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surprise you. You could hardly tell the difference between the Green 

 River and some of the southern varieties. You will find a ready sale 

 in 3'our own locality for the good varieties of the northern pecan. 



A Member: I have shipped many thousands of pounds of pecans 

 from the northern seedling trees to dealers in the south. 



Mr. Wilkinson: I have around four hundred grafted and budded 

 pecan trees from one (o ten years old. 



There have been numerous articles discouraging the planting of 

 northern pecan trees. I was talking to a man the other day who 

 said that they would not grow north of the Ohio River. The trutii 

 is that north of the Ohio River there are many thousands of native 

 trees. 



