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  talking 
  to 
  each 
  other. 
  One 
  said 
  to 
  another, 
  "That 
  is 
  a 
  handsome 
  

   walnut, 
  but 
  you 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  hire 
  an 
  awful 
  good 
  talker 
  to 
  get 
  it 
  on 
  

   the 
  market." 
  They 
  resented 
  my 
  criticism 
  and 
  my 
  judgment 
  but 
  

   among 
  themselves 
  said, 
  "You 
  have 
  got 
  to 
  have 
  an 
  awful 
  good 
  

   talker 
  to 
  get 
  that 
  nut 
  on 
  the 
  market. 
  " 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  this 
  matter 
  of 
  quality 
  that 
  must 
  stand 
  first 
  among 
  nuts 
  as 
  

   among 
  men. 
  Many 
  know 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  better 
  pecan 
  than 
  the 
  

   San 
  Saba. 
  That 
  is 
  standard 
  for 
  quality, 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  regarded 
  as 
  

   being 
  so 
  desirable 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  small 
  size. 
  

   We 
  must 
  always 
  keep 
  in 
  mind 
  the 
  quality 
  rather 
  than 
  size 
  and 
  

   appearance. 
  Of 
  course, 
  we 
  like 
  things 
  that 
  look 
  well 
  but 
  that 
  side 
  

   will 
  be 
  taken 
  care 
  of 
  incidentally 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  

   the 
  subject. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  Dr. 
  Morris, 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  you 
  a 
  few 
  

   questions. 
  Is 
  it 
  not 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  apple 
  and 
  peach 
  market? 
  

   You 
  know 
  in 
  that 
  appearance 
  counts 
  for 
  a 
  great 
  deal. 
  Are 
  you 
  

   sufficiently 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  subject 
  to 
  say 
  we 
  will 
  be 
  safe 
  in 
  

   growing 
  a 
  nut 
  that 
  is 
  second 
  class 
  in 
  appearance 
  but 
  first 
  class 
  in 
  

   quality? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  Professor 
  Smith 
  brought 
  up 
  that 
  

   point. 
  There 
  i^ 
  just 
  one 
  way 
  to 
  approach 
  the 
  matter. 
  Take 
  a 
  

   fine, 
  handsome, 
  large 
  English 
  walnut, 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  bleached, 
  and 
  

   has 
  lost 
  qualitj^ 
  in 
  the 
  process. 
  Growers 
  have 
  gone 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  

   trouble 
  to 
  get 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  market. 
  Put 
  alongside 
  of 
  it 
  a 
  small, 
  thin- 
  

   shelled, 
  high 
  quality 
  walnut 
  that 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  bleached, 
  and 
  tell 
  

   the 
  dealer 
  who 
  is 
  to 
  sell 
  those 
  two 
  nuts 
  that 
  the 
  great 
  big 
  handsome 
  

   nut 
  is 
  to 
  sell 
  for 
  15 
  cents 
  a 
  pound, 
  and 
  the 
  ugly 
  little 
  one 
  is 
  to 
  bring 
  

   30 
  cents 
  a 
  pound. 
  That 
  will 
  attract 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  people 
  to 
  the 
  

   good 
  nuts. 
  You 
  can 
  force 
  people 
  into 
  having 
  good 
  sense, 
  through 
  

   the 
  exercise 
  of 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  dexterity 
  in 
  applied 
  psychology. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Dr. 
  Morris's 
  remarks 
  are 
  very 
  well 
  taken, 
  

   because 
  nuts 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  eaten 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  looked 
  at. 
  Is 
  there 
  any 
  

   further 
  discussion 
  on 
  this 
  subject? 
  If 
  not, 
  we 
  will 
  pass 
  to 
  the 
  next. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  The 
  next 
  thing 
  on 
  the 
  program 
  is 
  the 
  appoint- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  committees. 
  The 
  advisability 
  of 
  amending 
  the 
  constitu- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  rules 
  has 
  been 
  already 
  referred 
  to. 
  They 
  have 
  served 
  our 
  

   purpose 
  pretty 
  well 
  up 
  to 
  now 
  but 
  we 
  have 
  outgrown 
  them. 
  In 
  

   order 
  to 
  expedite 
  matters 
  and 
  get 
  to 
  the 
  real 
  business 
  of 
  this 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation, 
  as 
  this 
  constitution 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  amended 
  anyway, 
  I 
  would 
  

   like 
  to 
  move 
  that 
  the 
  rules 
  about 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  committees 
  

   be 
  suspended 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  chair 
  be 
  authorized 
  to 
  appoint 
  the 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  committees. 
  This 
  includes 
  the 
  committees 
  which 
  the 
  rules 
  

  

  