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Discussion. 
President Goodman: We can have a moment now in discussion. Any 
question? I had counted on closing our program for the four days with 
this discussion of nuts. I find, however, there was one paper left out yes- 
terday, from Prof. M. L. Dean, of Montana, and I supposed that that was 
read before the Eastern Fruit Growers’ Association. But if you have any 
special questions you would like to ask Prof. Hutt, he is capable of answer- 
ing you about growing pecans. 
Question: Will these nuts fill well in the Northern states, say in the 
states of Ohio and Indiana, as well as down South? 
Mr. Hutt: Yes, just as well. The filling is characteristic of the nut; 
there are good fillers that always fill, and others that will not. The nut, 
however, grown in the North will not be as large as the Southern one; 
for instance, Stuart grown in North Carolina is not as large as when grown 
farther south. 
President Goodman: How far north can those thin-shelled Stuarts be 
successfully grown; north of the Ohio River? 
Mr. Hutt: I think so. Still the Stuarts do not do well much further 
north; but these Mantura, Appomattox (?), Busserton and Major are all 
right in regions as far north as northern parts of Indiana. As with the 
corn crop which is moving northward; it being grown now in Canada by 
selecting early-maturing varieties, so with the pecan; we are searching for 
early-maturing varieties that will successfully fruit in the North. Already 
we have some varieties that mature perfectly well and ripen in the North, 
though of course, they do not get as large as in the South. 
It is quite practicable to grow the pecan north of the Ohio River; and 
it also grows toward the West. It will work nicely on hillsides. Experi- 
ence shows that nearly all native seedlings afford good stocks for testing 
work in the North. 
The Society Gavel. 
President Goodman: While we are waiting just a moment, I want to 
tell you the story of this gavel. It was made from a tree grown in Missouri, 
a section of which was exhibited at the St. Louis World’s Fair. It is exactly 
like a barrel, in minuature, the staves being bound together with a silver 
hoop at each end. It was made almost perfectly by some hoys in the Park 
College, a little college up north of Kansas City, Missouri. This was given 
to the American Bornological Society by the Missouri State Horticultural 
Society when they had their meeting in Kansas City in 1905. On it is in- 
scribed “American Pomological Society, from the Missouri State Horticul- 
tural Society, Kansas City, September nineteenth to twenty-first, 1905^” On 
the opposite end is: “This is made from an apple tree ninety years old, 
ten and one-half feet in circumference, grown in Jackson County, Missouri. 
May the Society prosper long and well.” I thought it might be of some little 
interest to you to know the history of this gavel of ours. 
