THE OUTDOOR WORLD 



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THE LATE NORMAN POMEROV. 



When the proud possessor of the 

 nuts came like a miser to open his 

 store, the treasury was rifled. At first 



it seemed that sorest disappointment 

 was to be his lot, but he lifted the bag 

 and it rattled. Yes, under a torn bit 

 of lining there lurked some nuts — just 

 seven. With eager haste he made sure 

 of them. From these seven nuts he 

 propogated seven trees. In a few 

 years the trees began to bear. He then 

 produced more trees from the nuts. He 

 found that he had a variety that would 

 pass through a winter so cold that 

 grape vines and peach trees growing 

 but a few feet away would frequently 

 be frozen to the ground. 



The seven original trees stand near 

 the old Pomeroy homestead, now 

 strong and hearty and yielding nuts 

 every year. Thirty-three years have 

 passed over them and every year adds 

 to their value and beauty. 



From these seven nuts many hun- 

 dreds of trees have been propogated, 

 new orchards or groves have been 

 planted, and English walnut culture 

 bids fair to feature Niagara County, 

 New York. 



The writer while in Philadelphia a 

 few years past, visited the place where 

 his father gathered the nuts, but the 

 old parent tree is no more. A tower- 

 ing office building now stands where 



"I AM GETTING THEM READY FOR YOU." 



