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  there 
  is 
  any 
  drainage 
  it 
  may 
  escape. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  late 
  summer 
  

   drainage 
  is 
  not 
  necessary 
  at 
  all, 
  and 
  we 
  really 
  get 
  better 
  unions 
  then 
  

   when 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  slowing 
  down 
  than 
  we 
  do 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  when 
  they 
  

   are 
  full 
  of 
  sap. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Storrs 
  : 
  In 
  selecting 
  your 
  buds, 
  do 
  you 
  take 
  them 
  from 
  trees 
  

   that 
  have 
  borne, 
  or 
  from 
  young 
  trees, 
  or 
  indiscriminately 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Hutt 
  : 
  We 
  take 
  them 
  either 
  from 
  bearing 
  or 
  young 
  

   trees. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  important 
  which, 
  just 
  so 
  you 
  get 
  the 
  right 
  kind. 
  

  

  The 
  important 
  thing 
  is 
  to 
  select 
  good 
  fresh 
  active 
  stuff, 
  and 
  par- 
  

   ticularly 
  good 
  sized 
  scions 
  and 
  not 
  small 
  ones. 
  

  

  In 
  budding 
  we 
  fit 
  one 
  side 
  perfectly, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  we 
  

   leave 
  a 
  space 
  of 
  one 
  sixteenth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  like 
  a 
  door. 
  We 
  didn't 
  

   do 
  that 
  at 
  first 
  and 
  we 
  lost 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  buds 
  because 
  the 
  active 
  

   growth 
  began 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  We 
  had 
  to 
  leave 
  a 
  place 
  there 
  at 
  the 
  

   side, 
  an 
  expansion 
  joint, 
  to 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  that. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Storrs 
  : 
  Then 
  you 
  fit 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  and 
  at 
  

   one 
  side 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  Yes, 
  that's 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  : 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  papers 
  ever 
  

   read 
  before 
  this 
  Association, 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  because 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  nut 
  

   growing 
  anywhere 
  is 
  absolutely 
  conditioned 
  on 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   propagation. 
  If 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  nut 
  trees 
  were 
  as 
  easy 
  as 
  the 
  

   propagation 
  of 
  apple 
  and 
  peach 
  trees, 
  we 
  would 
  probably 
  now 
  have 
  

   in 
  the 
  north 
  as 
  many 
  orchards 
  of 
  good 
  nut 
  trees 
  as 
  of 
  apple 
  and 
  

   peach 
  trees. 
  Any 
  one 
  who 
  has 
  tried 
  this 
  budding 
  of 
  nut 
  trees 
  will, 
  

   I 
  am 
  sure, 
  appreciate 
  the 
  difficulties 
  that 
  Professor 
  Hutt 
  has 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  and 
  the 
  pains 
  he 
  has 
  taken 
  in 
  telling 
  us 
  about 
  them. 
  This 
  

   is 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  demonstrations 
  in 
  propagating. 
  They 
  will 
  

   be 
  continued 
  tomorrow 
  ; 
  we 
  will 
  have 
  then 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   expert 
  grafters 
  and 
  budders 
  in 
  the 
  country, 
  perhaps, 
  who 
  will 
  give 
  

   further 
  demonstrations. 
  

  

  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Professor 
  Hutt 
  a 
  question. 
  I 
  noticed 
  that 
  in 
  

   putting 
  in 
  some 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  buds 
  this 
  summer, 
  all 
  died 
  except 
  

   a 
  couple 
  where 
  the 
  tops 
  accidentally 
  broke 
  off. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  That 
  is 
  explained 
  by 
  the 
  illustration 
  I 
  gave 
  of 
  

   the 
  wind 
  blowing 
  off 
  all 
  the 
  shoots. 
  Every 
  one 
  that 
  was 
  blown 
  off 
  

   lived 
  even 
  though 
  some 
  were 
  badly 
  torn. 
  It 
  was 
  simply 
  forcing 
  

   the 
  cambium 
  at 
  that 
  point 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  needed. 
  Mr. 
  Roper 
  had 
  an 
  

   experience 
  of 
  that 
  kind. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Roper 
  : 
  We 
  put 
  buds 
  on 
  stock 
  that 
  was 
  not 
  very 
  active, 
  so 
  

   the 
  trees 
  were 
  cut 
  back 
  to 
  six 
  inches 
  above 
  the 
  bud, 
  forcing 
  all 
  the 
  

  

  