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  not 
  to 
  make 
  that 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  decision, 
  but 
  really 
  to 
  develop 
  in 
  our 
  own 
  

   <.'ountry 
  walnuts 
  just 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  those, 
  but 
  not 
  like 
  them." 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  exemplified 
  in 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  walnut 
  raisers. 
  One 
  would 
  say, 
  

   '"Here 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  walnut 
  that 
  I 
  raised." 
  The 
  other 
  would 
  say, 
  "Yes, 
  that 
  

   looks 
  pretty 
  good, 
  but 
  you 
  have 
  got 
  to 
  hire 
  a 
  good 
  talker 
  to 
  sell 
  it." 
  

   Another 
  would 
  say, 
  ' 
  ' 
  Isn 
  't 
  this 
  a 
  fine 
  thm 
  shelled 
  nut 
  ? 
  ' 
  ' 
  And 
  the 
  same 
  

   thing 
  would 
  be 
  said. 
  Now, 
  the 
  whole 
  conversation 
  of 
  that 
  meeting 
  was 
  

   to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  "you 
  have 
  got 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  talker 
  to 
  sell 
  it." 
  Those 
  

   people 
  send 
  their 
  good 
  talkers 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  country, 
  and 
  they 
  do 
  sell 
  the 
  

   walnuts 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  walnut 
  market, 
  unless 
  this 
  is 
  stopped. 
  

   Those 
  points 
  are 
  ones 
  upon 
  which 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  an 
  expression 
  

   of 
  opinion 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Lake. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  western 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  

   walnut 
  is 
  based 
  very 
  largely 
  upon 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  Santa 
  Barbara 
  

   iSoftshell, 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  ^re 
  fully 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   Coast 
  walnuts 
  are 
  the 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  I 
  am 
  thorovighly 
  of 
  their 
  be- 
  

   lief, 
  too. 
  I 
  agree 
  thoroughly 
  with 
  the 
  doctrine 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  got 
  to 
  im- 
  

   prove 
  our 
  own 
  varieties, 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  being 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  best 
  way 
  that 
  we 
  

   know 
  at 
  present, 
  — 
  by 
  cross-fertilizing 
  and 
  growing 
  the 
  seedlings. 
  A 
  

   number 
  have 
  been 
  developed 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  true 
  that 
  

   the 
  general 
  public's 
  taste, 
  however, 
  is 
  not 
  up 
  yet 
  to 
  the 
  connoisseur's 
  in 
  

   this 
  matter, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  ordinary 
  grade 
  of 
  walnut 
  is 
  

   going 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  public 
  demand 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  yet. 
  The 
  Santa 
  Bar- 
  

   bara 
  Softshell 
  will 
  sell 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  public 
  for 
  good 
  profitable 
  prices 
  

   for 
  some 
  time, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  meantime, 
  the 
  men 
  who 
  are 
  really 
  wideawake 
  

   and 
  have 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  situation 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  endeavor 
  to 
  improve 
  

   the 
  home 
  strains. 
  I 
  can't 
  see 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  hope 
  for 
  very 
  much 
  from 
  

   T'rance, 
  for 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years 
  the 
  real 
  Mayette 
  of 
  France 
  has 
  

   'been 
  imported, 
  because 
  we 
  have 
  trees 
  bearing 
  in 
  Santa 
  Clara 
  Valley 
  a 
  

   Mayette 
  as 
  near 
  like 
  the 
  Mayette 
  of 
  Europe 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  make 
  

   them. 
  The 
  French 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  particularly 
  anxious 
  for 
  us 
  to 
  get 
  

   their 
  best 
  strains. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  In 
  this 
  connection, 
  let 
  me 
  say 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  

   Mayette, 
  Chaberte, 
  Parisienne, 
  — 
  the 
  best 
  European 
  walnuts 
  — 
  growing 
  

   in 
  this 
  country, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  they 
  do 
  precisely 
  like 
  the 
  best 
  

   European 
  grapes, 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  they 
  give 
  us 
  a 
  different 
  product. 
  Imported 
  

   grafted 
  stock 
  will 
  take 
  from 
  our 
  soil 
  those 
  elements 
  which 
  make 
  an 
  

   astringent, 
  tough, 
  insipid 
  nut. 
  We 
  have 
  got 
  to 
  recognize 
  it. 
  Don't 
  let 
  

   us 
  fail 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  record 
  as 
  calling 
  attention 
  to 
  that 
  fact. 
  That 
  means 
  if 
  

   we 
  import 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  European 
  kinds 
  and 
  plant 
  these, 
  we 
  are 
  going 
  

   to 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  records 
  as 
  with 
  grapes. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  This 
  matter 
  of 
  ciuality 
  is 
  of 
  considerable 
  moment 
  

   to 
  the 
  growers 
  out 
  there. 
  Last 
  year 
  I 
  took 
  occasion 
  to 
  write 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  