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  diana 
  Group 
  do 
  uot 
  poUeuate 
  until 
  about 
  the 
  10th 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  the 
  

   great 
  majority 
  of 
  them 
  ripen 
  their 
  nuts 
  by 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  October, 
  and 
  

   several 
  of 
  the 
  good 
  trees 
  ripen 
  their 
  nujts 
  by 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  October, 
  though 
  

   they 
  usually 
  are 
  not 
  gathered 
  till 
  later. 
  

  

  The 
  northernmost 
  tree, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know, 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  deemed 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  observation 
  is 
  the 
  ' 
  ' 
  Hodge, 
  ' 
  ' 
  which 
  is 
  native 
  in 
  Illinois, 
  about 
  

   eighty-five 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Evansville, 
  Ind., 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  

   Terre 
  Haute, 
  Ind. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  varieties, 
  and 
  

   is 
  a 
  fair 
  nut, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  grade 
  high 
  in 
  filling 
  qualities, 
  and 
  the 
  bearing 
  

   record 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  tree 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  determined. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  

   crooked 
  and 
  very 
  unprepossessing 
  looking, 
  and 
  stands 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  

   where 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  poor 
  chance. 
  When 
  I 
  visited 
  it 
  this 
  year, 
  it 
  had 
  a 
  

   verj^ 
  light 
  crop 
  of 
  nuts, 
  but 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  condemn 
  it, 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  any 
  

   tree 
  growing 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  conditions 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  bear 
  

   very 
  well. 
  I 
  expect 
  to 
  observe 
  the 
  tree 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  future, 
  

   and 
  determine 
  further 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  bearing 
  record. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  trees 
  

   propagated 
  from 
  this 
  variety, 
  under 
  favorable 
  conditions, 
  may 
  prove 
  

   to 
  be 
  good 
  bearers. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  northernmost 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  desirable 
  varieties 
  are 
  the 
  

   "Indiana" 
  and 
  "Busseron," 
  standing 
  about 
  100 
  yards 
  apart, 
  west 
  of 
  

   Oaktown, 
  Knox 
  County, 
  Indiana, 
  about 
  sixty-five 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Evans- 
  

   ville. 
  Mr. 
  Mason 
  J. 
  Niblack, 
  of 
  Vincennes, 
  Ind., 
  has 
  had 
  these 
  trees 
  

   under 
  observation 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  his 
  interest 
  

   that 
  they 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  public. 
  The 
  "Busseron" 
  

   is 
  an 
  old 
  tree 
  that 
  is 
  reputed 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  bearing 
  record. 
  A 
  few 
  

   years 
  ago, 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  cut 
  all 
  the 
  top 
  out 
  of 
  it, 
  and 
  this 
  crip- 
  

   pled 
  the 
  tree 
  very 
  badly 
  and 
  set 
  it 
  back 
  for 
  quite 
  a 
  while. 
  When 
  I 
  vis- 
  

   ited 
  it 
  last 
  August, 
  it 
  had 
  put 
  up 
  new 
  growth, 
  and 
  the 
  few 
  remaining 
  

   old 
  limbs 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  left 
  on 
  it 
  were 
  hanging 
  full 
  of 
  clusters 
  contain- 
  

   ing 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  nuts 
  each. 
  "The 
  Indiana," 
  standing 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  

   away, 
  is 
  a 
  comparatively 
  young 
  tree, 
  and 
  is 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  seedling 
  of 
  

   the 
  ' 
  ' 
  Busseron, 
  ' 
  ' 
  as 
  the 
  two 
  nuts 
  resemble 
  one 
  another 
  very 
  much. 
  The 
  

   "Indiana" 
  has 
  been 
  cut 
  very 
  severely 
  for 
  grafting 
  wood 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  

   years, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  therefore 
  difficult 
  to 
  give 
  very 
  authentic 
  information 
  as 
  

   to 
  its 
  bearing 
  record. 
  It 
  appears, 
  however, 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  promising 
  tree, 
  

   and 
  when 
  I 
  visited 
  it 
  in 
  August 
  it 
  had 
  a 
  fair 
  crop 
  of 
  nuts. 
  The 
  clusters 
  

   were 
  not 
  large 
  — 
  mostly 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  each. 
  The 
  tree 
  looked 
  very 
  

   thrifty, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  information 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  gather 
  

   in 
  reference 
  to 
  it, 
  I 
  consider 
  it 
  a 
  desirable 
  variety 
  from 
  which 
  to 
  

   propagate. 
  My 
  choice 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  trees 
  is 
  the 
  "Busseron," 
  although 
  the 
  

   "Indiana" 
  has 
  made 
  an 
  excellent 
  showing, 
  considering 
  the 
  severe 
  

   prunings 
  for 
  grafting 
  wood. 
  

  

  Coming 
  down 
  near 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  Indiana 
  Group, 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  

  

  