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  in 
  propagating 
  the 
  blueberry. 
  They 
  found 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  callous 
  and 
  

   form 
  roots 
  unless 
  they 
  chilled 
  it. 
  Isn't 
  that 
  right, 
  Mr. 
  Close? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Close: 
  I 
  don't 
  remember 
  that. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  White: 
  I 
  think 
  all 
  wood 
  must 
  be 
  frozen 
  or 
  chilled, 
  or 
  put 
  

   in 
  cold 
  storage, 
  before 
  it 
  will 
  take 
  well. 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  by 
  putting 
  

   scions 
  in 
  cold 
  storage 
  they 
  callous 
  much 
  more 
  readily. 
  Where 
  

   the 
  temperature 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  freezing 
  point 
  walnut 
  and 
  pecan 
  wood 
  

   will 
  callous 
  more 
  readily. 
  On 
  some 
  that 
  I 
  took 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  31st 
  of 
  

   July 
  I 
  had 
  written 
  the 
  names, 
  and 
  the 
  callous 
  had 
  formed 
  until 
  we 
  

   could 
  scarcely 
  read 
  the 
  names. 
  In 
  a 
  week 
  or 
  ten 
  days 
  the 
  callous 
  

   was 
  around 
  them. 
  On 
  new 
  wood, 
  it 
  would 
  take 
  twice 
  as 
  long. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  If 
  they 
  had 
  calloused 
  in 
  cold 
  storage 
  was 
  it 
  

   because 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  too 
  warm? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  White 
  : 
  No 
  sir. 
  If 
  you 
  will 
  take 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  you 
  want 
  to 
  

   set 
  out 
  and 
  cover 
  the 
  roots 
  until 
  you 
  can 
  set 
  it 
  out, 
  you 
  will 
  find 
  the 
  

   callous 
  forming 
  no 
  matter 
  if 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  frozen 
  hard. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  You 
  mean 
  a 
  tree 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  fall? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  White 
  : 
  Yes 
  sir. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  Where 
  one 
  had 
  no 
  cold 
  storage 
  what 
  would 
  he 
  

   do? 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  If 
  you 
  haven't 
  cold 
  storage, 
  such 
  as 
  Evans- 
  

   ville 
  affords, 
  and 
  have 
  an 
  ice 
  house 
  you 
  can 
  use 
  that. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  

   important 
  to 
  pack 
  the 
  scions 
  in 
  excelsior 
  and 
  sawdust 
  and 
  be 
  sure 
  

   there 
  is 
  very 
  sHght 
  moisture, 
  and 
  to 
  paper 
  line 
  your 
  boxes. 
  Colonel 
  

   Sober 
  keeps 
  chestnut 
  scions 
  by 
  standing 
  them 
  on 
  end 
  in 
  cans. 
  He 
  

   fills 
  in 
  with 
  a 
  thin 
  layer 
  of 
  sawdust, 
  punches 
  holes 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  breathe, 
  

   puts 
  a 
  lid 
  on 
  and 
  sets 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  ice 
  house 
  and 
  says 
  they 
  keep 
  splen- 
  

   didly. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  In 
  an 
  ordinary 
  ice 
  house? 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Yes 
  sir. 
  

  

  Colonel 
  Sober: 
  I 
  have 
  kept 
  them 
  that 
  way 
  for 
  two 
  years. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  White: 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  will 
  tell 
  you 
  the 
  next 
  best 
  thing 
  if 
  you 
  

   haven't 
  cold 
  storage. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  We 
  use 
  a 
  method 
  I 
  got 
  from 
  Professor 
  Craig, 
  the 
  

   way 
  he 
  kept 
  his 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  His 
  plan 
  was 
  to 
  set 
  a 
  plain 
  wooden 
  

   box 
  very 
  smoothly 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  smooth 
  off 
  the 
  ground 
  so 
  the 
  

   box 
  would 
  set 
  evenly 
  on 
  all 
  sides, 
  then 
  pack 
  in 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  perhaps 
  

   h^lf 
  an 
  inch 
  of 
  fine 
  leaves 
  like 
  black 
  locust 
  leaves, 
  and 
  on 
  that 
  he 
  

   would 
  put 
  a 
  single 
  layer 
  of 
  scions, 
  then 
  more 
  leaves 
  and 
  scions. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Moseley: 
  If 
  you 
  have 
  an 
  ordinary 
  ice 
  box, 
  would 
  that 
  be 
  

   cold 
  enough 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  buds 
  in? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  plenty 
  cold 
  enough. 
  I 
  know 
  

  

  