de an elaborate test, and they
have found no difference between the tree from a water-sprout and one
from the bearing tree.

MR. JONES: It is not practicable to propagate very largely from young
trees, either fruit trees or nut trees, but there is a good deal in
maturity of the wood. The plan we follow is to have mature plots and
graft from these old trees. That gives the best wood for nursery
propagation.

THE PRESIDENT: Keeping the same tree?

MR. JONES: Yes, right along. That costs a little more money than to
propagate from the nursery, but we think it is better. We get better
results.

THE PRESIDENT: How have the different varieties of the northern pecan
shown up with regard to speed of growth? At the present time we are
practically ignorant as to which of seven or eight named and propagated
varieties to count on. Apparently, the Busseron has the record for early
bearing, with the Major as second. What about the record of the trees
for making wood, not in the nursery row, but after it has been
transplanted and put in the field? Is there any distinct leadership of
one Northern pecan over another in making wood?

MR. LITTLEPAGE: If the members who go out to my place this afternoon
will observe closely they will have a chance to see something of the
tree growth for the first three years. They will have a chance to
observe the Indiana, the Busseron, the Kentucky, the Green River, the
Major and the Posey, with three year's growth. They will see a row of
Green Rivers, some trees nine feet high, and others that haven't grown
two feet. That is the individual tree variation, however. They will see
certain characteristics running clear through.

THE PRESIDENT: Well, Mr. Littlepage, it is a job to go and get exact
results from another man's experimental ground. Which is the winner for
speed, Mr. McCoy?

MR. MCCOY: Well, I know more about how they grow in the nursery than I
do when transplanted. I haven't transplanted as many trees as Mr.
Littlepage, but, of course, the tree will act very similarly in the
nursery to what it does after you transplant it. We have learned at a
glance to tell the difference in the varieties. We don't have to go to
the books or to the stakes to tell each particular variety, as each
variety has its distinguishing characteristics. For instance, the
Kentucky and the Butterick and the Busseron are all inclined to grow up.
I don't know why that should be true, but they all have the lumber
chara