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  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  That 
  slide 
  shows 
  a 
  typical 
  grafted 
  tree 
  in 
  Mr. 
  

   Hales' 
  garden. 
  It's 
  a 
  nice 
  shapely, 
  thrifty 
  tree 
  about 
  seven 
  years 
  

   old 
  and 
  only 
  recently 
  came 
  into 
  bearing 
  to 
  any 
  extent. 
  The 
  

   nurserymen 
  have 
  had 
  great 
  difficulty 
  in 
  propagating 
  it 
  until 
  

   recently. 
  Now 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  has 
  come 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  

   and 
  he 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  are 
  getting 
  down 
  together 
  earnestly 
  in 
  

   the 
  propagation 
  of 
  these 
  northern 
  trees, 
  we 
  will 
  probably 
  have 
  

   more 
  of 
  them, 
  but 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  years 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Hales 
  has 
  been 
  

   working 
  with 
  that 
  particular 
  variety, 
  he 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  

   get 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  few 
  trees 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  nursery, 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  dis- 
  

   seminated 
  to 
  any 
  extent. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Do 
  you 
  think 
  that 
  this 
  will 
  be 
  like 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  and 
  hickory, 
  that 
  some 
  varieties 
  will 
  bear 
  fifteen 
  years 
  

   after 
  grafting 
  and 
  other 
  varieties 
  two 
  years 
  after 
  grafting, 
  for 
  

   instance, 
  as 
  extremes 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Probably 
  so, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  with 
  other 
  fruits. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  that 
  is 
  what 
  we 
  may 
  

   fairly 
  anticipate. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  Like 
  Northern 
  Spy 
  apples 
  and 
  other 
  apples. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  This 
  sHde 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  bit 
  out 
  of 
  order. 
  It's 
  a 
  native 
  

   Persian 
  walnut 
  tree 
  that 
  stands 
  in 
  this 
  county. 
  It 
  is 
  owned 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Harness. 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  has 
  propagated 
  it 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Geit. 
  That 
  photograph 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1911. 
  Last 
  

   year 
  it 
  suffered 
  greatly 
  during 
  the 
  exterme 
  weather, 
  but 
  it 
  came 
  

   out 
  again 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  growth. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  original 
  

   Rush 
  tree 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  see 
  this 
  afternoon. 
  And 
  this 
  

   is 
  the 
  original 
  Nebo 
  that 
  we 
  had 
  hoped 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  see 
  but 
  will 
  

   probably 
  not 
  succeed. 
  It 
  is 
  some 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  miles 
  from 
  Mr. 
  

   Rush's 
  home 
  and 
  we 
  will 
  hardly 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  this 
  afternoon. 
  

   The 
  slide 
  before 
  us 
  shows 
  some 
  European 
  filberts 
  that 
  were 
  

   planted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hales 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  they 
  are 
  doing 
  

   nicely 
  although 
  they 
  have 
  never 
  fruited 
  especially 
  heavily; 
  but 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  blight. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  How 
  many 
  years 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  think 
  those 
  are 
  ten 
  to 
  twelve 
  years 
  old. 
  Per- 
  

   haps 
  you 
  have 
  seen 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Yes. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  features 
  connected 
  with 
  

   the 
  filbert 
  that 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  discuss 
  right 
  here. 
  One 
  is 
  the 
  tend- 
  

   ency 
  to 
  its 
  being 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  blight 
  of 
  our 
  American 
  hazel, 
  

   which 
  extends 
  to 
  Indiana, 
  and 
  another 
  is 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  blos- 
  

   soms 
  so 
  early 
  that 
  the 
  female 
  flowers 
  or 
  the 
  male 
  flowers 
  are 
  

   both 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  frost. 
  All 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  Asso- 
  

  

  