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  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  In 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  take 
  off 
  the 
  wrapping; 
  and 
  

   about 
  how 
  much 
  longer 
  is 
  it 
  before 
  you 
  get 
  a 
  growth 
  like 
  that 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  About 
  two 
  weeks 
  more, 
  three 
  weeks 
  more. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  In 
  about 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  weeks 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  

   operation 
  a 
  growth 
  like 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  When 
  is 
  the 
  top 
  cut 
  off 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  When 
  I 
  see 
  that 
  growth 
  is 
  taking 
  place 
  I 
  cut 
  the 
  

   top 
  off 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  encourage 
  the 
  growth 
  to 
  get 
  strong 
  enough 
  

   for 
  the 
  winter. 
  Of 
  course 
  our 
  object 
  is 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  bud 
  dormant 
  

   until 
  the 
  following 
  season, 
  perfectly 
  dormant, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  

   they 
  do 
  make 
  a 
  growth 
  and, 
  if 
  they 
  do, 
  cut 
  them 
  off 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  

   and 
  force 
  them. 
  You 
  will 
  not 
  get 
  that 
  bud 
  to 
  grow 
  next 
  sum- 
  

   mer, 
  but 
  another 
  bud 
  starts 
  out 
  below 
  that 
  branch 
  and 
  gives 
  

   you 
  your 
  tree. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  That 
  one 
  dies 
  then 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  Yes, 
  sir, 
  invariably 
  dies. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Mr, 
  Rush's 
  own 
  growing 
  of 
  the 
  

   Rush 
  walnut, 
  a 
  little 
  tree 
  which, 
  in 
  its 
  second 
  season, 
  matured 
  

   two 
  nuts. 
  That 
  photograph 
  was 
  taken 
  just 
  about 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  

   nuts 
  were 
  ready 
  to 
  be 
  gathered. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  I 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  nurseries 
  at 
  the 
  Michigan 
  

   Agricultural 
  College, 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  black 
  walnuts 
  that 
  were 
  sun-scalded. 
  

   They 
  were 
  too 
  far 
  apart. 
  Can 
  anyone 
  tell 
  us 
  anything 
  about 
  

   this 
  danger 
  of 
  sun-scald 
  to 
  the 
  trunk 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Well, 
  in 
  this 
  particular 
  instance, 
  the 
  tree 
  stands 
  

   right 
  next 
  to 
  a 
  fence, 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  protected 
  from 
  the 
  hot 
  sun 
  during 
  

   a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  Perhaps 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  could 
  tell 
  us 
  

   whether 
  he 
  has 
  had 
  any 
  trouble 
  with 
  sun-scald. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  Not 
  at 
  all, 
  none 
  whatever, 
  never. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  There 
  is, 
  in 
  some 
  localities, 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  

   danger 
  from 
  sun-scald. 
  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Stamford, 
  Conn., 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  walnuts 
  will 
  sun-scald 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  unless 
  we 
  

   look 
  out 
  for 
  that 
  and 
  give 
  them 
  shade; 
  mostly 
  in 
  the 
  trunk 
  

   below 
  the 
  branches. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  How 
  about 
  the 
  nuts 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  I 
  haven't 
  seen 
  any 
  scalding 
  there. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  These 
  are 
  all 
  interesting 
  points 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  

   to 
  have 
  them 
  thrown 
  in. 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  can 
  tell 
  us 
  about 
  this 
  slide. 
  

   It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  cut-leafed 
  varieties 
  of 
  walnut 
  from 
  California 
  

   that 
  he 
  is 
  propagating. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  of 
  an 
  ornament 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   commercial 
  nut, 
  isn't 
  it 
  ? 
  

  

  