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  Mr. 
  Rhodes 
  : 
  No, 
  it 
  all 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  stock. 
  If 
  you 
  

   get 
  a 
  large 
  stock 
  you 
  can 
  cut 
  it 
  larger. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  We 
  thank 
  you 
  for 
  these 
  explanations. 
  Mr. 
  

   Rush 
  is 
  an 
  experienced 
  propagator 
  of 
  walnuts 
  and 
  pecans 
  and 
  I 
  

   want 
  to 
  give 
  him 
  some 
  time 
  to 
  show 
  his 
  methods. 
  I 
  will 
  ask 
  Mr. 
  

   Rush 
  to 
  give 
  his 
  demonstration. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  glad 
  to 
  show 
  you 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  methods. 
  

   The 
  only 
  difference 
  between 
  mine 
  and 
  i\Ir. 
  Hutt's 
  is 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  right- 
  

   handed 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  left-handed. 
  

  

  The 
  propagation 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  w^alnut 
  may 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  

   divisions, 
  the 
  preparative, 
  the 
  operative 
  and 
  the 
  nursery, 
  and 
  one 
  

   is 
  as 
  important 
  as 
  the 
  other. 
  Good 
  wood, 
  good 
  weather 
  conditions, 
  

   good 
  technique 
  and 
  after 
  this 
  you 
  must 
  nurse 
  them. 
  

  

  (Mr. 
  Rush 
  gives 
  demonstration 
  of 
  budding.) 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  method 
  I 
  outlined 
  yesterday, 
  but 
  

   I 
  think 
  ]\Ir, 
  Rush 
  has 
  it 
  better 
  in 
  his 
  hands 
  than 
  I 
  have 
  in 
  my 
  head. 
  

  

  INIr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  It 
  is 
  practically 
  the 
  same. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  knife 
  with 
  

   two 
  parallel 
  blades 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  taken 
  off, 
  and 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  grindstone, 
  

   and 
  got 
  as 
  sharp 
  as 
  a 
  razor. 
  For 
  some 
  things 
  I 
  use 
  a 
  surgeon's 
  

   knife. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  We 
  have 
  with 
  us 
  another 
  very 
  expert 
  propa- 
  

   gator 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  farther 
  south. 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  ask 
  Jslv. 
  Wiggins 
  

   to 
  give 
  us 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  his 
  observations 
  along 
  this 
  line. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wiggins: 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  had 
  experience 
  in 
  propagating 
  wal- 
  

   nuts, 
  except 
  in 
  an 
  experimental 
  way. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  some 
  experience 
  

   in 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  pecans. 
  IMuch 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  

   the 
  stocks. 
  If 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  healthy, 
  vigorous, 
  growing 
  con- 
  

   dition, 
  3'ou 
  w^ll 
  do 
  better. 
  

  

  (Gives 
  demonstration 
  on 
  grafting.) 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  time 
  in 
  South 
  Carolina 
  is 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  early 
  Septem- 
  

   ber. 
  I 
  use 
  but 
  one 
  method 
  of 
  budding 
  and 
  grafting. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  

   one 
  I 
  am 
  successful 
  with. 
  What 
  you 
  call 
  chip 
  budding, 
  I 
  call 
  bud 
  

   grafting. 
  I 
  get 
  95 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  chip 
  buds 
  to 
  take 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  I 
  

   get 
  the 
  wood 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  dormant. 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  dormant 
  wood 
  even 
  

   in 
  'May 
  and 
  June. 
  I 
  usually 
  get 
  it 
  earlier 
  than 
  this, 
  but 
  this 
  year 
  

   it 
  was 
  in 
  May. 
  Part 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  shade 
  in 
  the 
  orchard 
  

   and 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  wood 
  from 
  them. 
  Xiuety-nine 
  out 
  of 
  one 
  hundred 
  

   were 
  dormant, 
  and 
  about 
  that 
  many 
  lived. 
  The 
  wood 
  was 
  thor- 
  

   oughly 
  dormant 
  and 
  plump. 
  I 
  cut 
  it 
  right 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  orchard 
  in 
  

   May 
  or 
  June 
  and 
  got 
  them 
  to 
  live. 
  Of 
  course 
  if 
  you 
  cut 
  scions 
  from 
  

   the 
  ends 
  of 
  branches, 
  you 
  haven't 
  a 
  chance 
  at 
  all. 
  

  

  