Mr. Jones: Mr. Rush had a Stuart bearing last year in south-eastern Pennsylvania. The nuts were not very large but they matured fairly well. I am more encouraged than ever that the Indiana variety will be safe for use in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Reed: I think that if the Stuart bloomed as early as the others it would be all right, but it is about two weeks later.
Mr. Littlepage: I don't believe in the Stuart very much: I have better pecans myself, hardy in the north.
The President: I wish to corroborate Mr. Reed's point about the success of the pecan on high land. One man is, I believe, responsible for that widely circulated statement that the pecan will grow only on alluvial land. I have travelled a thousand miles in investigating that fact, and found it a fallacy. Some of the biggest pecan trees I have ever seen were growing at 900 feet elevation down in Georgia. This was on clay hills. I have seen the same thing in Raleigh. That alluvial soil business is a hoax.
This ends the intellectual side of our program.
Business meeting.
Meeting adjourned sine die at 10 P. M.