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  Tn 
  concluding 
  this 
  article, 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  amiss 
  to 
  throw 
  out 
  the 
  

   following 
  suggestions 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  steps 
  by 
  which 
  all 
  may 
  lu^lp 
  in 
  the 
  de- 
  

   velopment 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  industry: 
  

  

  (1) 
  Ordinarily, 
  stick 
  to 
  the 
  native 
  species. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Plant 
  nuts 
  or 
  seedling 
  trees 
  o^nly 
  when 
  l)udded 
  or 
  grafted 
  

   varieties 
  cannot 
  ho 
  had, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  pinnt 
  nut 
  trees 
  of 
  

   some 
  kind. 
  

  

  ['3) 
  Whenever 
  a 
  tree 
  or 
  shrub 
  is 
  located 
  which 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  

   superior 
  quality, 
  size, 
  thinness 
  of 
  shell 
  and 
  (luantity 
  of 
  nuts 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  worthy 
  of 
  propagation, 
  specimens 
  should 
  be 
  

   sent 
  to 
  the 
  officers 
  of 
  this 
  Association 
  ; 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Stations 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  at 
  

   Washington, 
  L). 
  C, 
  for 
  examination. 
  (Franks 
  for 
  the 
  mail- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  such 
  nuts 
  to 
  the 
  IT. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agricultiu'e 
  with- 
  

   out 
  postage 
  will 
  be 
  sent 
  upon 
  application.) 
  

  

  (4) 
  Nut 
  trees 
  must 
  be 
  accorded 
  the 
  same 
  degree 
  of 
  cultivation 
  

   and 
  horticultural 
  attention 
  given 
  to 
  other 
  fruit-bearing 
  trees, 
  

   if 
  conuuercial 
  production 
  of 
  nuts 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  expected. 
  

  

  President 
  IMorris 
  : 
  This 
  interesting 
  paper 
  is 
  nov^^ 
  open 
  for 
  discus- 
  

   sion. 
  T 
  will 
  start 
  it 
  l)y 
  saying 
  that 
  the 
  criticism 
  of 
  the 
  Japanese 
  walnut 
  

   is 
  correct, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  goes; 
  but 
  we 
  have 
  there 
  a 
  fine 
  opportunity 
  for 
  

   good 
  new 
  work, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  nurseries 
  would 
  take 
  up 
  this 
  question 
  in 
  the 
  

   right 
  way, 
  they 
  could 
  open 
  up 
  an 
  enormous 
  trade 
  for 
  stock. 
  Let 
  us 
  

   take 
  the 
  Juijlans 
  maiKLsliurlca, 
  ami 
  the 
  sieholdia)ta, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   distributed 
  more 
  than 
  any 
  others 
  over 
  this 
  country 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  

   beauty 
  ol' 
  the 
  trees. 
  They 
  grow 
  rapidly, 
  and 
  are 
  tremendously 
  hardy, 
  

   although 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  so 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  Japanese 
  walnuts, 
  the 
  cordi- 
  

   formis. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  that 
  the 
  cordiformis 
  went 
  

   largely 
  to 
  wood. 
  In 
  the 
  East, 
  it 
  bears 
  well, 
  is 
  perfectly 
  hardy 
  and 
  the 
  

   nut 
  is 
  delicious. 
  Individual 
  trees 
  bear 
  thin 
  shelled 
  nuts, 
  and 
  individual 
  

   trees 
  bear 
  large 
  nuts. 
  In 
  fact. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  nut 
  quite 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  

   nut 
  of 
  the 
  average 
  American 
  butternut, 
  and 
  thin 
  shelled, 
  at 
  that. 
  The 
  

   thing 
  for 
  the 
  large 
  nurseries 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  sell 
  Japanese 
  nuts 
  under 
  that 
  

   name, 
  but 
  to 
  sell 
  the 
  cordiformis, 
  and 
  sell 
  onl}^ 
  that, 
  and 
  only 
  grafted 
  

   trees. 
  In 
  that 
  way 
  we 
  would 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  the 
  less 
  desirable 
  varieties, 
  just 
  

   as 
  with 
  the 
  hickories 
  a 
  thousand 
  and 
  one 
  shagbarks 
  that 
  we 
  find 
  are 
  not 
  

   remarkable, 
  and 
  yet 
  we 
  will 
  find 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  one 
  that 
  is 
  worth 
  graft- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  pro])agating. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  with 
  the 
  Japanese 
  walnuts, 
  

   but 
  particularly 
  this 
  cordiformis 
  which 
  is 
  hardy 
  and 
  growing 
  native 
  in 
  

   a 
  climate 
  which 
  corresponds 
  to 
  Nova 
  Scotia. 
  If 
  the 
  nurseries 
  will 
  put 
  

   out 
  this 
  nut, 
  grafted, 
  they 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  valuable 
  nut 
  to 
  give 
  us. 
  I 
  

   notice 
  that 
  the 
  speaker 
  distinguished 
  a 
  "little 
  shagbark." 
  Now, 
  I 
  won- 
  

  

  