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  The 
  President: 
  Mr. 
  W, 
  C. 
  Reed, 
  have 
  you 
  any 
  additions 
  

   that 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  know? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W, 
  C. 
  Reed: 
  Mr. 
  Jones' 
  method 
  and 
  views 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  

   cold 
  storage 
  buds 
  agree 
  with 
  mine 
  exactly. 
  Last 
  year 
  I 
  put 
  in 
  on 
  

   July 
  30th 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  English 
  walnut 
  buds 
  that 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  

   cold 
  storage. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  we 
  seemed 
  to 
  have 
  almost 
  perfect 
  stands 
  

   from 
  these 
  buds, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  still 
  lying 
  dormant. 
  Buds 
  of 
  the 
  

   season's 
  growth 
  put 
  in 
  about 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  weeks 
  later 
  gave 
  better 
  

   results, 
  although 
  our 
  success 
  last 
  year 
  was 
  very 
  poor. 
  We 
  seemed 
  

   to 
  have 
  a 
  fair 
  stand 
  on 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  varieties, 
  but 
  this 
  

   spring 
  they 
  refused 
  to 
  grow. 
  I 
  lay 
  much 
  of 
  this 
  trouble 
  to 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  cold 
  we 
  had 
  in 
  November. 
  This 
  killed 
  many 
  peach 
  trees 
  

   that 
  were 
  from 
  six 
  to 
  eight 
  years 
  old, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  injured 
  many 
  

   of 
  the 
  walnut 
  buds. 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  buds 
  that 
  started 
  best 
  were 
  those 
  

   nearest 
  the 
  ground, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  protected 
  by 
  a 
  little 
  grass. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  topworking 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  walnut, 
  several 
  of 
  

   you 
  have 
  seen 
  my 
  trees, 
  the 
  three 
  trees 
  along 
  the 
  highway 
  in 
  a 
  

   ditch 
  where 
  they 
  catch 
  the 
  wash 
  where 
  they 
  have 
  made 
  9| 
  feet 
  

   growth. 
  I 
  am 
  sorry 
  to 
  report 
  that 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  are 
  entirely 
  

   gone, 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  cold 
  spell, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  about 
  half 
  ahve, 
  but 
  

   I 
  was 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  least 
  discouraged 
  by 
  that 
  loss. 
  In 
  September 
  the 
  

   rains 
  commenced, 
  following 
  the 
  extreme 
  drouth 
  and 
  started 
  a 
  

   second 
  growth, 
  and 
  the 
  freeze 
  caught 
  them 
  November 
  22d 
  as 
  full 
  

   of 
  sap 
  then 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  September, 
  when 
  you 
  were 
  there. 
  

  

  Other 
  trees 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  topworked 
  had 
  made 
  a 
  moderate 
  growth, 
  

   and 
  were 
  not 
  injured 
  in 
  the 
  least. 
  They 
  made 
  a 
  good 
  growth 
  this 
  

   season, 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  quite 
  fruitful 
  next 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  Pomeroy 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  bluegrass 
  pasture 
  had 
  made 
  only 
  a 
  

   moderate 
  growth, 
  and 
  went 
  through 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  good 
  shape. 
  

  

  I 
  had 
  three 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  Rush, 
  probably 
  twenty-five 
  feet 
  high. 
  

   They 
  were 
  injured 
  a 
  httle, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  growth 
  kilHng 
  back 
  a 
  third 
  

   of 
  the 
  way, 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  buds 
  were 
  killed 
  entirely. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  topworking 
  pecans, 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  done 
  much 
  of 
  this, 
  

   but 
  our 
  success 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  good 
  with 
  what 
  we 
  have 
  tried. 
  I 
  

   find 
  them 
  much 
  easier 
  to 
  work, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  bud 
  starting 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring 
  is 
  concerned. 
  Some 
  varieties, 
  however, 
  do 
  not 
  start 
  readily. 
  

   With 
  the 
  Major, 
  Green 
  River, 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  other 
  varieties, 
  we 
  

   can 
  use 
  wood 
  five, 
  six 
  and 
  eight 
  years 
  old, 
  and 
  have 
  it 
  come 
  out 
  

   all 
  right. 
  I 
  find, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  current 
  season's 
  growth, 
  cut 
  

   from 
  two-year-old 
  trees, 
  well 
  developed, 
  will 
  give 
  you 
  at 
  least 
  

   double 
  the 
  growth 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  the 
  first 
  year 
  that 
  older 
  or 
  dormant 
  

   wood 
  will. 
  

  

  