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  searching 
  out 
  the 
  individuals 
  of 
  superior 
  merit 
  to 
  that 
  t)f 
  the 
  general 
  

   average 
  for 
  propagation 
  by 
  grafting 
  and 
  budding 
  by 
  which 
  other 
  nut 
  

   trees 
  are 
  being 
  improved 
  should 
  be 
  followed 
  with 
  the 
  hazels. 
  

  

  THE 
  CHINKAPIN 
  {Castauea 
  pumila). 
  

  

  Except 
  as 
  a 
  wild 
  product, 
  this 
  nut 
  has 
  perhaps 
  the 
  least 
  commer- 
  

   cial 
  importance 
  of 
  any 
  species 
  mentioned 
  in 
  this 
  paper. 
  A 
  few 
  culti- 
  

   vated 
  varieties 
  are 
  in 
  existence 
  but 
  the 
  nuts 
  are 
  commonly 
  looked 
  upon 
  

   by 
  experienced 
  growers 
  as 
  novelties 
  rather 
  than 
  as 
  products 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   special 
  attention. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  merely 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  dwarf 
  chestnut 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  as 
  a 
  shrub 
  instead 
  of 
  as 
  a 
  tree. 
  It 
  is 
  less 
  hardy 
  than 
  the 
  chestnut, 
  

   being 
  evidently 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  area 
  and 
  even 
  farther 
  south. 
  

  

  FOREIGN 
  NUTS. 
  

  

  TPiE 
  EUROPEAN 
  AND 
  ASIATIC 
  CHESTNUTS 
  {Castanea 
  sativaj 
  Castanea 
  

  

  japonica) 
  . 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  within 
  the 
  area 
  under 
  discussion 
  greater 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  has 
  been 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  European 
  and 
  Asiatic 
  chest- 
  

   nuts 
  than 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  foreign 
  species. 
  The 
  former 
  is 
  a 
  moderately 
  

   strong 
  grower 
  usually, 
  with 
  a 
  low, 
  rather 
  broad 
  top. 
  The 
  latter 
  makes 
  

   a 
  small 
  tree 
  chiefly 
  of 
  value 
  for 
  ornamental 
  purposes. 
  Both 
  are 
  grown 
  

   principally 
  from 
  second 
  generation 
  seedlings, 
  which 
  seem 
  better 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  American 
  conditions 
  than 
  do 
  imported 
  trees. 
  

  

  As 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  sweet 
  chestnuts 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  

   these 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  is 
  threatened 
  by 
  the 
  swiftly 
  spreading 
  

   chestnut 
  blight. 
  

  

  THjE 
  PERSIAN 
  WALNUT 
  {Juglmis 
  regitt) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  was 
  among 
  the 
  first 
  nut 
  species 
  to 
  be 
  intro- 
  

   duced. 
  The 
  area 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  within 
  which 
  it 
  seemed 
  

   most 
  successful 
  previous 
  to 
  1896 
  was 
  described 
  in 
  Nut 
  Culture 
  at 
  that 
  

   time 
  as 
  being 
  ''A 
  limited 
  area 
  along 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Slope 
  from 
  New 
  York' 
  

   southward 
  through 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  southeastern 
  Pennsylvania, 
  central 
  

   Virginia, 
  North 
  Carolina 
  and 
  Georgia." 
  Continuing, 
  the 
  same 
  publica- 
  

   tion 
  said, 
  "The 
  tree 
  endures 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  favored 
  localities 
  near 
  the 
  

   coast 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Connecticut, 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  and 
  Massachusetts, 
  but 
  

   has 
  never 
  been 
  planted 
  there 
  except 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  way. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  What 
  was 
  then 
  said 
  is 
  still 
  very 
  largely 
  correct. 
  However, 
  con- 
  

   trary 
  to 
  the 
  construction 
  which 
  might 
  be 
  implied 
  from 
  the 
  wording, 
  

   there 
  are 
  few 
  commercial 
  orchards 
  of 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  anywhere 
  east 
  

   of 
  the 
  Rockies 
  ; 
  one, 
  that 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Lovett 
  of 
  Emilie, 
  Bucks 
  County, 
  

  

  