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  Mr. 
  Dorr: 
  Suppose 
  I 
  wanted 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  certain 
  variety 
  of 
  tree 
  

   by 
  grafting. 
  For 
  instance 
  if 
  I 
  couldn't 
  buy 
  the 
  white 
  Heath 
  Cling 
  

   peach 
  then 
  .my 
  only 
  resource 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  bud 
  on 
  another 
  tree. 
  

   But 
  suppose 
  I 
  struck 
  a 
  nursery 
  where 
  I 
  could 
  get 
  good 
  seedlings 
  of 
  

   this 
  tree. 
  Wouldn't 
  a 
  natural 
  tree 
  be 
  preferable 
  to 
  the 
  budded 
  one? 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  true 
  seedlings; 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dorr: 
  Do 
  you 
  mean 
  there 
  are 
  none 
  at 
  all 
  true 
  to 
  seed? 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  No, 
  nut 
  trees 
  do 
  not 
  come 
  true 
  to 
  variety. 
  

   In 
  other 
  words, 
  Mr. 
  Dorr, 
  I 
  might 
  put 
  it 
  this 
  way. 
  In 
  the 
  big 
  

   Green 
  River 
  orchard 
  over 
  here 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  

   pecan 
  trees, 
  but 
  those 
  of 
  us 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  observing 
  them 
  for 
  

   years 
  have 
  found 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  through 
  propagation 
  we 
  can 
  get 
  a 
  Green 
  

   River 
  and 
  a 
  Major. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  failure 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  nuts 
  and 
  plant 
  

   them 
  and 
  hope 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  varieties 
  that 
  exists 
  there, 
  just 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  

   to 
  plant 
  some 
  nut 
  that 
  grows 
  a 
  hundred 
  miles 
  away, 
  because 
  the 
  

   pollen 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  would 
  mix 
  in 
  these 
  varieties. 
  It 
  is 
  

   the 
  same 
  way 
  with 
  the 
  walnut, 
  when 
  you 
  undertake 
  to 
  plant 
  an 
  En- 
  

   glish 
  walnut 
  and 
  get 
  it 
  true 
  to 
  the 
  seed, 
  you 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  

   failure. 
  If 
  you 
  plant 
  a 
  Rush 
  walnut 
  you 
  may 
  get 
  a 
  nut 
  that 
  re- 
  

   sembles 
  it 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  probability 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  a 
  true 
  Rush 
  walnut. 
  

   That 
  is 
  why 
  we 
  have 
  these 
  discussions 
  of 
  budding 
  and 
  grafting. 
  

   We 
  should 
  be 
  glad 
  if 
  seedlings 
  would 
  come 
  true 
  but 
  they 
  do 
  not. 
  

   I 
  will 
  show 
  you 
  tomorrow, 
  at 
  Enterprise, 
  the 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  seed- 
  

   ling 
  pecans, 
  and 
  I 
  want 
  you 
  to 
  look 
  them 
  over 
  well. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith. 
  May 
  I 
  answer 
  his 
  question? 
  I 
  think 
  he 
  

   asked, 
  which 
  is 
  better 
  the 
  tree 
  from 
  the 
  nursery, 
  the 
  natural 
  tree, 
  

   or 
  a 
  grafted 
  tree? 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  If 
  he 
  did, 
  I 
  didn't 
  understand. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  That 
  was 
  the 
  question, 
  and 
  I 
  will 
  say 
  he 
  

   can't 
  find 
  a 
  Heath 
  Cling, 
  unless 
  it 
  is 
  top 
  worked. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dorr: 
  Some 
  farmers 
  who 
  have 
  tried 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  experi- 
  

   ments 
  hold 
  to 
  this 
  theory: 
  If 
  you 
  select 
  the 
  seed 
  properly 
  you 
  can 
  

   produce 
  fruit 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  the 
  nurseries 
  produce 
  it. 
  The 
  things 
  the 
  

   schools 
  teach 
  don't 
  coincide 
  with 
  what 
  those 
  practical 
  farmers 
  ob- 
  

   serve. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  When 
  you 
  try 
  to 
  find 
  farmers 
  more 
  practical 
  

   than 
  these 
  men 
  here, 
  you 
  have 
  got 
  some 
  to 
  find. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  farmer 
  who 
  says 
  he 
  can 
  do 
  that 
  is 
  mis- 
  

   taken. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dorr: 
  He 
  says 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  about 
  you. 
  When 
  I 
  buy 
  a 
  

   grafted 
  tree 
  a 
  storm 
  comes 
  along 
  and 
  breaks 
  it 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  grafted. 
  

   If 
  I 
  can 
  get 
  a 
  perfect 
  seedling 
  I 
  Avill 
  have 
  a 
  stronger 
  tree. 
  

  

  