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  It 
  has 
  wonderful 
  hazels 
  on 
  it. 
  I 
  have 
  transplanted 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  large, 
  thin- 
  

   shelled, 
  fine 
  hazel, 
  but 
  a 
  shy 
  bearer. 
  I 
  have 
  three 
  very 
  fine 
  American 
  

   hazels 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  use 
  in 
  crossing. 
  This 
  big, 
  thin-shelled 
  one 
  is 
  a 
  

   wonderful 
  hazel, 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  shy 
  bearer, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   transplant. 
  I 
  have 
  transplanted 
  four 
  American 
  hazels, 
  and 
  it 
  took 
  me 
  

   about 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  to 
  get 
  them 
  under 
  way. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  nuisance 
  with 
  

   us. 
  It 
  grows 
  in 
  our 
  pastures 
  so 
  rapidly 
  the 
  cows 
  have 
  to 
  get 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   way 
  — 
  crowds 
  everything 
  out. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  more 
  work 
  

   will 
  be 
  done 
  with 
  the 
  hazel. 
  Now 
  my 
  bushes 
  are 
  all 
  ready 
  for 
  pollen- 
  

   izing. 
  I 
  have 
  crossed 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  them 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  I 
  think 
  Mr. 
  Barron's 
  point 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  

   ornamental 
  or 
  esthetic 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  trees 
  is 
  very 
  well 
  taken, 
  indeed. 
  

   It 
  is 
  a 
  fact 
  that 
  nurserymen 
  have 
  paid 
  more 
  attention 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  to 
  those 
  

   forms 
  which 
  are 
  particularly 
  striking 
  in 
  some 
  way, 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  

   forms 
  which 
  are 
  actually 
  and 
  intrinsically 
  beautiful. 
  Anything 
  which 
  

   has 
  variegated 
  leaves 
  or 
  purple 
  leaves 
  is 
  sure 
  to 
  catch 
  the 
  eye. 
  As 
  a 
  

   matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  I 
  believe 
  there 
  are 
  few 
  trees 
  which 
  are 
  more 
  picturesque 
  

   than 
  the 
  hickories 
  here 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  summer 
  season 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  

   season 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  carry 
  their 
  most 
  beautiful 
  forms. 
  The 
  winter 
  is 
  

   the 
  time 
  when 
  we 
  see 
  that 
  picturesque 
  framework 
  standing 
  out 
  against 
  

   the 
  sky, 
  distinctive 
  in 
  every 
  respect. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Collins: 
  Isn't 
  this 
  subject 
  one 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Association 
  might 
  

   interest 
  itself? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  that 
  nurserymen 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  

   talked 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  were 
  men 
  of 
  naturally 
  esthetic 
  taste, 
  but 
  

   dropped 
  their 
  esthetic 
  taste 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  adjust 
  themselves 
  to 
  economic 
  

   principles. 
  If 
  a 
  customer 
  says, 
  ''Please 
  give 
  me 
  a 
  thousand 
  Carolina 
  

   poplars, 
  ' 
  ' 
  the 
  nurseryman 
  knows 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  beautiful 
  for 
  about 
  fifteen 
  

   years, 
  then 
  ragged 
  and 
  dead 
  and 
  unsightly 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  customer 
  wants 
  

   them, 
  and 
  the 
  nurseryman 
  has 
  to 
  furnish 
  Carolina 
  poplars. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Barron 
  : 
  The 
  nurseryman, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  doesn't 
  take 
  much 
  trouble 
  

   towards 
  educating 
  the 
  people 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  better 
  stuff. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  I 
  believe 
  that, 
  if 
  the 
  nurserymen 
  make 
  a 
  con- 
  

   certed 
  movement 
  — 
  or 
  not 
  necessarily 
  a 
  concerted 
  movement 
  — 
  if 
  any 
  one 
  

   firm 
  or 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  firms 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  business 
  of 
  introducing 
  beautiful, 
  

   useful 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  nut-bearing 
  group, 
  they 
  will 
  open 
  up 
  a 
  new 
  group 
  

   People 
  just 
  haven't 
  thought 
  about 
  it. 
  They 
  give 
  an 
  order 
  for 
  trees 
  in 
  a 
  

   sort 
  of 
  perfunctory 
  way, 
  because 
  they 
  must 
  have 
  them. 
  

  

  If 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  further 
  discussion, 
  we 
  will 
  go 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  Indiana 
  pecan, 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  P. 
  Littlepage. 
  and 
  this 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  last 
  paper 
  of 
  the 
  afternoon. 
  

  

  