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  more 
  free 
  from 
  insects 
  and 
  fungus 
  trouble 
  than 
  trees 
  in 
  many 
  places. 
  

   Mr. 
  Simpson, 
  who 
  has 
  had 
  considerable 
  experience 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  

   called 
  my 
  attention 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  destructive 
  pest 
  that 
  does 
  not 
  exist 
  

   here 
  in 
  numbers 
  sufficient 
  to 
  be 
  destructive, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  Florida, 
  but 
  

   he 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  introduced 
  into 
  that 
  section 
  from 
  this 
  

   section. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President: 
  What 
  is 
  it? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Baldwin: 
  Mr. 
  Simpson 
  says 
  — 
  I 
  didn't 
  see 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  in- 
  

   sects, 
  and 
  probably 
  you 
  couldn't 
  identify 
  it 
  without 
  labor, 
  — 
  but 
  

   Mr. 
  Simpson 
  says 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  broods 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  brood 
  is 
  now 
  

   at 
  work. 
  This 
  certainly 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  field 
  for 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  entomolo- 
  

   gist. 
  Of 
  course 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  would 
  hold 
  true 
  with 
  this 
  insect 
  

   that 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  others; 
  when 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  is 
  introduced 
  into 
  a 
  coun- 
  

   try 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  heretofore 
  existed, 
  where 
  the 
  natural 
  parasites 
  

   are 
  not 
  found, 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  destructive 
  than 
  where 
  the 
  natural 
  para- 
  

   sites 
  exist. 
  That 
  point 
  is 
  illustrated 
  very 
  well 
  by 
  the 
  moths 
  that 
  

   are 
  so 
  very 
  destructive 
  in 
  New 
  England, 
  and 
  don't 
  do 
  very 
  much 
  

   damage 
  in 
  the 
  countries 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  come. 
  From 
  my 
  observa- 
  

   tions 
  on 
  other 
  native 
  nut 
  trees 
  I 
  was 
  greatly 
  impressed 
  with 
  the 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  nuts 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  trees 
  bear 
  here. 
  I 
  am 
  

   sorry 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  talk 
  about 
  something 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  

   interesting 
  to 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  pecans 
  and 
  other 
  nuts. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  I 
  should 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  have 
  our 
  secretary 
  put 
  in 
  

   the 
  record 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  his 
  observations. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Deming 
  : 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  has 
  been 
  talking 
  to 
  us 
  about 
  these 
  

   pecans 
  since 
  we 
  started 
  this 
  organization, 
  and 
  has 
  long 
  promised 
  

   to 
  show 
  us 
  these 
  trees. 
  We 
  can't 
  get 
  any 
  idea 
  of 
  such 
  trees 
  without 
  

   seeing 
  them. 
  We 
  have 
  had 
  many 
  word 
  pictures 
  of 
  them 
  but 
  I 
  had 
  

   not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  form 
  any 
  idea 
  of 
  how 
  great 
  they 
  are. 
  They 
  have 
  

   a 
  beautiful 
  outline 
  as 
  we 
  see 
  it 
  silhouetted 
  against 
  the 
  sky, 
  and 
  

   every 
  evidence 
  of 
  being 
  trees 
  that 
  bear 
  lots 
  of 
  nuts, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  kind 
  

   of 
  trees 
  we 
  are 
  all 
  looking 
  for. 
  We 
  don't 
  have 
  the 
  pecan 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  as 
  a 
  native 
  at 
  all. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  in 
  New 
  England, 
  a 
  few 
  

   scattered 
  here 
  and 
  there, 
  but 
  none 
  bearing. 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  of 
  a 
  

   pecan 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  my 
  home, 
  possibly 
  twenty-five 
  miles, 
  that 
  does 
  

   not 
  bear. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Hartford 
  a 
  pecan 
  tree 
  that 
  was 
  

   nine 
  feet 
  and 
  three 
  inches 
  in 
  circumference 
  and 
  ninety 
  feet 
  high, 
  of 
  

   unknown 
  origin, 
  but 
  not 
  bearing. 
  The 
  nut 
  tree 
  that 
  grows 
  best 
  

   through 
  our 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  the 
  shagbark 
  hickory. 
  It 
  is 
  

   very 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  pecan 
  tree 
  here, 
  but 
  never 
  grows 
  to 
  anything 
  

   like 
  its 
  size, 
  is 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  beautiful 
  a 
  tree 
  and 
  I 
  don't 
  believe 
  it 
  

   bears 
  as 
  heavily. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  average 
  hickory 
  nuts 
  there 
  are 
  very 
  

  

  