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  the 
  variety 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  possible 
  to 
  determine 
  a 
  

   variety 
  but 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  that 
  is 
  possible, 
  from 
  

   microscopic 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  pollen. 
  If 
  we 
  ■v\Hsh 
  to 
  know 
  whether 
  

   pollen 
  is 
  still 
  good 
  or 
  not 
  we 
  may 
  in 
  twenty-four 
  or 
  forty-eight 
  hours 
  

   cause 
  it 
  to 
  "sprout," 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  way 
  knoAv 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  viable 
  and 
  

   good. 
  We 
  may 
  save 
  ourselves 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  trouble 
  by 
  making 
  this 
  

   examination 
  and 
  determining 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  a 
  given 
  lot 
  of 
  pollen 
  

   is 
  viable 
  before 
  putting 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  flowers. 
  We 
  can 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  sprout 
  

   in 
  a 
  sugar 
  solution. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  What 
  is 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  sugar 
  solution? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  ]\Iorris: 
  That 
  is 
  technical 
  work 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  a 
  

   plant 
  physiologist. 
  He 
  will 
  do 
  it 
  for 
  us 
  at 
  the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  

   College 
  and 
  telegraph 
  his 
  report. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dorr: 
  Is 
  this 
  work 
  you 
  have 
  outlined 
  of 
  sufficient 
  definite- 
  

   ness 
  to 
  get 
  results? 
  That 
  is 
  the 
  important 
  thing. 
  We 
  farmers 
  

   sometimes 
  discover 
  a 
  plan 
  accidentally 
  that 
  v,-i\\ 
  outclass 
  anj'thing 
  

   we 
  can 
  get 
  in 
  an 
  agricultural 
  college. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  jMgrris: 
  That 
  is 
  very 
  important. 
  We 
  are 
  to 
  produce 
  nuts 
  

   that 
  are 
  better, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  greater 
  quantities. 
  The 
  question 
  if 
  

   hybridizing 
  work 
  is 
  valuable 
  has 
  been 
  already 
  answered 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  

   of 
  roses 
  and 
  soft 
  fruits. 
  Our 
  best 
  types 
  are 
  largely 
  the 
  ones 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  secured 
  by 
  hybridization 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  will 
  be 
  true 
  of 
  

   nuts. 
  The 
  subject 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  so 
  largely 
  taken 
  up 
  as 
  yet 
  with 
  nuts. 
  

   Very 
  few 
  of 
  us 
  are 
  doing 
  with 
  nuts 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  with 
  other 
  

   fruits. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  chair 
  wishes 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  

   this 
  association 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  great 
  and 
  rare 
  opportunity 
  to 
  secure 
  

   information 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  Dr. 
  ^Morris 
  has 
  made 
  a 
  very 
  careful 
  

   study 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  ;Morris: 
  The 
  more 
  study 
  I 
  make, 
  the 
  less 
  I 
  seem 
  to 
  know. 
  

   Consequently 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  very 
  modest 
  in 
  my 
  replies. 
  

  

  ^Ir. 
  Dorr: 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  working 
  with 
  different 
  things 
  and 
  find 
  

   so 
  many 
  things 
  I 
  can't 
  get 
  at 
  the 
  truth. 
  In 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  I 
  have 
  

   made 
  experiments 
  in 
  breeding 
  cattle 
  to 
  get 
  colors, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  agree- 
  

   ably 
  surprised 
  with 
  my 
  own 
  success. 
  ' 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  know 
  if 
  you 
  can 
  get 
  

   similar 
  results. 
  I 
  can 
  observe 
  the 
  results 
  so 
  readily 
  that 
  I 
  know 
  

   exactly 
  how 
  I 
  get 
  them. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  r^IoRRis: 
  As 
  a 
  general 
  statement 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  you 
  get 
  

   from 
  working 
  A^-ith 
  animals 
  we 
  may 
  expect 
  to 
  get 
  in 
  working 
  ■s\-ith 
  

   plants. 
  The 
  protoplasm 
  of 
  plants 
  is 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  act 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  

   animals, 
  but 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  quickly 
  or 
  freely 
  in 
  response 
  to 
  cultural 
  

   methods. 
  We 
  can 
  breed 
  to 
  size 
  and 
  breed 
  to 
  quality 
  and 
  character 
  

  

  