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  had 
  sufficient 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  and 
  have 
  had 
  no 
  means 
  of 
  

   acquiring 
  it. 
  

  

  I 
  do 
  not 
  want 
  to 
  close 
  this 
  long 
  paper 
  without 
  saying 
  something 
  

   about 
  walnuts 
  and 
  hickory 
  nuts 
  in 
  Indiana. 
  While 
  it 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  is 
  unquestionably 
  the 
  most 
  attractive 
  and 
  valuable 
  nut 
  that 
  grows 
  

   in 
  the 
  world, 
  yet 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  profit 
  and 
  satisfaction 
  in 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  

   walnuts 
  and 
  hickories. 
  In 
  southern 
  Indiana 
  we 
  have 
  some 
  very 
  fine 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  the 
  shagbark, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  making 
  some 
  experiments 
  in 
  propa- 
  

   gating 
  it. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  advantages 
  of 
  this 
  nut 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  grow 
  far 
  into 
  

   the 
  north. 
  In 
  fact, 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  very 
  beautiful 
  shag- 
  

   barks 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  Dr. 
  D. 
  S. 
  Sager, 
  from 
  Ontario, 
  Canada. 
  The 
  shagbark 
  

   is 
  a 
  slower 
  growing 
  tree 
  than 
  the 
  pecan, 
  but 
  when 
  properly 
  cultivated 
  

   shows 
  a 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  growth. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  also 
  experimenting 
  with 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  

   f 
  English) 
  walnut, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  have 
  had 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  results. 
  I 
  am 
  

   trying 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  varieties 
  — 
  the 
  "Franquette" 
  and 
  "Par- 
  

   isienne" 
  especially 
  — 
  and 
  last 
  spring 
  I 
  grafted 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  

   wild 
  seedling 
  black 
  walnut 
  and 
  they 
  grew 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  four 
  feet 
  in 
  height 
  

   during 
  the 
  summer. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  very 
  fine 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  

   walnut 
  that 
  are 
  hardy 
  throughout 
  our 
  latitude, 
  and 
  when 
  grafted 
  on 
  

   the 
  native 
  black 
  walnut 
  stocks, 
  make 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  growth. 
  I 
  have 
  

   had 
  several 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  under 
  observation 
  in 
  Washington, 
  close 
  

   to 
  where 
  I 
  live, 
  and 
  have 
  found 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  bear 
  good 
  crops 
  

   of 
  very 
  fine 
  walnuts. 
  I 
  cannot 
  make 
  this 
  paper 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  

   the 
  details 
  of 
  this 
  subject 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  discussed 
  here 
  by 
  others 
  who 
  

   know 
  more 
  about 
  it 
  than 
  I. 
  I 
  merely 
  desire 
  to 
  mention 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  our 
  experiments 
  have 
  gone 
  in 
  Indiana 
  up 
  to 
  date 
  with 
  the 
  Persian 
  

   walnut, 
  everything 
  seems 
  to 
  indicate 
  that 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  very 
  successfully 
  

   .propagated 
  and 
  grown 
  there, 
  provided 
  the 
  right 
  varieties 
  are 
  selected; 
  

   but 
  with 
  this, 
  as 
  with 
  all 
  other 
  nut 
  trees, 
  the 
  prospective 
  orchardist 
  

   must 
  make 
  very 
  careful 
  selection 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  which 
  he 
  plants. 
  

  

  In 
  closing, 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  add 
  just 
  a 
  few 
  words 
  more 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  and 
  

   beauty 
  of 
  nut 
  trees. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  hard 
  to 
  overstate 
  either 
  if 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  

   properly 
  cared 
  for. 
  A 
  friend 
  of 
  mine 
  recently 
  asked 
  me 
  how 
  early 
  a 
  

   pecan 
  tree 
  would 
  bear, 
  and 
  how 
  big 
  it 
  would 
  grow 
  within 
  a 
  certain 
  time. 
  

   I 
  told 
  him 
  that 
  it 
  depended 
  altogether 
  upon 
  who 
  owned 
  the 
  tree. 
  Noth- 
  

   ing 
  adds 
  so 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  a 
  home 
  or 
  to 
  a 
  farm 
  as 
  beautiful 
  trees, 
  

   and 
  nothing 
  indicates 
  more 
  the 
  intelligence 
  and 
  taste 
  of 
  the 
  person 
  who 
  

   owns 
  a 
  home 
  or 
  farm 
  than 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  surrounding 
  it. 
  In 
  

   taking 
  a 
  trip 
  through 
  the 
  country, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  painful 
  to 
  notice 
  how 
  little 
  

   attention 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  trees, 
  and 
  I 
  take 
  it 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  

   lack 
  of 
  information 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  A 
  house 
  can 
  be 
  built 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  

   short 
  time. 
  It 
  can 
  be 
  furnished 
  beautifully 
  if 
  one 
  has 
  taste 
  and 
  money. 
  

  

  