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  have 
  been 
  getting 
  black 
  walnuts 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  farmer 
  boy 
  for 
  six 
  or 
  

   seven 
  years. 
  They 
  are 
  fine; 
  try 
  one." 
  He 
  has 
  learned 
  something 
  about 
  

   the 
  dit¥erent 
  trees 
  throughout 
  that 
  section, 
  and 
  about 
  some 
  nuts 
  that 
  

   are 
  being 
  shipped 
  in, 
  and 
  he 
  can 
  tell 
  the 
  varieties. 
  He 
  has 
  customers 
  

   that 
  do 
  come 
  back 
  after 
  the 
  second 
  package 
  of 
  nuts. 
  He 
  is 
  trying 
  to 
  

   keep 
  those 
  customers 
  one 
  year 
  after 
  another. 
  He 
  is 
  creating 
  the 
  de- 
  

   mand. 
  When 
  I 
  was 
  a 
  youngster, 
  if 
  I 
  could 
  have 
  received 
  the 
  prices 
  for 
  

   black 
  walnuts 
  and 
  butternuts 
  that 
  youngsters 
  get 
  now, 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  

   thought 
  I 
  was 
  a 
  capitalist. 
  Butternuts 
  are 
  retailing 
  at 
  two 
  dollars 
  and 
  

   two 
  dollars 
  and 
  a 
  half, 
  and 
  black 
  walnuts 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  We 
  have 
  got 
  to 
  get 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  we 
  

   *ire 
  going 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  best 
  hickory 
  nut 
  or 
  the 
  best 
  walnut 
  or 
  the 
  best 
  nut 
  

   of 
  any 
  kind 
  in 
  the 
  largest 
  nut. 
  Nature 
  spreads 
  out 
  just 
  so 
  much 
  ma- 
  

   terial 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  flavor 
  and 
  good 
  quality 
  of 
  a 
  nut, 
  and 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  

   large 
  nut, 
  those 
  good 
  qualities 
  are 
  spread 
  out 
  thin 
  ; 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  

   nut, 
  they 
  are 
  concentrated. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  I 
  wish 
  I 
  were 
  as 
  optimistic 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  in 
  

   this 
  matter. 
  That 
  is 
  because 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  studying 
  all 
  nuts 
  for 
  twenty- 
  

   five 
  or 
  thirty 
  years, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  only 
  been 
  dabbling 
  around 
  in 
  Persian 
  

   walnuts 
  for 
  about 
  twenty 
  years. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  dabbling 
  with 
  apples 
  

   twenty-five 
  or 
  more 
  years, 
  and 
  the 
  real 
  connoisseurs 
  of 
  the 
  apple 
  have 
  

   been 
  telling 
  us 
  during 
  that 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  Ben 
  Davis 
  would 
  be 
  wiped 
  out 
  

   inside 
  of 
  ten 
  years. 
  I 
  heard 
  that 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  there 
  

   are 
  more 
  Ben 
  Davis 
  apples 
  being 
  consumed 
  by 
  the 
  public 
  today 
  than 
  

   any 
  other 
  one 
  apple. 
  Notwithstanding 
  that, 
  every 
  man 
  who 
  knows 
  

   good 
  apples 
  goes 
  out 
  and 
  decries 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  because 
  that 
  apple 
  can 
  be 
  

   grown 
  anywhere 
  by 
  anybody 
  at 
  any 
  time, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  

   people. 
  The 
  kind 
  of 
  nut 
  that 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  money 
  the 
  next 
  

   twenty-five 
  or 
  thirty 
  years 
  is 
  the 
  nut 
  that 
  is 
  prolific, 
  of 
  fair 
  quality, 
  that 
  

   €an 
  be 
  grown 
  by 
  any 
  man, 
  and 
  that 
  has 
  a 
  fairly 
  good 
  appearance. 
  I 
  

   believe 
  that 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  educating 
  the 
  public 
  on 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  quality 
  

   -js 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  tremendously 
  slow. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  the 
  case, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  the 
  smaller 
  the 
  size, 
  the 
  better 
  the 
  quality. 
  A 
  medium 
  size 
  would 
  

   be 
  better. 
  The 
  Yellow 
  Newtown 
  is 
  <iuite 
  a 
  large 
  apple, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  superior 
  

   in 
  quality 
  to 
  the 
  Winesap. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  I 
  was 
  stating 
  a 
  general 
  rule. 
  

  

  Professo^ 
  Lake: 
  I 
  fear 
  we 
  aren't 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  educate 
  the 
  

   people. 
  How 
  many 
  people 
  who 
  eat 
  nuts 
  know 
  anything 
  about 
  their 
  

   fiuality? 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  has 
  got 
  the 
  ideal 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  nut 
  in 
  walnuts, 
  for 
  

   instance, 
  the 
  French 
  Mayette. 
  That 
  is 
  the 
  connoisseur's 
  choice. 
  I 
  know 
  

   of 
  many 
  people 
  who 
  will 
  tell 
  you 
  very 
  frankly 
  they 
  prefer 
  the 
  American 
  

   •growTi 
  Pranquette, 
  which 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  starchy 
  in 
  make-up 
  and 
  much 
  

   'less 
  nutty. 
  

  

  