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  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  Yes 
  sir. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  White: 
  Do 
  you 
  leave 
  that 
  cover 
  of 
  paper 
  on 
  when 
  you 
  

   cover 
  it 
  with 
  wax? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  On 
  part 
  of 
  them 
  we 
  did 
  and 
  on 
  part 
  of 
  them 
  we 
  did 
  

   not. 
  In 
  grafting 
  walnut 
  trees 
  this 
  season 
  we 
  left 
  some 
  of 
  it 
  on. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Woods: 
  Just 
  a 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  that 
  slip 
  

   grafting. 
  Will 
  it 
  blow 
  off 
  easily? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  White: 
  The 
  first 
  year 
  it 
  will 
  blow 
  off 
  a 
  little 
  bit 
  easily. 
  

   The 
  first 
  year 
  you 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  tie 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Are 
  there 
  any 
  further 
  suggestions? 
  If 
  not 
  the 
  

   next 
  thing 
  on 
  the 
  program 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  talk 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Russell 
  Smith 
  of 
  

   the 
  University 
  of 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  Mr. 
  Chairman, 
  and 
  Ladies 
  and 
  Gentlemen: 
  

   We 
  have 
  to 
  educate 
  the 
  public- 
  — 
  my 
  good 
  friend 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  win- 
  

   dow, 
  I 
  hope 
  he 
  will 
  not 
  take 
  my 
  remarks 
  personally 
  — 
  is 
  a 
  case 
  in 
  

   point. 
  He 
  has 
  come 
  in 
  with 
  an 
  argument, 
  which 
  the 
  gentlemen 
  

   next 
  him 
  says 
  has 
  cost 
  his 
  county 
  lots 
  of 
  money. 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  grower 
  of 
  

   apples, 
  an 
  experimenter 
  in 
  nuts 
  and 
  I 
  raise 
  peaches 
  to 
  eat. 
  I 
  am 
  

   planting 
  seedling 
  peaches 
  and 
  I 
  know 
  that 
  when 
  I 
  go 
  on 
  that 
  hill- 
  

   side 
  of 
  mine 
  I 
  can 
  get 
  little 
  red 
  seedling 
  peaches 
  and 
  plant 
  them 
  and 
  

   get 
  the 
  same 
  kind, 
  which 
  have, 
  I 
  think, 
  as 
  much 
  sugar 
  and 
  flavor 
  

   as 
  any 
  big 
  peach 
  two 
  inches 
  or 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  in 
  diameter. 
  I 
  raise 
  

   them 
  true 
  to 
  the 
  type 
  too, 
  but 
  I 
  would 
  not 
  think 
  of 
  putting 
  out 
  a 
  

   commercial 
  orchard 
  of 
  seedling 
  peaches. 
  My 
  neighbor 
  tried 
  it, 
  to 
  

   his 
  financial 
  sorrow. 
  

  

  But 
  it 
  is 
  surprising 
  how 
  this 
  seedling 
  error 
  sticks. 
  People 
  are 
  

   going 
  to 
  be 
  buying 
  seedling 
  trees 
  twenty-five 
  years 
  hence 
  and 
  think- 
  

   ing 
  they 
  are 
  getting 
  the 
  best 
  to 
  be 
  had. 
  Here 
  is 
  an 
  article 
  that 
  

   bears 
  me 
  out. 
  Here 
  is 
  an 
  editor 
  who 
  has 
  pubHshed 
  a 
  very 
  glaring 
  

   thing. 
  This 
  is 
  No. 
  139, 
  Vol. 
  113 
  of 
  a 
  paper 
  devoted 
  primarily 
  to 
  

   ginseng. 
  This 
  question 
  was 
  asked 
  : 
  "What 
  do 
  you 
  know 
  about 
  the 
  

   Pomeroy 
  English 
  walnut 
  trees 
  and 
  fruit?" 
  and 
  the 
  editor 
  answers: 
  

   "The 
  Pomeroy 
  walnut 
  trees 
  are 
  all 
  right 
  and 
  you 
  will 
  find 
  at 
  least 
  

   nineteen 
  out 
  of 
  twenty 
  hardy. 
  That 
  is 
  what 
  I 
  find 
  here 
  and 
  we 
  

   often 
  get 
  it 
  down 
  to 
  20 
  below 
  zero. 
  The 
  nuts 
  are 
  of 
  good 
  quality. 
  

   Beware 
  of 
  the 
  Pomeroy 
  trees 
  offered 
  by 
  the 
  Rochester 
  nurserymen. 
  

   These 
  are 
  grafted 
  trees. 
  Pomeroy 
  raises 
  his 
  trees 
  on 
  their 
  own 
  

   roots, 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  true 
  seedlings, 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  why 
  once 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  

   while 
  one 
  turns 
  out 
  tender." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dorr: 
  I 
  believe 
  I 
  am 
  as 
  old 
  as 
  you 
  are 
  and 
  have 
  gone 
  the 
  

   same 
  gait 
  exactly. 
  I 
  lost 
  my 
  job 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  farming. 
  I 
  was 
  once 
  

   a 
  college 
  professor, 
  too, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  things 
  I 
  find 
  now 
  I 
  didn't 
  find 
  

  

  