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  North, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  for 
  this 
  fine 
  nut. 
  It 
  is 
  hardly 
  to 
  be 
  ex- 
  

   pected 
  that 
  success 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  attained 
  in 
  all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  by 
  

   using 
  exclusively 
  the 
  material, 
  bj^ 
  this 
  I 
  mean 
  the 
  strains 
  and 
  races, 
  we 
  

   have 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  For 
  instance, 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  the 
  root 
  trouble 
  is 
  

   peculiar 
  to 
  that 
  section, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  root 
  difficulties 
  

   spoken 
  of 
  may 
  be 
  overcome 
  by 
  using 
  native 
  stocks 
  in 
  grafting 
  and 
  bud- 
  

   ding. 
  The 
  blooming 
  habits, 
  however, 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  modified 
  by 
  the 
  rela- 
  

   tively 
  slow 
  process 
  of 
  breeding. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  North, 
  nature 
  has 
  already 
  provided 
  us 
  with 
  foundation 
  

   material 
  for 
  the 
  improvement 
  of 
  Juglans 
  rcgia. 
  We 
  have 
  many 
  promis- 
  

   ing 
  varieties 
  that 
  have 
  appeared 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  fortuitously 
  here 
  and 
  

   there 
  over 
  the 
  country. 
  It 
  is 
  conceded 
  that 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  do 
  not 
  possess 
  

   the 
  full 
  range 
  of 
  desirable 
  qualities, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  sufficiently 
  attractive 
  

   certainly 
  to 
  challenge 
  the 
  best 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  breeder. 
  We 
  are 
  

   encouraged 
  too 
  bj^ 
  such 
  experiences 
  as 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  us 
  in 
  the 
  crossing 
  of 
  

   regia 
  with 
  allied 
  species. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  crosses 
  of 
  regia 
  and 
  nigra 
  are 
  

   recorded 
  from 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast. 
  Burbank, 
  Payne, 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  

   made 
  notable 
  progress 
  in 
  this 
  line. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  question, 
  however, 
  whether 
  

   this 
  line 
  offers 
  as 
  certain 
  reward 
  as 
  breeding 
  in 
  narrower 
  lines, 
  using 
  

   the 
  best 
  individuals 
  of 
  Juglans 
  regia 
  which 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  us 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  by 
  chance. 
  The 
  latter 
  appears 
  to 
  me 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  field 
  to 
  operate. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  requirements 
  in 
  the 
  Northeast, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  we 
  

   need 
  hardiness 
  of 
  tree, 
  coupled 
  with 
  a 
  determinate 
  habit 
  of 
  blooming, 
  

   more 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  characteristics. 
  Of 
  course 
  it 
  goes 
  without 
  saying 
  

   that 
  we 
  need 
  thin 
  shells, 
  well 
  filled 
  with 
  palatable 
  meat. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  

   Messrs. 
  Pomeroy 
  of 
  Lockport. 
  N. 
  Y., 
  J. 
  G. 
  Rush 
  of 
  West 
  Willow, 
  Pa., 
  

   and 
  other 
  individuals 
  in 
  the 
  Northeast 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  all 
  encouragement. 
  

   Wherever 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  are 
  producing 
  good 
  nuts 
  here 
  in 
  the 
  North- 
  

   east, 
  the 
  best 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  individual 
  trees 
  should 
  be 
  planted 
  in 
  

   the 
  strong 
  hope 
  of 
  improving 
  the 
  strain. 
  There 
  should 
  be 
  a 
  first 
  rate 
  

   promise 
  of 
  success 
  in 
  this 
  field, 
  for 
  many 
  of 
  our 
  walnuts 
  are 
  fruiting 
  as 
  

   individual 
  trees, 
  standing 
  alone 
  and 
  isolated, 
  and 
  therefore, 
  are 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  self-fertilized, 
  a 
  circumstance 
  which 
  may 
  assist 
  in 
  shortening 
  

   the 
  process 
  of 
  improvement 
  by 
  breeding. 
  

  

  Hicoria 
  Pecan. 
  This 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  native 
  nuts, 
  

   and 
  the 
  most 
  worth 
  while 
  improving. 
  The 
  great 
  popularity 
  which 
  this 
  

   form 
  of 
  hickory 
  enjoys 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  due 
  in 
  considerable 
  

   measure 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  adapted 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  range 
  of 
  terri- 
  

   tory. 
  This 
  adaptation 
  is 
  the 
  natural 
  acquirement 
  of 
  many 
  years' 
  

   evolution. 
  

  

  At 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  one 
  sees 
  in 
  fruiterers' 
  shops 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   and 
  other 
  cities 
  appetizing 
  looking 
  baskets, 
  containing 
  cracked 
  shag- 
  

   barks 
  and 
  pecans. 
  These 
  nuts 
  are 
  enjoying 
  a 
  large 
  share 
  of 
  popularity 
  

  

  