The Chairman: Some would.
Mr. Lake: A summer apple would begin to bear much earlier than the ordinary nut tree.
The Secretary: Well, chestnuts begin to bear very early after grafting. I refer only to grafted trees here.
Mr. Lake: I thought that the paper had to do with trees that were planted as nuts.
The Secretary: No, I think I made that perfectly clear.
Mr. Lake: What is that new statement about roots, that it is desirable to leave them?
The Secretary: That it is better that a tree should go undisturbed than that it should be transplanted.
Mr. Lake: Isn't there a question about that?
The Secretary: A question would arise in the hands of an expert, perhaps, but I think for an amateur, that a tree growing where the nut was planted is more likely to live and do well than a transplanted tree.
Mr. Lake: I am not so certain about that, but what I had in mind was that the planter would get the idea that the tap-root was not to be cut off and that it is very desirable to the tree.