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  carried.) 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Mr, 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed, 
  you 
  have 
  something 
  on 
  the 
  

   program 
  and 
  we 
  will 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  hear 
  from 
  you 
  now, 
  

  

  Mr, 
  Reed: 
  I 
  had 
  prepared 
  a 
  short 
  paper 
  on 
  top 
  working 
  the 
  

   black 
  walnut 
  with 
  the 
  Persian 
  or 
  English 
  walnut 
  but 
  I 
  won't 
  read 
  

   the 
  paper 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  limited 
  time, 
  for 
  there 
  are 
  others 
  here 
  

   we 
  would 
  rather 
  hear 
  from. 
  Quite 
  a- 
  number 
  of 
  you 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  

   Vincennes 
  and 
  you 
  can 
  ask 
  questions 
  there 
  and 
  understand 
  it 
  better 
  

   than 
  I 
  can 
  tell 
  you 
  here. 
  However 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  some 
  that 
  can't 
  

   go 
  along, 
  so 
  any 
  questions 
  you 
  want 
  to 
  ask 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  I 
  will 
  be 
  glad 
  

   to 
  answer. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  impossible 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  Vincennes 
  on 
  

   Saturday 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  go 
  home 
  tomorrow 
  night. 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  

   ask 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  if 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  grafting 
  the 
  pecan 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   top 
  working 
  the 
  black 
  walnut? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  Yes 
  sir. 
  Suppose 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  tree 
  twelve, 
  eight- 
  

   een 
  or 
  twenty 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  We 
  cut 
  the 
  limbs 
  back 
  to 
  where 
  

   they 
  are 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  and, 
  supposing 
  that 
  we 
  

   want 
  to 
  graft 
  this 
  limb 
  here, 
  we 
  will 
  cut 
  it 
  up 
  here 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  feet 
  

   because 
  it 
  is 
  hard 
  to 
  cut 
  limbs 
  without 
  their 
  splitting. 
  Sometimes 
  

   they 
  will 
  split 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  For 
  that 
  reason 
  we 
  cut 
  them 
  high 
  

   and 
  then 
  again, 
  later, 
  back 
  to 
  where 
  we 
  want 
  to 
  graft. 
  We 
  usually 
  

   find 
  it 
  best 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  first 
  cutting 
  back 
  along 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  or 
  first 
  of 
  March, 
  and 
  when 
  it 
  gets 
  time 
  to 
  do 
  our 
  grafting 
  

   we 
  cut 
  them 
  off 
  again 
  about 
  two 
  inches 
  so 
  that 
  we 
  shall 
  have 
  fresh 
  

   wood. 
  We 
  saw 
  them 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  tooth 
  saw. 
  We 
  prefer 
  to 
  do 
  our 
  

   grafting 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  the 
  tenth 
  of 
  May. 
  We 
  keep 
  scions 
  

   in 
  cold 
  storage. 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  is 
  quite 
  an 
  advantage 
  although 
  I 
  

   haven't 
  tried 
  the 
  walnut 
  in 
  cold 
  storage 
  until 
  this 
  year 
  and 
  hadn't 
  

   thought 
  very 
  much 
  about 
  it 
  until 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years: 
  but 
  we 
  find 
  

   the 
  ones 
  we 
  were 
  most 
  successful 
  with 
  were 
  the 
  ones 
  we 
  had 
  kept 
  

   in 
  cold 
  storage. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  What 
  time 
  were 
  they 
  cut? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  In 
  February, 
  I 
  think, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  much 
  

   better 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  cut 
  in 
  November 
  or 
  early 
  December, 
  especially 
  

   the 
  walnut, 
  and 
  I 
  shall 
  do 
  that 
  this 
  year. 
  With 
  the 
  pecans 
  I 
  don't 
  

   think 
  it 
  will 
  make 
  any 
  difference. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  What 
  temperature 
  in 
  storage 
  do 
  you 
  use? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Ordinary 
  apple 
  storage, 
  thirty-two 
  to 
  thirty-eight, 
  

   or 
  freezing. 
  This 
  spring 
  we 
  grafted 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  tenth 
  of 
  

   May; 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  in 
  full 
  leaf. 
  The 
  sap 
  was 
  flowing 
  very 
  

   readily 
  and 
  they 
  bled 
  very 
  freely, 
  although 
  the 
  ones 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  

  

  