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  anything 
  now 
  as 
  he 
  says, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  great 
  forward 
  

   stride 
  for 
  this 
  association 
  to 
  rename 
  these 
  trees. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Simpson: 
  I 
  think 
  Professor 
  Smith's 
  idea 
  is 
  a 
  move 
  in 
  the 
  

   right 
  direction. 
  We 
  were 
  the 
  first 
  people 
  that 
  propagated 
  any 
  of 
  

   these 
  northern 
  varieties, 
  and 
  my 
  idea 
  is 
  to 
  call 
  that 
  variety 
  Indiana, 
  

   for 
  the 
  very 
  reason 
  he 
  mentions 
  here, 
  that 
  it 
  distinguishes 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  

   northern 
  variety. 
  I 
  think 
  his 
  suggestion 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  followed 
  out 
  

   as 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  possible. 
  At 
  least 
  with 
  several 
  varieties. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  chair 
  takes 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  saying 
  that 
  

   the 
  suggestion 
  meets 
  his 
  most 
  hearty 
  approval. 
  I 
  have 
  taken 
  up 
  

   pages 
  of 
  letters 
  in 
  writing 
  to 
  people 
  about 
  nuts, 
  and 
  explaining 
  to 
  

   them 
  that 
  the 
  nursery 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  bought 
  had 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  

   with 
  the 
  hardiness 
  of 
  the 
  tree, 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  

   tree 
  that 
  determined 
  this. 
  I 
  was 
  struck 
  by 
  an 
  advertisement 
  last 
  

   year 
  which 
  said, 
  "buy 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  nursery 
  furthest 
  north." 
  

   That 
  hasn't 
  a 
  thing 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  it. 
  You 
  may 
  take 
  some 
  

   of 
  this 
  very 
  wood 
  we 
  have 
  here 
  and 
  propagate 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  McKenzie 
  

   River, 
  or 
  the 
  Yukon, 
  and 
  say 
  you 
  are 
  selling 
  trees 
  propagated 
  in 
  

   Alaska, 
  but 
  the 
  hardiness 
  all 
  depends 
  on 
  where 
  the 
  parent 
  tree 
  is. 
  

   These 
  parent 
  trees 
  have 
  been 
  placed 
  there 
  by 
  nature, 
  and 
  when 
  we 
  

   distribute 
  them 
  we 
  will 
  distribute 
  what 
  nature 
  has 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  

   parent 
  tree. 
  These 
  trees 
  are 
  there 
  because 
  they 
  have 
  withstood 
  all 
  

   the 
  chmatic 
  conditions, 
  and 
  nothing 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  more 
  value, 
  it 
  

   appears 
  to 
  me, 
  than 
  to 
  adopt 
  the 
  suggestion 
  for 
  renaming 
  them. 
  

   In 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  are 
  named 
  for 
  men 
  not 
  entitled 
  

   to 
  have 
  them 
  named 
  for 
  them. 
  Many 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  own 
  these 
  trees 
  

   do 
  not 
  know 
  their 
  value 
  and 
  object 
  to 
  anyone 
  that 
  knows 
  anything 
  

   about 
  a 
  nut 
  tree 
  going 
  in 
  and 
  getting 
  bud 
  wood, 
  and 
  are 
  contrary 
  

   and 
  mean 
  about 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  rare 
  that 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  these 
  

   seedling 
  pecans 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  their 
  owners, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  entitled 
  

   to 
  any 
  consideration 
  themselves. 
  They 
  are 
  generally 
  discovered 
  by 
  

   some 
  outsider 
  who 
  had 
  to 
  beg 
  to 
  go 
  in 
  and 
  get 
  a 
  stick 
  of 
  bud 
  wood. 
  

   Is 
  there 
  any 
  further 
  discussion? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  C. 
  a. 
  Reed: 
  You 
  are 
  right 
  about 
  that. 
  But 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  

   to 
  go 
  on 
  record 
  in 
  opposition 
  to 
  this 
  movement. 
  When 
  pecans 
  are 
  

   recorded 
  in 
  the 
  standard 
  works 
  the 
  names 
  stay. 
  The 
  rule 
  is 
  gener- 
  

   ally 
  accepted 
  that 
  where 
  the 
  names 
  have 
  once 
  been 
  recorded 
  no 
  

   other 
  name 
  can 
  be 
  permitted. 
  It 
  is 
  easy 
  enough 
  for 
  us 
  to 
  vote 
  to 
  

   change 
  a 
  name 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  easy 
  to 
  change 
  it 
  in 
  actual 
  practice. 
  

   How 
  many 
  of 
  us 
  will 
  know 
  these 
  pecans 
  that 
  Prof. 
  Smith 
  has 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  by 
  any 
  other 
  names 
  than 
  those 
  that 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  

  

  