 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  

   walnut 
  overlaps 
  slightly 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  the 
  bud, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  step 
  

   in 
  the 
  operation 
  is 
  the 
  wrapping. 
  Below, 
  right 
  at 
  this 
  point, 
  is 
  

   a 
  completed 
  operation. 
  That 
  was 
  done 
  in 
  August, 
  using 
  buds 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  season's 
  growth, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  how 
  many 
  days 
  

   is 
  it 
  that 
  you 
  take 
  off 
  the 
  wrapping 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  About 
  two 
  weeks. 
  

  

  