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  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  This 
  dissatisfaction 
  that 
  may 
  result 
  from 
  setting 
  

   seedling 
  walniits, 
  such 
  as 
  Rush. 
  Siebold. 
  Pomeroy, 
  and 
  others, 
  would 
  be 
  

   just 
  as 
  great, 
  perhaps, 
  as 
  the 
  dissatisfaction 
  resulting 
  in 
  the 
  West, 
  

   would 
  it 
  not? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  I 
  can't 
  see 
  any 
  reason, 
  but 
  that 
  if 
  there 
  are 
  present 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  trees, 
  they 
  are 
  bound 
  to 
  cross-fertilize. 
  In 
  California 
  

   we 
  have 
  the 
  Royal 
  hybrid 
  produced 
  at 
  over 
  a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  distance 
  

   from 
  any 
  known 
  American 
  blacks. 
  The 
  Royal 
  is 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  the 
  

   American 
  black 
  and 
  the 
  California 
  black. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  I 
  don 
  't 
  suppose 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  reasonable 
  to 
  expect 
  

   that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  or 
  eastern 
  United 
  States 
  

   far 
  enough 
  from 
  some 
  native 
  black 
  to 
  render 
  it 
  safe. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  I 
  should 
  hardly 
  think 
  so. 
  Even 
  if 
  it 
  is. 
  I 
  question 
  

   whether 
  a 
  nut 
  of 
  real 
  merit 
  will 
  come 
  true 
  to 
  seed. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Is 
  it 
  true 
  that 
  even 
  from 
  single 
  type 
  orchards 
  

   the 
  nuts, 
  while 
  coming 
  fairly 
  true 
  to 
  seed, 
  would 
  give 
  trees 
  widely 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  in 
  bearing 
  propensities? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  That 
  is 
  very 
  true 
  in 
  this 
  Vrooman 
  orchard 
  that 
  

   has 
  been 
  developed 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  possible 
  advantage. 
  There 
  are 
  trees 
  

   that 
  haven't 
  borne 
  a 
  nut 
  to 
  make 
  them 
  worth 
  while, 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  

   remarkably 
  vigorous. 
  From 
  these, 
  a 
  few 
  people, 
  knowing 
  of 
  their 
  real 
  

   merits, 
  are 
  propagating 
  select 
  strains 
  for 
  their 
  own 
  use. 
  They 
  have 
  

   fifteen 
  or 
  sixteen 
  years' 
  record. 
  I 
  question, 
  if 
  you 
  take 
  a 
  hundred 
  

   Franquettes 
  from 
  the 
  Vrooman 
  orchard 
  miscellaneously, 
  whether 
  you 
  

   would 
  get 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  per 
  cent 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  really 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  the 
  

   Vrooman. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  In 
  California 
  I 
  went 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  this 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  from 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  to 
  Oregon 
  and 
  Washington, 
  and 
  looked 
  over 
  

   orchards. 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  West, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  East, 
  the 
  tendency 
  is 
  for 
  

   the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  to 
  store 
  up 
  an 
  undue 
  amount 
  of 
  starch 
  in 
  the 
  kernel. 
  

   It 
  is 
  apt 
  also 
  to 
  store 
  up 
  an 
  undue 
  proportion 
  of 
  tannin, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  in- 
  

   sipid. 
  That 
  means 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  we 
  must 
  develop 
  our 
  own 
  type 
  

   of 
  walnut, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  the 
  exception 
  to 
  find 
  among 
  any 
  Persian 
  wal- 
  

   nuts 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Coast 
  or 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  mid- 
  

   dle 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  walnuts 
  that 
  are 
  free 
  from 
  this 
  tendency 
  to 
  astrin- 
  

   gency, 
  to 
  insipidity, 
  and 
  to 
  toughness. 
  

  

  When 
  I 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  looking 
  over 
  specimens 
  in 
  one 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  collection, 
  a 
  young 
  woman 
  who 
  was 
  showing 
  the 
  collection 
  

   said, 
  "And 
  here 
  is 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  Franquettes. 
  and 
  Chabertes, 
  and 
  Mayettes, 
  

   and 
  Parisiennes 
  that 
  we 
  imported 
  ; 
  and 
  do 
  you 
  laiow, 
  we 
  found 
  our 
  wal- 
  

   nuts 
  very 
  much 
  better 
  than 
  those?" 
  I 
  said 
  to 
  her, 
  "Don't 
  deceive 
  your- 
  

   self 
  in 
  this 
  matter. 
  This 
  self-deception 
  is 
  a 
  mistake. 
  The 
  thing 
  to 
  do 
  is 
  

  

  