sour
cherries upon stocks which do not carry them well? Now, we have there
what the lawyers call "a question of fact," and we shall have to work
that out. Some tops will exhaust a root. Some tops will grab a root by
the back of the neck and drag it right along. Some tops will adjust
themselves philosophically to almost any sort of unusual conditions, and
go on and bear fruit like true philosophers. We have an instance of that
in the dwarf apple, which is a success. We have an instance of failure
in some of the cherries which exhaust themselves. We have an example of
dragging the smaller stock along when we graft the Royal walnut upon the
common black walnut. The Royal walnut just drags the black walnut along
where it doesn't want to go at all. So there we have three instances of
grafting a foreign visitor upon another stock.

I have taken more than my share of time, Mr. Chairman, but the
discussion has been very interesting, indeed. (Applause.)

THE PRESIDENT: I am going to take the liberty of asking Dr. Morris one
more question, which, perhaps, is of interest to others. In your
experience with the golden-leafed chinquapins, from how far South have
you secured stock, and how far North will the golden-leafed chinquapin
grow?

DR. MORRIS: My specimens I got from a dealer in Portland, Oregon, and
they grew pretty far North. The tree ranges from Oregon and Washington
down through the lower extremities of the Coast range, but we had better
get the northern forms, and there is one man, Carl Purdy, of Ukiah,
California, who has the golden chinquapin for sale.

THE PRESIDENT: The next subject on the programme is the American black
walnut. We have sent to the membership a series of questions about the
black walnut which I will read for the benefit of those who haven't this
programme.

First. What evidence is there to show that the black walnut may become a
valuable nut commercially?

Second. Is quality important with the black walnut, and is there much
difference in the quality of different nuts?

Third. What varieties of black walnut are most promising?

Fourth. Is the Thomas black walnut better than many others that have
been brought to notice?

Fifth. What are the best methods of propagating?

Now, we have no set paper on that subject. I will call on ex-President
Littlepage to make a few sallies concerning the black walnut.

MR. LITTLEPAGE: Mr. President, the black walnut ought to be the easiest
subject in the w