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  National 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association 
  until 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  nut 
  culture 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  South 
  is 
  becoming 
  very 
  general. 
  It 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  the 
  

   duty 
  and 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association 
  to 
  

   diffuse 
  as 
  much 
  information 
  as 
  possible 
  among 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  

   and 
  Middle 
  West 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  important 
  for 
  many 
  reasons. 
  At 
  a 
  recent 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  

   National 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association 
  held 
  at 
  Mobile, 
  Ala., 
  in 
  discussing 
  

   the 
  subject 
  of 
  the 
  Extension 
  of 
  the 
  Pecan 
  Area, 
  I 
  used 
  the 
  following 
  

   language 
  : 
  

  

  "In 
  my 
  opinion 
  nothing 
  is 
  more 
  important 
  to 
  the 
  permanency 
  of 
  

   the 
  pecan 
  industry 
  than 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  area 
  in 
  different 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  and 
  having 
  orchards 
  cultivated 
  under 
  as 
  many 
  

   different 
  conditions 
  as 
  are 
  consistent 
  with 
  the 
  known 
  probable 
  successful 
  

   area. 
  This 
  is 
  important, 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  this 
  more 
  than 
  anything 
  

   else 
  will 
  insure 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  pecans 
  each 
  year, 
  and 
  this 
  will 
  develop 
  a 
  

   public 
  dependency 
  upon 
  this 
  most 
  valuable 
  nut. 
  Nothing 
  can 
  be 
  more 
  

   detrimental 
  to 
  any 
  industrj^ 
  than 
  a 
  spasmodic 
  and 
  irregular 
  supply 
  of 
  

   the 
  product 
  upon 
  which 
  that 
  industry 
  depends." 
  

  

  I 
  quote 
  this 
  language 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  

   in 
  the 
  North 
  is 
  just 
  now 
  in 
  its 
  infancy, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  peculiarly 
  the 
  function 
  

   of 
  our 
  organization 
  to 
  get 
  before 
  the 
  public 
  the 
  essential 
  facts 
  upon 
  

   which 
  its 
  success 
  depends. 
  We 
  are 
  under 
  great 
  obligation 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  

   that 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  and 
  the 
  information 
  that 
  is 
  made 
  avail- 
  

   able 
  through 
  the 
  National 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association. 
  ^Much 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  

   valuable 
  in 
  the 
  North, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  essential 
  points 
  

   that 
  .have 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  worked 
  out, 
  as 
  the 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  make 
  it 
  impos- 
  

   sible 
  to 
  follow 
  exactly 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  work 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  

   the 
  South. 
  

  

  The 
  fake 
  promoter 
  and 
  the 
  crooked 
  nurseryman 
  will 
  no 
  doubt 
  come 
  

   in 
  for 
  their 
  inning 
  in 
  the 
  North, 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  and 
  the 
  

   /)ublic 
  will 
  be 
  imposed 
  upon 
  by 
  inferior 
  and 
  "doctored" 
  trees, 
  and 
  all 
  

   sorts 
  of 
  get-rich- 
  quick 
  orchard 
  schemes 
  will 
  no 
  doubt 
  make 
  their 
  advent 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  North; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  probably 
  that 
  our 
  Association, 
  

   through 
  its 
  proper 
  committee, 
  having 
  in 
  mind 
  the 
  experiences 
  of 
  the 
  

   South, 
  can 
  keep 
  closely 
  in 
  touch 
  with 
  the 
  general 
  work 
  that 
  is 
  going 
  on 
  

   and 
  have 
  on 
  hand 
  sufficient 
  information 
  to 
  protect 
  those 
  who 
  will 
  take 
  

   the 
  trouble 
  to 
  make 
  inquiry. 
  Nothing 
  in 
  the 
  horticultural 
  line 
  is 
  more 
  

   satisfactory, 
  more 
  beautiful 
  or 
  more 
  valuable 
  than 
  a 
  fine 
  young 
  grove 
  

   of 
  grafted 
  or 
  budded 
  pecan 
  trees 
  of 
  good 
  varieties 
  ; 
  but 
  like 
  all 
  other 
  

   good 
  things, 
  it 
  will 
  attract 
  the 
  counterfeiter. 
  

  

  Coming 
  now 
  more 
  specifically 
  to 
  the 
  subject 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  as- 
  

   signed 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  committee— 
  that 
  is. 
  ' 
  ' 
  The 
  Indiana 
  Pecan 
  and 
  My 
  

   Experience 
  in 
  Nut 
  Culture," 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  explain 
  what 
  is 
  meant 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  