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  A 
  1912 
  REVIEW 
  OF 
  THE 
  NUT 
  SITUATION 
  IN 
  THE 
  

  

  NORTH 
  

  

  C. 
  A. 
  Reed, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  In 
  taking 
  up 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  status 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  

   industry 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  States, 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  do 
  more 
  with 
  what 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  accomplished 
  than 
  with 
  what 
  has 
  been. 
  Very 
  

   Httle 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  toward 
  developing 
  the 
  northern 
  chestnut. 
  

   What 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  has 
  been 
  mostly 
  with 
  the 
  European 
  species 
  

   and 
  so 
  far 
  that 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  very 
  satisfactory. 
  The 
  European 
  

   species 
  is 
  quite 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  blight. 
  The 
  Japanese 
  nut 
  is 
  not 
  

   ordinarily 
  of 
  a 
  quality 
  equal 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  American. 
  It 
  is 
  

   thought, 
  too, 
  that 
  with 
  the 
  Japanese 
  chestnut 
  the 
  chestnut 
  

   blight 
  has 
  been 
  introduced, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  serious 
  to 
  our 
  

   native 
  species. 
  The 
  walnut 
  has 
  not 
  become 
  well 
  established 
  in 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  states. 
  So 
  far, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  nuts 
  that 
  have 
  

   been 
  imported 
  have 
  been 
  too 
  tender 
  to 
  adapt 
  themselves 
  to 
  our 
  

   climatic 
  conditions, 
  and 
  the 
  filbert, 
  when 
  brought 
  from 
  Europe, 
  

   proves 
  quite 
  subject 
  to 
  a 
  blight 
  that 
  prevails 
  everywhere 
  with 
  

   our 
  native 
  species, 
  but 
  with 
  them 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  serious. 
  In 
  running 
  

   over 
  these 
  slides, 
  I 
  will 
  begin 
  first 
  with 
  the 
  chestnut. 
  That 
  is 
  

   perhaps 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  species 
  in 
  this 
  locality. 
  That 
  shows 
  one 
  

   of 
  our 
  native 
  chestnut 
  trees 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  familiar 
  to 
  you 
  all 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  

   part 
  of 
  this 
  territory 
  under 
  discussion, 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  

   Potomac. 
  That 
  photograph 
  was 
  taken 
  some 
  time 
  last 
  June 
  or 
  

   July 
  when 
  the 
  tree 
  was 
  in 
  full 
  bloom. 
  The 
  chestnut 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  of 
  our 
  native 
  nut 
  trees. 
  This 
  tree 
  has 
  the 
  blight 
  

   in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  earlier 
  stages 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  shown 
  here 
  merely 
  to 
  call 
  

   attention 
  to 
  the 
  disease, 
  because 
  no 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  

   industry 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  can 
  be 
  complete 
  without 
  at 
  least 
  

   calling 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  seriousness 
  of 
  that 
  blight. 
  That 
  tree, 
  

   perhaps, 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  affected 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  years, 
  possibly 
  

   one. 
  Is 
  that 
  right, 
  Mr. 
  Pierce 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pierce: 
  About 
  two. 
  That's 
  an 
  18 
  or 
  20 
  inch 
  tree, 
  isn't 
  it? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Yes, 
  sir. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pierce: 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  an 
  18 
  or 
  20 
  inch 
  tree 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  badly 
  

   blighted 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Two 
  years, 
  but 
  you 
  see 
  it's 
  pretty 
  well 
  gone. 
  We 
  

   come 
  now 
  to 
  the 
  Paragon, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  trees 
  of 
  that 
  variety 
  

   ever 
  propagated. 
  It 
  was 
  planted 
  where 
  it 
  stands, 
  by 
  the 
  intro- 
  

  

  