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  Nature 
  does 
  indeed 
  some 
  wonderful 
  tricks 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  by 
  

   which 
  we 
  can 
  learn 
  valuable 
  lessons; 
  and 
  chief 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  close 
  

   pruning. 
  

  

  Such 
  a 
  cold 
  wave 
  may 
  visit 
  us 
  only 
  once 
  in 
  a 
  lifetime 
  and 
  

   should 
  not 
  discourage 
  us 
  from 
  carrying 
  nut 
  culture 
  to 
  its 
  highest 
  

   development. 
  We 
  must 
  not 
  think 
  for 
  a 
  moment 
  that 
  other 
  

   walnut 
  sections 
  are 
  exempt 
  from 
  similar 
  visitations. 
  They 
  have 
  

   then 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Northwest, 
  and 
  in 
  France 
  and 
  Germany. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  the 
  walnut 
  industry 
  for 
  Lancaster 
  county 
  or 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  in 
  general, 
  I 
  am 
  safe 
  in 
  saying 
  that 
  a 
  fair 
  percentage 
  

   of 
  the 
  farmers 
  are 
  taking 
  hold 
  of 
  it. 
  This 
  is 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  has 
  practically 
  destroyed 
  all 
  the 
  old 
  

   apple 
  trees 
  around 
  the 
  farm 
  buildings, 
  and, 
  not 
  wishing 
  to 
  have 
  

   the 
  building 
  denuded 
  of 
  the 
  customary 
  shade 
  and 
  fruit, 
  nut 
  

   trees 
  are 
  planted 
  instead. 
  This 
  is 
  in 
  reality 
  the 
  practice 
  preva- 
  

   lent 
  in 
  France 
  and 
  Germany 
  where 
  they 
  utilize 
  every 
  foot 
  of 
  

   ground 
  to 
  profitable 
  account. 
  

  

  The 
  life 
  of 
  an 
  apple 
  tree 
  is 
  from 
  fifty 
  to 
  sixty 
  years 
  whereas 
  

   a 
  walnut 
  tree 
  is 
  just 
  in 
  its 
  prime 
  at 
  that 
  age 
  and 
  destined 
  to 
  live 
  

   for 
  hundreds 
  of 
  years 
  afterwards. 
  Then 
  again 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  

   chestnut 
  tree 
  blight 
  are 
  destroying 
  the 
  cultivated 
  paragons 
  just 
  

   as 
  freely 
  as 
  the 
  chestnuts 
  in 
  the 
  forests, 
  which 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  will 
  

   be 
  things 
  of 
  the 
  past, 
  thus 
  giving 
  still 
  more 
  room 
  for 
  walnut 
  

   and 
  other 
  nut 
  trees. 
  

  

  The 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  was 
  organized 
  for 
  a 
  

   grand 
  and 
  noble 
  purpose, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  stand 
  together 
  shoulder 
  to 
  

   shoulder 
  to 
  devise 
  ways 
  and 
  means 
  to 
  bring 
  nut 
  culture 
  to 
  a 
  

   grand 
  and 
  glorious 
  success. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  The 
  temperature 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  spoke 
  of 
  rather 
  

   surprises 
  me. 
  Last 
  year 
  at 
  Toronto 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  fall 
  lower 
  than 
  

   9 
  degrees 
  below 
  zero. 
  We 
  had 
  summer 
  almost 
  until 
  New 
  Year's 
  

   and 
  then 
  a 
  very 
  severe 
  winter 
  until 
  April. 
  I 
  didn't 
  notice 
  any 
  

   evergreen 
  trees 
  killed, 
  but 
  at 
  Detroit, 
  the 
  Bronx 
  and 
  various 
  

   other 
  places, 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  a 
  winter 
  so 
  disastrous 
  for 
  killing 
  ever- 
  

   greens. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Not 
  only 
  that 
  but 
  nurserymen 
  all 
  over 
  

   eastern 
  New 
  England 
  said 
  they 
  suffered 
  greater 
  losses 
  last 
  winter 
  

   than 
  ever 
  before. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  if 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  

   possible 
  to 
  cut 
  scions 
  by 
  December 
  1st, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  escape 
  danger 
  

   from 
  such 
  great 
  freezes. 
  

  

  