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  Mr, 
  Rush: 
  It 
  is 
  both 
  combined. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  productive 
  and 
  

   very 
  hardy. 
  The 
  nut 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  Nebo. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  

   cut-leafed 
  weeping 
  walnut. 
  The 
  first 
  tree 
  that 
  came 
  from 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  cost 
  twenty 
  dollars. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  ornamental. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  a 
  seedling 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  or- 
  

   chard 
  in 
  Bucks 
  county, 
  this 
  state, 
  some 
  twenty 
  or 
  thirty 
  miles 
  

   north 
  of 
  Philadelphia. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  about 
  ten 
  years 
  of 
  age 
  and 
  is 
  

   owned 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Lovett, 
  of 
  Emilie. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  of 
  

   this 
  orchard 
  are 
  on 
  exhibition 
  over 
  in 
  the 
  Court 
  House. 
  The 
  

   orchard 
  was 
  not 
  given 
  any 
  special 
  cultivation 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  this 
  

   photograph 
  was 
  taken. 
  The 
  nuts 
  from 
  the 
  trees, 
  of 
  course, 
  are 
  

   very 
  ununiform, 
  being 
  seedlings, 
  and 
  the 
  bearing 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  is 
  

   not 
  especially 
  large, 
  but 
  the 
  apparent 
  thrift 
  and 
  vigor 
  of 
  these 
  

   trees 
  gives 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  ground 
  for 
  looking 
  forward 
  to 
  a 
  walnut 
  

   industry 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  states. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  Do 
  you 
  know 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  seed 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  No, 
  sir, 
  we 
  do 
  not. 
  The 
  nuts 
  from 
  which 
  those 
  

   trees 
  were 
  planted 
  were 
  obtained 
  and 
  planted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lovett 
  

   who 
  is 
  now 
  deceased. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  features, 
  it 
  seems 
  

   to 
  me, 
  of 
  grafting, 
  is 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  graft 
  from 
  prolific 
  

   trees. 
  The 
  majority 
  of 
  trees, 
  of 
  walnuts, 
  hickories, 
  anything 
  

   you 
  please, 
  are 
  not 
  remarkably 
  prolific, 
  but 
  in 
  grafting 
  you 
  

   select 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  is 
  prolific 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  desirable 
  of 
  its 
  

   qualities. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  You 
  say 
  that 
  this 
  grove 
  was 
  given 
  no 
  particular 
  

   cultivation; 
  are 
  they 
  careful 
  to 
  allow 
  all 
  the 
  foliage 
  to 
  remain 
  

   on 
  the 
  ground 
  where 
  it 
  drops 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  couldn't 
  answer 
  as 
  to 
  that. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  Mr. 
  Sober, 
  do 
  you 
  do 
  that 
  ? 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  Yes, 
  sir. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  The 
  point 
  I 
  wanted 
  to 
  make 
  is 
  that 
  that 
  is 
  

   probably 
  very 
  much 
  better 
  than 
  any 
  cultivation 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  

   given. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  matter 
  of 
  cultivation 
  is 
  one 
  we 
  have 
  

   got 
  to 
  settle 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  over 
  the 
  walnut 
  or- 
  

   chards 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast, 
  in 
  the 
  East 
  and 
  in 
  Europe, 
  and 
  I 
  find 
  

   three 
  entirely 
  separate 
  and 
  distinct 
  methods 
  of 
  treatment. 
  On 
  

   the 
  Pacific 
  coast, 
  the 
  rule 
  is 
  to 
  cultivate 
  every 
  year 
  and 
  irrigate 
  

   where 
  they 
  can, 
  but 
  to 
  cultivate, 
  at 
  any 
  rate, 
  whether 
  they 
  irri- 
  

   gate 
  or 
  not. 
  In 
  the 
  East, 
  where 
  people 
  are 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  

   industrious, 
  we 
  have 
  adopted 
  the 
  lazier 
  way 
  of 
  letting 
  the 
  trees 
  

  

  