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  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  trees 
  near 
  the 
  writer's 
  home 
  planted 
  on 
  

   high 
  land 
  150 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  river, 
  back 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  six 
  miles, 
  

   that 
  are 
  large 
  trees, 
  measuring 
  18 
  to 
  24 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  bear- 
  

   ing 
  regular 
  crops. 
  Heavy 
  clay 
  land 
  seems 
  to 
  push 
  a 
  stronger 
  and 
  

   more 
  vigorous 
  growth 
  than 
  does 
  the 
  more 
  loamy, 
  darker 
  soil. 
  I 
  

   submit 
  here 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  photographs 
  taken 
  August 
  10 
  of 
  pecan 
  

   trees 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  row, 
  budded 
  one 
  year 
  ago, 
  showing 
  a 
  growth 
  of 
  

   from 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  feet, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  5 
  to 
  7 
  feet 
  and 
  some 
  8 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  

   still 
  growing 
  rapidly. 
  These 
  were 
  budded 
  on 
  four-year-old 
  pecans. 
  

  

  Propagation 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  tried 
  all 
  known 
  methods 
  of 
  propagating 
  the 
  pecan 
  with 
  

   varied 
  results; 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  methods 
  you 
  do 
  not 
  want 
  to 
  try 
  is 
  the 
  

   Edwards 
  method. 
  While 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  success 
  in 
  Texas, 
  where 
  it 
  

   originated, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  miserable 
  failure 
  in 
  the 
  North. 
  Grafting 
  above 
  

   ground 
  is 
  done 
  after 
  the 
  sap 
  is 
  well 
  up, 
  and 
  gives 
  fair 
  results. 
  How- 
  

   ever, 
  best 
  results 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  patch 
  bud 
  method 
  on 
  

   seedlings 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  years 
  old. 
  Good 
  strong 
  seedlings, 
  well- 
  

   ripened 
  buds 
  cut 
  from 
  the 
  scion 
  orchard 
  or 
  from 
  trees 
  two 
  years 
  old 
  

   in 
  the 
  nursery 
  have 
  given 
  best 
  results 
  — 
  in 
  some 
  cases, 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  

   85 
  per 
  cent 
  stand 
  the 
  past 
  season. 
  V 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  had 
  a 
  Stuart 
  bearing 
  last 
  year 
  in 
  south- 
  

   eastern 
  Pennsylvania. 
  The 
  nuts 
  were 
  not 
  very 
  large 
  but 
  they 
  

   matured 
  fairly 
  well. 
  I 
  am 
  more 
  encouraged 
  than 
  ever 
  that 
  the 
  

   Indiana 
  variety 
  w^ill 
  be 
  safe 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  Stuart 
  bloomed 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  the 
  

   others 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  all 
  right, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  later. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage. 
  I 
  don't 
  believe 
  in 
  the 
  Stuart 
  very 
  much: 
  I 
  

   have 
  better 
  pecans 
  myself, 
  hardy 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  corroborate 
  Mr. 
  Reed's 
  point 
  about 
  

   the 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  on 
  high 
  land. 
  One 
  man 
  is, 
  I 
  believe, 
  

   responsible 
  for 
  that 
  widely 
  circulated 
  statement 
  that 
  the 
  pecan 
  

   will 
  grow 
  only 
  on 
  alluvial 
  land. 
  I 
  have 
  travelled 
  a 
  thousand 
  miles 
  

   in 
  investigating 
  that 
  fact, 
  and 
  found 
  it 
  a 
  fallacy. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  

   biggest 
  pecan 
  trees 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen 
  were 
  growing 
  at 
  900 
  feet 
  

   elevation 
  down 
  in 
  Georgia. 
  This 
  was 
  on 
  clay 
  hills. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  

   the 
  same 
  thing 
  in 
  Raleigh. 
  That 
  alluvial 
  soil 
  business 
  is 
  a 
  hoax. 
  

  

  This 
  ends 
  the 
  intellectual 
  side 
  of 
  our 
  program. 
  

  

  Business 
  meeting. 
  

  

  Meeting 
  adjourned 
  sine 
  die 
  at 
  10 
  p. 
  m. 
  

  

  