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  have 
  been 
  failing 
  so 
  many 
  years 
  I 
  felt 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  first 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  convenience 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  pollenate 
  

   at 
  the 
  same 
  moment 
  when 
  you 
  emasculate. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  you 
  kindly 
  explain 
  to 
  what 
  

   extent 
  cross 
  pollenationcan 
  be 
  made 
  practical 
  to 
  the 
  ordinary 
  grower. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  Let's 
  say 
  that 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  butternut 
  we 
  wish 
  to 
  

   experiment 
  with 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  thick 
  shell, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  obtain 
  less 
  

   of 
  that 
  strong 
  oily 
  flavor; 
  we 
  wish 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  those 
  two 
  things. 
  

   In 
  order 
  to 
  do 
  that 
  I 
  would 
  first 
  think 
  of 
  the 
  Japanese 
  walnut, 
  

   juglans 
  cordiformis, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  much 
  thinner 
  shell 
  and 
  is 
  less 
  oily 
  

   and 
  more 
  bland. 
  Crosses 
  between 
  this 
  Japanese 
  walnut 
  and 
  the 
  

   butternut 
  we 
  may 
  fairly 
  expect 
  will 
  sometimes 
  give 
  us 
  a 
  large, 
  thin 
  

   shelled 
  butternut 
  of 
  good 
  character. 
  The 
  next 
  question 
  is, 
  who 
  is 
  

   going 
  to 
  do 
  it? 
  The 
  men 
  about 
  my 
  place 
  are 
  pretty 
  busy 
  and 
  this 
  

   is 
  rather 
  delicate 
  work. 
  It 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  most 
  inspiring 
  field 
  for 
  

   the 
  young 
  folks 
  and 
  the 
  ladies, 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  nice, 
  pretty, 
  ladylike 
  

   work, 
  and 
  beside 
  that 
  its 
  returns 
  may 
  be 
  large. 
  If 
  your 
  little 
  daugh- 
  

   ter, 
  ten 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  knows 
  that 
  she 
  may 
  get 
  $2,000 
  for 
  a 
  single 
  

   cross 
  that 
  she 
  has 
  made, 
  it 
  is 
  stimulating, 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  every 
  

   child 
  ten 
  years 
  of 
  age 
  who 
  can 
  put 
  $2,000 
  in 
  the 
  bank, 
  as 
  personal 
  

   earnings 
  of 
  increment. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Mosely: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  just 
  what 
  results 
  you 
  expect 
  

   from 
  the 
  cross 
  pollenization 
  of 
  these 
  nuts, 
  and 
  just 
  how 
  far 
  they 
  will 
  

   differ 
  from 
  the 
  parent 
  type? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris 
  : 
  You 
  are 
  bound 
  to 
  have 
  continuance 
  of 
  one 
  parent 
  

   type, 
  but 
  in 
  crossing 
  with 
  pollen 
  from 
  hybrids 
  you 
  may 
  carry 
  desir- 
  

   able 
  characteristics 
  through 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  generations 
  and 
  breed 
  for 
  

   what 
  is 
  wanted, 
  possibly 
  to 
  the 
  sixth 
  generation 
  or 
  even 
  further 
  

   with 
  some 
  species. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Mosely: 
  Then 
  the 
  type 
  is 
  not 
  fixed 
  until 
  pollenization? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  By 
  selecting 
  the 
  one 
  showing 
  the 
  dominant 
  char- 
  

   acteristics 
  you 
  wish 
  to 
  preserve, 
  you 
  could 
  breed 
  through 
  several 
  

   generations 
  and 
  have 
  an 
  ideal 
  type 
  eventuall3^ 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Doan: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  how 
  far 
  the 
  buds 
  are 
  developed 
  

   in 
  cold 
  storage 
  before 
  the 
  pollen 
  can 
  be 
  used? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  For 
  instance, 
  take 
  the 
  hazel 
  when 
  its 
  catkins 
  are 
  

   just 
  beginning 
  to 
  elongate. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  ice 
  house 
  and 
  kept 
  

   there, 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks 
  dormant. 
  When 
  we 
  wish 
  to 
  develop 
  

   those 
  flowers 
  we 
  put 
  the 
  branches 
  in 
  a 
  jar 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  a 
  Avarm 
  room 
  

   and 
  in 
  about 
  three 
  days 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  shedding 
  pollen. 
  I 
  got 
  some 
  

   hazel 
  catkins 
  this 
  spring 
  that 
  were 
  elongating. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  latter 
  

  

  