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  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  as 
  that 
  makes 
  any 
  difference. 
  I 
  

   have 
  thousands 
  of 
  them 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  on 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  weeks. 
  I 
  

   take 
  it 
  off 
  when 
  action 
  begins. 
  It 
  varies, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  two 
  weeks 
  and 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  six 
  and 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  six 
  months. 
  If 
  you 
  have 
  maximum 
  

   budding 
  conditions 
  generally 
  the 
  tree 
  itself 
  will 
  tell 
  the 
  story. 
  We 
  

   frequently 
  take 
  it 
  off 
  and 
  have 
  to 
  rewrap. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed: 
  Would 
  ten 
  days 
  "be 
  too 
  quick? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  In 
  most 
  cases, 
  yes. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Fruit 
  trees 
  is 
  two 
  weeks, 
  but 
  pecan 
  trees 
  are 
  not 
  

   quite 
  as 
  quick? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  Pecan 
  trees 
  will 
  come 
  through 
  the 
  rye 
  about 
  as 
  

   quick 
  as 
  a 
  peach 
  tree. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  I 
  am 
  talking 
  about 
  cherry 
  trees. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  I 
  think 
  about 
  twenty 
  or 
  twenty-five 
  days 
  is 
  about 
  

   right. 
  You 
  know 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  I 
  do 
  that 
  cases 
  are 
  not 
  all 
  alike, 
  and 
  you 
  

   have 
  to 
  know 
  when 
  to 
  unwrap. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Close: 
  How 
  can 
  you 
  tell 
  this 
  if 
  the 
  bud 
  is 
  covered 
  

   up? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  You 
  can 
  tell 
  easy 
  enough 
  if 
  the 
  bud 
  is 
  alive, 
  just 
  

   like 
  anything 
  else. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Mosely: 
  You 
  say 
  you 
  can't 
  graft 
  pecan 
  trees 
  here? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  so. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Webber: 
  What 
  do 
  you 
  graft? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  And 
  what 
  will 
  you 
  do 
  about 
  the 
  nut 
  trees? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  I 
  will 
  bud. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Webber: 
  What 
  value 
  is 
  the 
  grafting 
  to 
  us? 
  

  

  INIr. 
  McCoy: 
  You 
  may 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  graft. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed: 
  We 
  can 
  graft. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  Maybe 
  you 
  can, 
  but 
  I 
  can't. 
  

  

  I 
  don't 
  think 
  root 
  grafting 
  is 
  a 
  success, 
  although 
  we 
  have 
  some 
  

   fine 
  trees 
  that 
  are 
  root 
  grafted. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  what 
  it 
  is 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  

   something 
  wrong; 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  all 
  right, 
  to 
  be 
  sure 
  but 
  I 
  don't 
  

   find 
  it 
  a 
  general 
  success. 
  Of 
  the 
  two 
  methods, 
  grafting 
  and 
  bud- 
  

   ding, 
  I 
  will 
  bud. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hargis: 
  Mr. 
  McCoy, 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  seedling 
  pecan 
  

   trees 
  in 
  good 
  healthy 
  condition 
  and 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  transform 
  them 
  into 
  

   good 
  bearing 
  trees. 
  What 
  shall 
  I 
  do? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  will 
  cover 
  that. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  about 
  that, 
  whether 
  I 
  can 
  or 
  not, 
  

   but 
  that 
  w^ll 
  come 
  later. 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  thing 
  that 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  

   covered, 
  or 
  demonstrated 
  here, 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  working 
  

   the 
  hickory 
  and 
  the 
  pecan 
  by 
  the 
  slip 
  bark 
  method. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  

  

  