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  that 
  determines 
  the 
  hardiness. 
  We 
  know 
  that 
  has 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  

   with 
  it. 
  You 
  cannot, 
  by 
  putting 
  a 
  tree 
  in 
  a 
  nursery 
  for 
  six 
  months, 
  

   change 
  its 
  nature. 
  If 
  you 
  take 
  this 
  trip 
  Saturday, 
  you 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  

   chance 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  Busseron 
  and 
  the 
  Indiana. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  We 
  will 
  also 
  visit 
  the 
  Niblack 
  tree 
  if 
  we 
  have 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  I 
  would 
  suggest 
  that 
  all 
  go 
  who 
  can. 
  I 
  want 
  

   also 
  to 
  urge 
  all 
  of 
  you 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  trip 
  tomorrow 
  and 
  see 
  the 
  big 
  

   seedling 
  pecan 
  trees 
  bearing 
  nuts 
  hanging 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  ground. 
  

   You 
  cannot 
  always 
  see 
  that 
  because 
  usually 
  they 
  are 
  so 
  tall. 
  I 
  also 
  

   want 
  to 
  call 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  exhibits 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  room. 
  Mr. 
  

   Wilkinson 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  collection 
  in 
  there. 
  Col. 
  Sober 
  has 
  some 
  

   very 
  fine 
  exhibits 
  of 
  chestnuts, 
  both 
  of 
  burrs 
  and 
  nuts, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  

   C. 
  Reed 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  collection 
  and 
  possibly 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  others 
  

   I 
  should 
  mention. 
  You 
  ought 
  to 
  examine 
  all 
  of 
  them, 
  because 
  the 
  

   only 
  way 
  of 
  drawiiig 
  correct 
  conclusions 
  about 
  these 
  things 
  comes 
  

   from 
  careful 
  study, 
  and 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  done 
  hastily. 
  The 
  next 
  on 
  the 
  

   program 
  this 
  afternoon 
  will 
  be 
  Mr. 
  McCoy's 
  talk. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  set 
  speech 
  to 
  make. 
  I 
  thought 
  maybe 
  

   there 
  were 
  some 
  things 
  I 
  might 
  say 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  help 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  you; 
  some 
  

   things 
  that 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  lots 
  of 
  help 
  to 
  me 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  two 
  ago 
  

   from 
  some 
  one, 
  because 
  nut 
  trees 
  are 
  more 
  difficult 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  

   nursery 
  stock 
  to 
  propagate, 
  and 
  for 
  another 
  reason 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  difficult 
  

   in 
  the 
  North 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  South. 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  White 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Ford 
  

   Wilkinson 
  have 
  both 
  worked 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  and 
  

   after 
  coming 
  back 
  home 
  these 
  boys 
  say 
  that 
  anybody 
  can 
  propagate 
  

   pecans 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  but 
  with 
  us 
  it 
  is 
  different. 
  We 
  have 
  kept 
  at 
  it, 
  

   though, 
  and 
  our 
  president 
  has 
  been 
  our 
  good 
  friend 
  and 
  has 
  always 
  

   helped 
  us 
  out. 
  There 
  have 
  been 
  three 
  of 
  us 
  incessantly 
  at 
  the 
  work. 
  

   Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  would 
  come 
  down 
  home 
  and 
  get 
  us 
  together 
  and 
  ginger 
  

   us 
  up, 
  and 
  we 
  would 
  go 
  back 
  and 
  go 
  to 
  work 
  and 
  try 
  again. 
  It 
  has 
  

   been 
  one 
  continuous 
  line 
  of 
  failures, 
  but 
  every 
  year 
  we 
  have 
  learned 
  

   some 
  things, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  learned 
  how 
  not 
  to 
  do 
  it. 
  This 
  spring 
  we 
  

   were 
  fortunate 
  in 
  having 
  an 
  expert 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  who 
  came 
  to 
  my 
  

   nursery 
  and 
  stayed 
  there 
  until 
  midsummer, 
  and 
  we 
  saw 
  our 
  own 
  

   work 
  compared 
  with 
  his. 
  We 
  all 
  had 
  great 
  respect 
  for 
  him 
  and 
  he 
  

   is 
  able, 
  too. 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  he 
  had 
  much 
  respect 
  for 
  us 
  when 
  he 
  got 
  

   here 
  but 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  whole 
  lot 
  when 
  he 
  went 
  away 
  for 
  he 
  made 
  a 
  miser- 
  

   able 
  failure 
  like 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  us. 
  Mr. 
  Jones, 
  you 
  know, 
  is 
  an 
  authority 
  

   on 
  grafting. 
  He 
  is 
  the 
  man 
  that 
  introduced 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  nut 
  world, 
  at 
  

   least 
  in 
  the 
  East. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  tried 
  in 
  California 
  before. 
  

   We 
  have 
  tried 
  his 
  methods 
  and 
  everything 
  else 
  that 
  government 
  

   experts 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  expert 
  told 
  us 
  about, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  read 
  all 
  the 
  

  

  