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  formly 
  failed. 
  Success 
  came 
  when 
  American 
  colonists 
  began 
  to 
  grow 
  

   American 
  seedlings. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  these 
  have 
  prevailed 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  

   the 
  percentage 
  of 
  American 
  fruits 
  the 
  large 
  orchardist 
  produces 
  at 
  the 
  

   present 
  time. 
  Today 
  nearly 
  ninety-nine 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  our 
  apples 
  are 
  of 
  

   American 
  origin. 
  The 
  condition 
  of 
  today 
  means 
  success 
  ; 
  the 
  condition 
  

   of 
  a 
  hundred 
  years 
  ago 
  meant 
  failure. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  Per^an 
  walnut 
  business, 
  I 
  think 
  success 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  

   us 
  through 
  such 
  work 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  and 
  other 
  interested 
  amateurs 
  

   are 
  doing 
  throughout 
  the 
  country, 
  in 
  selecting 
  a 
  good 
  type 
  of 
  seedling 
  

   here 
  and 
  there 
  and 
  growing 
  seedlings 
  from 
  it. 
  This 
  homely 
  old 
  method 
  

   of 
  producing 
  new 
  types 
  through 
  seedling 
  selection 
  is, 
  I 
  think, 
  going 
  to 
  

   do 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  to 
  ameliorate 
  conditions 
  the 
  country 
  over. 
  I 
  simply 
  

   wanted 
  to 
  impress 
  that 
  idea, 
  that 
  if 
  we 
  nut 
  growers 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  do 
  

   something 
  to 
  help 
  the 
  nut 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  we 
  can 
  do 
  it 
  by 
  

   planting 
  nuts 
  and 
  selecting 
  nuts 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  types, 
  again 
  taking 
  the 
  

   best 
  nuts 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  types 
  and 
  planting 
  them 
  ; 
  thus 
  by 
  keeping 
  on 
  

   selecting, 
  we 
  shall 
  win 
  success 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  

  

  IS 
  THERE 
  A 
  FUTURE 
  FOR 
  JUGLANS 
  REGIA 
  AND 
  HICORIA 
  

   PECAN 
  IN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  AND 
  NEW 
  ENGLAND 
  ? 
  

  

  John 
  Craig, 
  Ithaca, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

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  title.] 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  common 
  knowledge 
  that 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  frequent 
  instances 
  of 
  

   the 
  successful 
  fruitage 
  of 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  North- 
  

   east. 
  The 
  evidence 
  is 
  forthcoming 
  in 
  attractive 
  samples 
  of 
  nuts. 
  

   Specimens 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  years 
  from 
  New 
  

   England. 
  PennsyWania, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  the 
  lake 
  region 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  section. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  aware, 
  however, 
  

   Hicoria 
  pecan 
  has 
  not 
  fruited 
  to 
  any 
  extent 
  further 
  north 
  and 
  east 
  than 
  

   southern 
  Indiana. 
  

  

  Is 
  it 
  not 
  remarkable 
  that 
  so 
  little 
  effort 
  has 
  been. 
  made 
  to 
  extend 
  

   the 
  natural 
  range 
  of 
  this 
  superb 
  native 
  nut 
  northward? 
  

  

  The 
  fruiting 
  habits 
  of 
  Jnglans 
  regia 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  fickle, 
  

   depending 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  upon 
  pollination, 
  in 
  others 
  upon 
  climatic 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  at 
  the 
  blooming 
  time. 
  One 
  of 
  its 
  defects 
  is 
  its 
  decided 
  proteran- 
  

   drous 
  habit, 
  which 
  seriously 
  affects 
  pollination 
  and 
  fruit 
  setting. 
  In 
  

   general, 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  cultivation 
  in 
  all 
  safe 
  peach 
  

   growing 
  sections. 
  Yet 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States 
  the 
  complaint 
  is 
  made 
  that 
  it 
  

   is 
  too 
  readily 
  susceptible 
  to 
  stimulating 
  influences 
  of 
  warm 
  weather 
  in 
  

   the 
  spring. 
  Again, 
  the 
  roots 
  in 
  that 
  section 
  are 
  affected 
  by 
  fungi 
  and 
  

   insects. 
  Notwithstanding 
  these 
  charges, 
  there 
  should 
  be 
  a 
  future 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  