aft union. With an axe or
knife and you cut out a strip of bark across the union. It may look
absolutely perfect, but if there is a black line developed there that is
just like a lead pencil line between the stock and the scion, the tree
is on the way out. It's just a matter of time. Ultimately the bark
between the stock and scion will split, and you get infolding, just like
on the chestnut.

One of the reasons that they have propagated their trees on Northern
California black walnut was that they had the idea that the Northern
California produced a stronger, more vigorous seedling and that they
grew much faster than seedlings of the Persian walnut. And, furthermore,
somebody at some time circulated the idea that Northern California
walnuts were immune to infection by the mushroom root rot fungus. We
have surveyed thousands of trees of Persian on Persian roots, and we
have never found a single case of black line developing or graft union
failure as long as it's a Persian on Persian, and we find the same
percentage of infection from mushroom root rot fungus on Persian as on
Northern California black.

MR. CHASE: In other words, we should watch our stocks and perhaps try
out some _Regia_ on _Regia_?

DR. CRANE: That's right.

MR. CHASE: Now, folks, we could talk for a long time, but let me make
one request before we close our panel: I would be interested in
receiving from any member pictures, good, glossy photographs of the
newer Carpathian varieties so that we can perhaps publish them in the
newsletter and give some folks an opportunity to see what these nuts
look like. Some of the folks who never come to a meeting never see a
sample and just read about it. It's much better if we can show them a
picture now and then. So if you have some good pictures, or plan to take
some good pictures, remember, I'd like to have a copy.

TUESDAY EVENING BANQUET SESSION

PRESIDENT BEST: We will now hear from the Resolutions Committee, Mr.
Davidson.

MR. DAVIDSON: Before reading any resolutions, I have been asked to read
a letter that came to Mr. Chase dated August 16th of this year, from Dr.
W. C. Deming:

"Mr. Spencer B. Chase, Secretary, NNGA.

"My Dear Child and Grandchildren:" What a beautiful greeting, that.

"This is to let you know that your father and grandfather still
holds a house at this hospital and rejoices in your vitality and in
your coming convention but especially in the energy