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  Green 
  River, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  Kentucky 
  pecans. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  

   forest 
  more 
  than 
  twelve 
  miles 
  from 
  Evansville 
  across 
  the 
  Ohio 
  

   River 
  in 
  Kentucky. 
  The 
  trunk 
  of 
  that 
  tree 
  is 
  typical 
  of 
  others 
  

   in 
  the 
  forest. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  pecan 
  forest 
  of 
  perhaps 
  200 
  acres, 
  from 
  

   which 
  everything 
  but 
  pecan 
  timber 
  was 
  removed 
  several 
  years 
  

   ago. 
  

  

  The 
  slide 
  before 
  us 
  shows 
  the 
  trunk 
  of 
  a 
  supposed 
  chance 
  

   hydrid 
  between 
  hickory 
  and 
  pecan. 
  The 
  next 
  slide 
  shows 
  a 
  grafted 
  

   tree 
  of 
  that 
  variety. 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  vigor 
  of 
  this 
  

   hydrid. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  the 
  usual 
  thing 
  to 
  get 
  added 
  vigor 
  with 
  hy- 
  

   brids. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful, 
  dense, 
  dark 
  green 
  trees 
  

   that 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  hickory 
  family. 
  This 
  tree 
  is 
  in 
  

   northern 
  Georgia, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  prolific 
  as 
  the 
  parent 
  tree. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Does 
  the 
  shell 
  fill 
  down 
  there 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  No, 
  it 
  does 
  not. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  It 
  grows 
  very 
  vigorously 
  in 
  Connecticut. 
  

   It 
  is 
  a 
  perfectly 
  hardy 
  hybrid, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  afraid 
  I 
  shall 
  only 
  be 
  

   able 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  crop 
  for 
  spectacle 
  cases. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  This 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  methods 
  

   of 
  propagating 
  the 
  pecan, 
  the 
  annular 
  system. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  slight 
  

   modification 
  of 
  the 
  system 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  applies 
  to 
  the 
  propagation 
  

   of 
  the 
  walnut. 
  This 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  tools 
  designed 
  especially 
  

   for 
  annular 
  budding, 
  the 
  Galbraith 
  knife. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  oper- 
  

   ation 
  you 
  already 
  understand. 
  It 
  is 
  merely 
  placing 
  the 
  bud 
  in 
  

   position 
  and 
  wrapping 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  does. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask, 
  does 
  it 
  make 
  a 
  great 
  

   deal 
  of 
  difference 
  whether 
  the 
  bud 
  ring 
  is 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  long 
  or 
  an 
  

   inch 
  and 
  a 
  quarter 
  long 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush; 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  make 
  any 
  difference. 
  The 
  union 
  

   takes 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  cambium 
  layer. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  cut. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Then 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  bud 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  great 
  

   importance 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  No, 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  no 
  importance 
  at 
  all. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  This 
  slide 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  little 
  bit 
  misleading. 
  Two 
  

   nuts 
  matured 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  on 
  a 
  scion 
  that 
  was 
  inserted 
  in 
  

   February. 
  The 
  scion 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  mature 
  tree 
  and 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  buds 
  had 
  already 
  set 
  and 
  had 
  enough 
  nourishment 
  to 
  carry 
  

   them 
  through 
  the 
  season 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  matured. 
  That 
  is 
  no 
  indi- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  bearing. 
  It 
  is 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  freaks. 
  This 
  is 
  merely 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  a 
  fourteen-year 
  old 
  

   pecan 
  orchard 
  in 
  south-western 
  Georgia, 
  a 
  700-acre 
  orchard 
  

   owned 
  largely 
  by 
  one 
  person. 
  That 
  is 
  the 
  orchard 
  belonging 
  

  

  