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  Professor 
  Craig 
  : 
  Perhaps 
  Mr. 
  Collins 
  or 
  Professor 
  Keddick 
  might 
  

   offer 
  something 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  suggestions 
  on 
  that. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Collins: 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  anything 
  to 
  propose 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  points 
  suggested 
  by 
  the 
  President. 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  

   points 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  kept 
  watch 
  of, 
  and 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  any 
  one 
  that 
  

   looks 
  any 
  more 
  promising 
  than 
  the 
  other, 
  except 
  perhaps 
  this 
  of 
  cutting 
  

   out 
  the 
  disease. 
  But 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  expensive 
  method. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  Have 
  you 
  ever 
  found 
  any 
  individual 
  trees 
  in 
  infested 
  

   districts 
  that 
  were 
  immune? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Collins: 
  Only 
  the 
  Japanese, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  Doctor 
  Morris 
  has 
  

   found 
  the 
  Korean 
  even 
  more 
  immune. 
  I 
  shouldn't 
  use 
  the 
  word 
  "im- 
  

   mune," 
  perhaps, 
  but 
  "highly 
  resistant" 
  to 
  the 
  disease. 
  I 
  have 
  watched 
  

   quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  trees, 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  disease, 
  which 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  

   resisting 
  the 
  disease. 
  I 
  explained 
  it 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  

   bark 
  was 
  very 
  free 
  from 
  injury 
  — 
  maybe 
  that 
  was 
  the 
  reason 
  why 
  they 
  

   did 
  not 
  take 
  the 
  disease 
  so 
  easily 
  as 
  they 
  might 
  otherwise. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  The 
  next 
  paper 
  will 
  be 
  that 
  of 
  J\Ir. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Reed 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  on 
  "The 
  Present 
  

   Status 
  of 
  Nut 
  Growing 
  in 
  the 
  Northern 
  States." 
  

  

  NUT 
  GROWING 
  IN 
  THE 
  NORTHERN 
  STATES. 
  

   C. 
  A. 
  Reed, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut, 
  no 
  species 
  of 
  native 
  nut-bearing 
  

   tree 
  has 
  become 
  of 
  prominent 
  commercial 
  importance 
  as 
  a 
  cultivated 
  

   product 
  in 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  lying 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Missis- 
  

   sippi 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  and 
  Potomac 
  Rivers. 
  The 
  growing 
  of 
  

   foreign 
  nuts 
  has 
  attracted 
  greater 
  attention 
  than 
  has 
  the 
  development 
  

   of 
  the 
  native 
  species. 
  Almost 
  with 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  our 
  national 
  his- 
  

   tory, 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  attracted 
  considerable 
  attention 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  East, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  and 
  North 
  

   Atlantic 
  Coast. 
  The 
  European 
  and 
  Japan 
  chestnuts, 
  the 
  European 
  

   hazels 
  and 
  the 
  Japan 
  walnuts 
  have 
  since 
  come 
  into 
  considerable 
  promi- 
  

   nence 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  area. 
  

  

  Within 
  the 
  district 
  so 
  outlined, 
  which 
  comprises 
  practically 
  the 
  entire 
  

   northeastern 
  quarter 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  there 
  are 
  few 
  sections 
  of 
  

   large 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  native 
  or 
  foreign 
  origin 
  has 
  not 
  

   already 
  demonstrated 
  its 
  adaptability 
  to 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  climatic 
  condi- 
  

   tions, 
  or 
  to 
  some 
  other 
  locality 
  of 
  approximately 
  similar 
  conditions. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  of 
  importance, 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  native 
  nut-bearing 
  trees 
  

   known 
  to 
  be 
  suited 
  to 
  some 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  under 
  discussion, 
  the 
  

   following 
  list 
  is 
  probably 
  not 
  incorrect: 
  The 
  American 
  chestnut 
  {Cas- 
  

  

  