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  then. 
  Two 
  nurserymen 
  come 
  to 
  me 
  and 
  sell 
  me 
  two 
  Grimes 
  Golden 
  

   apples. 
  I 
  plant 
  them 
  side 
  by 
  side 
  and 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  turn 
  out 
  alike. 
  

   Why 
  not 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  grafted 
  trees? 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  knocking, 
  you 
  mis- 
  

   understand 
  me, 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  truth 
  seeker. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  I 
  believe 
  that. 
  We 
  always 
  find 
  something 
  

   we 
  didn't 
  buy. 
  My 
  head 
  man 
  says 
  they 
  jump 
  in. 
  I 
  have 
  some 
  

   very 
  fine 
  specimens 
  that 
  came 
  by 
  accident, 
  and 
  of 
  course 
  we 
  have 
  

   a 
  certain 
  amount 
  of 
  bud 
  variation. 
  We 
  find 
  variety 
  even 
  by 
  prop- 
  

   agation. 
  The 
  trees 
  will 
  vary 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  people 
  will 
  but 
  they 
  will 
  

   vary 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  more 
  if 
  we 
  get 
  theseedhngs. 
  The 
  successful 
  

   growth 
  of 
  nuts, 
  as 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  fruit, 
  demands 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  top* 
  worked 
  

   trees 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  parentage. 
  That 
  is 
  the 
  way 
  we 
  do 
  with 
  

   apples, 
  peaches, 
  pears, 
  and 
  cherries. 
  Nuts 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  come 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  class 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  parentage. 
  The 
  big 
  thing 
  today 
  is 
  

   to 
  find 
  out 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  parentage 
  and 
  then 
  spread 
  knowledge 
  so 
  

   that 
  no 
  editor 
  will 
  be 
  capable 
  of 
  fooling 
  people 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  article 
  I 
  read 
  

   a 
  few 
  minutes 
  ago. 
  

  

  That 
  is 
  point 
  number 
  one. 
  My 
  point 
  number 
  two 
  is 
  a 
  different 
  

   one. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  of 
  northern 
  

   nut 
  trees, 
  particularly 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  trees. 
  Twenty 
  years 
  

   from 
  now 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  million 
  people 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  who 
  will 
  gravely 
  

   tell 
  us 
  the 
  pecan 
  grows 
  down 
  South, 
  not 
  in 
  Indiana, 
  and 
  that 
  you 
  

   can't 
  grow 
  them 
  up 
  here. 
  I 
  haven't 
  a 
  doubt 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  million 
  

   people 
  that 
  will 
  believe 
  that 
  twenty 
  years 
  hence. 
  How 
  can 
  we 
  get 
  

   that 
  idea 
  out 
  of 
  their 
  heads? 
  I 
  think 
  we 
  have 
  an 
  agency 
  in 
  the 
  

   mere 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  which 
  will 
  cause 
  people 
  to 
  buy 
  more, 
  yes 
  a 
  

   hundred 
  thousand 
  or 
  two 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  more 
  trees, 
  than 
  they 
  

   do 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  If 
  we 
  pick 
  out 
  one 
  name, 
  Indiana, 
  what 
  

   does 
  it 
  mean? 
  It 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  man 
  ask 
  questions, 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  has 
  any 
  

   curiosity 
  at 
  all 
  he 
  will 
  want 
  to 
  know 
  if 
  it 
  grows 
  in 
  Indiana 
  and 
  if 
  it 
  

   will 
  grow 
  in 
  any 
  state 
  with 
  practically 
  the 
  same 
  latitude 
  as 
  Indiana. 
  

   But 
  if 
  he 
  hears 
  the 
  name 
  Schley, 
  what 
  does 
  it 
  mean? 
  Nothing, 
  

   because 
  practically 
  everybody 
  has 
  quit 
  thinking 
  about 
  Admiral 
  

   Schley. 
  I 
  recall 
  eight 
  varieties 
  of 
  northern 
  pecans 
  three 
  of 
  which 
  

   have 
  good 
  names 
  and 
  three 
  perfectly 
  worthless 
  ones. 
  Indiana, 
  

   Kentucky 
  and 
  Green 
  River 
  are 
  the 
  good 
  ones. 
  Green 
  River 
  is 
  the 
  

   least 
  valuable 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  well 
  enough 
  known. 
  Indiana 
  and 
  

   Kentucky 
  are 
  great 
  names 
  because 
  they 
  are 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  great 
  

   states. 
  Then 
  we 
  have 
  Busseron, 
  Warrick, 
  Posey 
  and 
  Buttrick. 
  

   The 
  Busseron 
  nut 
  which 
  grows 
  up 
  at 
  Vincennes 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  renamed 
  

   Vincennes. 
  There 
  will 
  be 
  thousands 
  more 
  sold 
  in 
  Vincennes 
  when 
  

   it 
  is 
  known 
  from 
  the 
  name 
  that 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  originate 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  