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  a 
  different 
  father 
  and 
  mother, 
  and 
  the 
  reason 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  just 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  my 
  brother 
  is 
  because 
  the 
  characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  may- 
  

   show 
  in 
  one 
  individual 
  and 
  not 
  another. 
  If 
  your 
  pecan 
  trees 
  should 
  

   stand 
  out 
  in 
  an 
  isolated 
  situation 
  and 
  pollenate 
  themselves 
  the 
  

   individual 
  nuts 
  would 
  not 
  all 
  be 
  the 
  same. 
  We 
  have 
  peaches 
  that 
  

   come 
  nearly 
  true 
  to 
  name, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  Snow 
  apple 
  

   that 
  has 
  been 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  valley 
  for 
  generations. 
  

   The 
  pollenization 
  of 
  budded 
  and 
  grafted 
  fruit 
  trees 
  or 
  nut 
  trees 
  is 
  

   brought 
  about, 
  in 
  my 
  opinion, 
  wholly 
  by 
  the 
  surroundings 
  or 
  

   environment 
  of 
  that 
  tree. 
  The 
  well 
  known 
  experiments 
  of 
  the 
  

   Geneva 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  have 
  very 
  satisfactorily 
  proved 
  that 
  

   the 
  variety 
  does 
  not 
  change 
  except 
  in 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  environment 
  

   changes 
  it. 
  Of 
  course 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  things 
  in 
  nature 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  

   understand 
  as 
  where 
  very 
  decided 
  deviations, 
  or 
  wholly 
  distinct 
  

   varieties 
  arise; 
  but 
  the 
  general 
  rule 
  holds, 
  that 
  whenever 
  you 
  prop- 
  

   agate 
  trees, 
  and 
  get 
  your 
  buds 
  from 
  some 
  variety 
  having 
  merits, 
  

   those 
  merits 
  will 
  be 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  trees 
  that 
  are 
  budded 
  or 
  

   grafted, 
  and 
  will 
  remain 
  in 
  them 
  while 
  the 
  surrounding 
  conditions 
  

   remain 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  changes 
  in 
  the 
  fruit 
  will 
  be 
  effected 
  only 
  by 
  

   changes 
  in 
  the 
  locations 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  trees 
  grow. 
  

  

  I 
  suppose 
  that 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  the 
  entomologist 
  of 
  this 
  state 
  you 
  expected 
  

   to 
  hear 
  some 
  discussion 
  of 
  things 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  you 
  in 
  this 
  particular 
  

   field, 
  but 
  I 
  came 
  wholly 
  unprepared 
  for 
  that. 
  In 
  this 
  state 
  so 
  far 
  

   as 
  the 
  nut 
  growers 
  industry 
  is 
  concerned 
  we 
  have 
  not 
  done 
  any- 
  

   thing 
  at 
  all. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  field 
  for 
  work 
  but 
  I 
  must 
  confess 
  I 
  am 
  

   wholly 
  unprepared 
  to 
  give 
  you 
  a 
  talk 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  Where 
  I 
  was 
  

   raised, 
  back 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  we 
  have 
  several 
  well 
  known 
  bugs 
  that 
  

   the 
  nut 
  growers 
  have 
  to 
  contend 
  with, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  especially 
  

   abundant 
  with 
  the 
  chestnut. 
  That 
  of 
  course 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  of 
  so 
  

   much 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  this 
  state 
  until 
  the 
  chestnut 
  growing 
  

   industry 
  has 
  developed 
  more 
  than 
  at 
  present. 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  glad 
  to 
  be 
  

   with 
  you 
  and 
  the 
  discussions 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  have 
  been 
  verj'^ 
  interest- 
  

   ing. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  We 
  are 
  very 
  glad 
  to 
  have 
  heard 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  

   entomologist 
  and 
  we 
  want 
  his 
  assistance. 
  We 
  are 
  trying 
  to 
  steer 
  

   away 
  from 
  bugs 
  and 
  we 
  want 
  his 
  suggestions 
  and 
  help 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  interesting 
  people 
  on 
  the 
  program 
  yet 
  this 
  

   afternoon, 
  but 
  the 
  chair 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  liberty 
  of 
  asking 
  the 
  

   president 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association, 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Van 
  

   Duzee 
  to 
  talk 
  to 
  us 
  on 
  any 
  subject 
  that 
  he 
  cares 
  to 
  discuss. 
  I 
  

   know 
  him 
  well 
  enough 
  to 
  know 
  that 
  anything 
  he 
  says 
  will 
  be 
  good 
  

   enough 
  to 
  hear. 
  I 
  know 
  him 
  personally, 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  you 
  know 
  him 
  

  

  