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  varieties, 
  we 
  would 
  enrich 
  every 
  owner 
  of 
  pecan 
  trees 
  by 
  hundreds 
  

   of 
  dollars 
  and 
  the 
  aggregate 
  wealth 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  would 
  be 
  increased 
  

   by 
  millions. 
  

  

  For 
  several 
  years 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  Aladdin's 
  wonderful 
  

   lamp 
  to 
  enlighten 
  me 
  how 
  to 
  effect 
  this 
  felicitous 
  transformation. 
  

   Like 
  Aladdin 
  's 
  quest 
  of 
  old 
  the 
  search 
  has 
  been 
  long 
  and 
  wearisome 
  

   and 
  has 
  led 
  me 
  a 
  tedious 
  road 
  through 
  many 
  vexatious 
  disappoint- 
  

   ments, 
  but 
  at 
  last 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  lamp 
  ! 
  I 
  have 
  in 
  my 
  power 
  the 
  

   magic 
  by 
  which 
  a 
  worthless 
  seedling 
  pecan 
  tree 
  can 
  be 
  transformed 
  

   into 
  a 
  productive 
  standard 
  variety. 
  This 
  magic 
  talisman 
  is 
  simply 
  

  

  Patch-Budding. 
  

  

  Every 
  kind 
  of 
  budding 
  is 
  magical. 
  Is 
  it 
  not 
  wonderful 
  to 
  make 
  

   a 
  crab 
  apple 
  tree 
  produce 
  Stayman 
  or 
  Grimes 
  Golden 
  apples 
  or 
  a 
  

   quince 
  bush 
  produce 
  luscious 
  Duchess 
  pears 
  1 
  Is 
  it 
  not 
  strange 
  that 
  

   the 
  sap 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  root 
  can 
  produce 
  red 
  apples 
  on 
  one 
  branch, 
  

   yellow 
  ones 
  on 
  another, 
  and 
  russets 
  on 
  a 
  third 
  ? 
  How 
  does 
  it 
  come 
  

   that 
  one 
  twig 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  produce 
  sour 
  apples 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  

   Paradise 
  Sweets 
  ? 
  Strange 
  ! 
  Wonderful 
  ! 
  ! 
  but 
  True 
  ! 
  ! 
  ! 
  It 
  is 
  all 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  sap 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  is 
  a 
  homogeneous 
  substance 
  

   and 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  bud 
  through 
  which 
  it 
  passes 
  that 
  stamps 
  the 
  indi- 
  

   viduality 
  upon 
  it 
  whether 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  crab 
  or 
  a 
  Grimes 
  Golden. 
  

   If 
  we 
  make 
  all 
  the 
  buds 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  Grimes 
  character, 
  the 
  

   apples 
  will 
  all 
  be 
  Grimes 
  Goldens. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  if 
  we 
  make 
  all 
  

   the 
  buds 
  on 
  a 
  pecan 
  tree 
  Stuarts 
  or 
  Schleys 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  nuts 
  to 
  

   be 
  gathered 
  from 
  that 
  tree 
  and 
  they 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  the 
  worthless 
  scrub 
  

   seedlings. 
  

  

  When 
  I 
  began 
  my 
  experiments 
  in 
  the 
  top-working 
  of 
  seedling 
  

   pecan 
  trees 
  I 
  soon 
  found 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  many 
  things 
  one 
  could 
  

   7iot 
  do 
  with 
  pecan 
  trees. 
  I 
  counted 
  myself 
  a 
  successful 
  propagator 
  

   of 
  apples, 
  peaches, 
  plums, 
  grapes 
  and 
  various 
  other 
  kinds 
  of 
  plants, 
  

   but 
  apple, 
  peach 
  and 
  general 
  propagation 
  methods 
  failed 
  to 
  give 
  

   success 
  in 
  the 
  budding 
  and 
  grafting 
  of 
  pecans. 
  I 
  concluded 
  the 
  

   method 
  must 
  be 
  all 
  right 
  but 
  that 
  I 
  should 
  be 
  more 
  exact 
  about 
  my 
  

   mechanical 
  manipulations. 
  I 
  started 
  out 
  with 
  the 
  ordinary 
  cleft 
  

   graft 
  commonly 
  used 
  for 
  top-working 
  most 
  sorts 
  of 
  trees. 
  I 
  experi- 
  

   mented 
  in 
  several 
  different 
  orchards 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  hundreds 
  of 
  cleft 
  

   grafts. 
  I 
  took 
  great 
  pains 
  to 
  make 
  my 
  work 
  as 
  mechanically 
  per- 
  

   fect 
  as 
  possible. 
  All 
  conditions 
  of 
  stock, 
  scions, 
  weather, 
  etc., 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  promise 
  the 
  highest 
  degree 
  of 
  success. 
  The 
  result 
  of 
  that 
  

   season's 
  work 
  was 
  a 
  world 
  of 
  disappointment, 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  experience, 
  

   and 
  two 
  living 
  grafts. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  latter, 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  my 
  skill, 
  

  

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