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  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  No. 
  In 
  from 
  ten 
  days 
  to 
  two 
  weeks 
  tear 
  a 
  

   little 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  bag. 
  Next 
  time 
  be 
  careful, 
  for 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   full 
  of 
  wasps. 
  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  that 
  paper 
  sack 
  is 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  water 
  

   off 
  the 
  buds. 
  This 
  is 
  essential. 
  

  

  Mr, 
  Phillips: 
  I 
  had 
  about 
  300 
  trees 
  planted 
  in 
  1911, 
  black 
  

   walnuts. 
  In 
  1913 
  I 
  budded 
  them 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  Oregon 
  method. 
  

   I 
  failed 
  to 
  make 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  grow. 
  In 
  1913 
  I 
  cleft 
  grafted 
  and 
  

   a 
  great 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  started, 
  but 
  they 
  all 
  failed 
  to 
  live. 
  I 
  wonder 
  

   wherein 
  I 
  failed. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  No 
  one 
  can 
  tell 
  why 
  a 
  particular 
  scion 
  does 
  

   not 
  live. 
  I 
  had 
  scions 
  from 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  hickory 
  and 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  

   cold 
  storage. 
  The 
  wood 
  was 
  in 
  perfect 
  condition. 
  I 
  grafted 
  perhaps 
  

   100 
  of 
  these 
  scions 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  described. 
  I 
  have 
  four 
  trees 
  growing 
  out 
  

   of 
  the 
  100 
  grafted. 
  In 
  handling 
  the 
  wood 
  I 
  got 
  fungus 
  on 
  it 
  prob- 
  

   ably. 
  That 
  may 
  be 
  one 
  reason 
  why 
  it 
  failed. 
  There 
  may 
  be 
  other 
  

   reasons. 
  If 
  the 
  scions 
  were 
  not 
  dormant 
  that 
  might 
  explain 
  it. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  thmk 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  important 
  that 
  walnut 
  

   grafting 
  wood 
  should 
  be 
  cut 
  before 
  severe 
  weather 
  in 
  the 
  winter, 
  

   though 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  it 
  ever 
  grows 
  cold 
  enough 
  to 
  hurt 
  pecan 
  wood. 
  

   You 
  need 
  not 
  worry 
  about 
  pecan 
  wood, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  walnut 
  

   it 
  should 
  be 
  cut 
  before 
  extreme 
  cold 
  weather 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  cold 
  storage. 
  

   I 
  cut 
  some 
  last 
  year 
  after 
  the 
  extreme 
  cold 
  snap 
  in 
  December 
  and 
  

   we 
  threw 
  it 
  practically 
  all 
  away 
  this 
  spring. 
  It 
  is 
  useless. 
  You 
  

   are 
  throwing 
  away 
  your 
  time 
  to 
  use 
  it. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  we 
  had 
  any 
  wood 
  that 
  was 
  not 
  in- 
  

   jured 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  winter 
  of 
  1911-12. 
  Out 
  of 
  about 
  2,600 
  grafts 
  

   set 
  we 
  had 
  two 
  grow. 
  

  

  Question: 
  What 
  do 
  you 
  mean 
  by 
  cold 
  storage? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  storing 
  all 
  of 
  our 
  wood 
  in 
  ordi- 
  

   nary 
  apple 
  cold 
  storage 
  plants. 
  Pack 
  it 
  in 
  damp 
  moss 
  or 
  excelsior. 
  

   Paper 
  line 
  your 
  boxes 
  well, 
  and 
  nail 
  them 
  up, 
  and 
  leave 
  them 
  there 
  

   until 
  you 
  are 
  ready 
  to 
  use 
  them. 
  I 
  have 
  put 
  wood 
  in 
  in 
  November 
  

   and 
  taken 
  it 
  out 
  in 
  good 
  shape 
  in 
  August. 
  Pecan 
  wood 
  can 
  be 
  held 
  

   the 
  year 
  round. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  What 
  can 
  you 
  tell 
  us, 
  Mr. 
  White, 
  that 
  has 
  

   not 
  yet 
  been 
  covered? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Paul 
  White: 
  About 
  all 
  I 
  would 
  care 
  to 
  say 
  about 
  top- 
  

   working 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  ask 
  a 
  question. 
  They 
  claim 
  that 
  the 
  pecan 
  

   topworked 
  on 
  the 
  hickory, 
  only 
  bears 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  years, 
  and 
  then 
  

   stops. 
  What 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  result 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  and 
  

   black 
  walnuts? 
  Might 
  there 
  not 
  be 
  some 
  danger 
  there? 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  considerable 
  investigation 
  of 
  

  

  