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  The 
  Chairman: 
  I 
  think 
  you 
  can 
  do 
  better 
  by 
  following 
  the 
  

   Stringfellow 
  method 
  and 
  cutting 
  off 
  all 
  the 
  laterals. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  If 
  you 
  were 
  going 
  to 
  transplant 
  those 
  for 
  your 
  

   own 
  use 
  where 
  would 
  you 
  cut 
  them 
  'off 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  About 
  here, 
  a 
  foot 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  down. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  And 
  the 
  top 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  Yes, 
  sir, 
  I'd 
  reduce 
  the 
  top 
  about 
  that 
  much; 
  

   I 
  think 
  we 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  work 
  for 
  a 
  better 
  root 
  for 
  the 
  North. 
  

  

  BEGINNING 
  WITH 
  NUTS 
  

   Dr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Deming, 
  Westchester, 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  official 
  capacity 
  as 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  

   Growers 
  Association 
  the 
  writer 
  is 
  frequently 
  asked, 
  by 
  persons 
  

   wishing 
  to 
  grow 
  nuts, 
  about 
  climate, 
  soils, 
  varieties 
  and 
  methods. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  observations 
  are 
  intended 
  to 
  apply 
  only 
  to 
  

   the 
  northeastern 
  United 
  States, 
  the 
  country 
  lying 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  

   Rockies 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  pecan. 
  They 
  

   are 
  intended 
  more 
  for 
  the 
  person 
  who 
  already 
  has 
  his 
  land, 
  or 
  

   is 
  restricted 
  in 
  his 
  range, 
  than 
  for 
  the 
  one 
  who 
  can 
  range 
  wide 
  

   for 
  larger 
  operations 
  and 
  will 
  study 
  deeper 
  before 
  deciding. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  most 
  nuts 
  will 
  grow 
  wherever 
  the 
  peach 
  

   will. 
  Outside 
  the 
  peach 
  area 
  there 
  is 
  probably 
  not 
  much 
  use 
  

   in 
  trying 
  to 
  grow 
  the 
  pecan 
  or 
  Persian 
  walnut. 
  Yet 
  it 
  must 
  

   always 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  nut 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  is, 
  at 
  

   present, 
  almost 
  entirely 
  experimental 
  and 
  that 
  anybody 
  may 
  

   be 
  able 
  to 
  disprove 
  the 
  authorities. 
  We 
  are 
  all 
  experimenting 
  now. 
  

   By 
  and 
  by 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  different. 
  

  

  In 
  severer 
  climates 
  the 
  chestnut, 
  shagbark, 
  black 
  walnut, 
  

   butternut, 
  hazel, 
  beech, 
  pine, 
  Japanese 
  cordiformis 
  and 
  hardy 
  

   Chinese 
  walnuts 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  or, 
  at 
  least, 
  offer 
  possibilities. 
  

   In 
  such 
  climates 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  nuts 
  by 
  selec- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  crossing, 
  and 
  the 
  adaptation 
  of 
  alien 
  nuts, 
  deserves, 
  

   and 
  will 
  repay, 
  experiment. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  supposed, 
  as 
  before 
  said, 
  that 
  the 
  hopeful 
  beginner 
  

   already 
  has 
  his 
  land. 
  Let 
  him 
  choose 
  the 
  best 
  part 
  of 
  it 
  that 
  

   he 
  can 
  spare. 
  By 
  "best 
  part" 
  is 
  meant 
  the 
  most 
  fertile, 
  not 
  

   too 
  wet 
  nor 
  too 
  dry 
  nor, 
  if 
  possible, 
  too 
  hilly 
  to 
  cultivate. 
  Hard 
  

   pan 
  near 
  the 
  surface, 
  and 
  too 
  thick 
  to 
  be 
  easily 
  broken 
  up 
  by 
  

   dynamite, 
  is 
  not 
  desirable. 
  

  

  