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  Mr. 
  McElderry: 
  The 
  very 
  thing 
  he 
  is 
  inquiring 
  about 
  has 
  

   cost 
  Posey 
  County 
  thousands 
  of 
  dollars. 
  Men 
  tell 
  them 
  they 
  have 
  

   trees 
  that 
  are 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  nurserymen 
  sell 
  and 
  they 
  bite 
  and 
  

   find 
  they 
  are 
  mistaken. 
  But 
  they 
  get 
  them 
  and 
  pay 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  

   fifteen 
  cents 
  more 
  than 
  they 
  would 
  to 
  the 
  dealer. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  man 
  

   on 
  earth 
  that 
  can 
  keep 
  the 
  Heath 
  Cling 
  true 
  in 
  that 
  way, 
  or 
  any 
  

   other 
  variety 
  on 
  earth. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Close: 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  say 
  a 
  word. 
  Two 
  or 
  three 
  people 
  

   have 
  made 
  the 
  statement 
  here 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  absolutely 
  impossible 
  to 
  

   propagate 
  any 
  peach 
  or 
  other 
  fruit 
  true 
  from 
  seed. 
  We 
  have 
  been 
  

   doing 
  it 
  for 
  years. 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  orchard 
  peach 
  will 
  come 
  true 
  to 
  the 
  

   seed. 
  With 
  apples 
  there 
  are 
  groups 
  that 
  will 
  come 
  true 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  

   but 
  not 
  the 
  variety. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  hear 
  that 
  statement. 
  I 
  have 
  

   understood 
  that 
  the 
  Inchan 
  peach 
  will 
  come 
  true 
  to 
  that 
  group 
  but 
  

   it 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  the 
  big 
  Indian 
  peach 
  you 
  have 
  planted. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fact 
  

   that 
  some 
  of 
  those 
  groups 
  have 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  come 
  true 
  to 
  the 
  group. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Close: 
  Yes, 
  they 
  come 
  true 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  and 
  so 
  will 
  

   apples. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dorr. 
  May 
  I 
  ask 
  another 
  question? 
  What 
  has 
  become 
  of 
  

   some 
  of 
  those 
  beautiful, 
  delicious 
  seedlings 
  in 
  southern 
  Indiana 
  

   they 
  had 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  a 
  boy? 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  same 
  thing 
  that 
  became 
  of 
  Washington 
  

   and 
  Lincoln 
  — 
  they 
  died. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McElderry: 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  boy's 
  taste, 
  not 
  the 
  peach, 
  that 
  makes 
  

   it 
  seem 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  ones 
  we 
  have 
  now. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  feel 
  that 
  Mr. 
  McCoy 
  discouraged 
  us 
  too 
  

   much 
  about 
  grafting. 
  I 
  think 
  either 
  method 
  he 
  used 
  will 
  succeed 
  

   very 
  well. 
  The 
  main 
  point 
  is 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  it 
  is 
  done. 
  Up 
  

   to 
  a 
  year 
  ago 
  we 
  began 
  grafting 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  April, 
  

   and 
  continued 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  our 
  success 
  varied 
  from 
  

   ninety 
  per 
  cent 
  to 
  nothing. 
  We 
  decided 
  there 
  was 
  too 
  much 
  sap 
  and 
  

   went 
  to 
  budding. 
  The 
  last 
  grafting 
  we 
  did 
  gave 
  us 
  the 
  only 
  real 
  

   good 
  stand 
  we 
  got, 
  that 
  which 
  we 
  did 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  the 
  tenth 
  of 
  

   May. 
  We 
  had 
  as 
  good 
  results 
  then 
  as 
  we 
  did 
  in 
  budding. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  That 
  is 
  good, 
  Mr. 
  Reed. 
  I 
  think 
  those 
  facts 
  

   ought 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  out 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  a 
  record. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  the 
  time 
  in 
  grafting 
  than 
  any- 
  

   thing 
  else. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  has 
  a 
  clay 
  soil 
  and 
  that 
  does 
  not 
  furnish 
  

   the 
  rapid 
  flow 
  of 
  sap 
  that 
  a 
  warm 
  sandy 
  soil 
  does. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  You 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  begin 
  grafting 
  earUer. 
  

  

  