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The President: Does anyone care to discuss this paper? 



Mr. Kains: Mr. President: Dnrino- the last five years, I have 

 planted several hundred nut trees, including the English walnut, black 

 walnut, the heartnut, pecan (northern ones) and some hybrid hick- 

 ories. I have noticed tliat in this nursery stock tliere has been a 

 good deal of dying-out of the original stock where the trees had 

 been grafted, and where the scion had not covered over. In some 

 of those cases decay has set in, and the trees have died before they 

 could be attended to or liave been broken down by the wind. The 

 point is, I think it a mistake for nurserymen to use as large stocks 

 as they have been using in many of these cases, because the stump of 

 the stock is too large for the slowly growing scions to cover over 

 quickly enough. My experience in the planting of fruit trees has 

 been uniformly successful with smaller stocks (that is, trees smaller 

 than I have been able to buy for nut trees) with peaches one year 

 from the bud and with apples not more than two years ; with berries 

 and stone fruits, not more than two years. In every case, with the 

 fruit trees, one 3'ear stocks have given me better results. First, because 

 they healed over more quickly, and second, because I could cut to 

 better advantage in the trees. In no case have I been able to get nut 

 trees as small as I can apples and peaehes. I believe that with the 

 smaller trees amateurs will have better success. I bring; this matter 

 to the attention of those men wlio are devoting their lives to tlie 

 propagation of nut trees. 



The Secretauv: The subject of transplanting nut trees was 

 treated fully by Mr. Eixby in his paper this morning and will be 

 treated liv Mr. Hicks this afternoon in his address on the subject. 

 \lr. Hicks will give a lecture, illustrated with slides, showing how 

 the laraer nut trees may be successfully transplanted. 



Dr. ^Morris: Mr. Kains' thought was that there was a good deal 

 of difncjUy from using stocks that were too large. Paraffine will keep 

 them safe from microbes. 



^Ir. Kains: We had difficulty from tlie drying of the scions. 



Dr. Morris: I find tliat if raw pine gi;m is put in it prevents 

 the paraffine from cracking. 



Mr. O'Connor: In regard to wounds on the trees I find that 

 creosote makes a very good antiseptic. I use coal tar and creosote, 

 mixed to a eonsistencv of cream. I have used Portland cement but I 



