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  elation 
  ought 
  to 
  get 
  to 
  work 
  to 
  bring 
  out 
  a 
  variety 
  which 
  will 
  

   have 
  the 
  blight-resisting 
  features 
  and 
  the 
  later 
  blooming 
  of 
  the 
  

   American 
  hazel. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  This 
  slide 
  shows 
  a 
  filbert 
  we 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  

   able 
  to 
  see 
  this 
  afternoon. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Rush's 
  door 
  yard 
  and 
  

   is 
  still 
  pretty 
  young. 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  borne 
  of 
  any 
  account. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  It 
  has 
  borne 
  a 
  httle. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  How 
  old 
  is 
  it 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  I 
  think 
  it's 
  about 
  five 
  years 
  old. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  Barcelona. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  The 
  next 
  slide 
  is 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  orchard 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Kerr 
  at 
  Denton, 
  Md. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  nice 
  orchard 
  

   of 
  these 
  filberts, 
  but 
  the 
  blight 
  has 
  gotten 
  in 
  and 
  has 
  about 
  

   wiped 
  out 
  everything. 
  In 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  him 
  this 
  fall 
  he 
  said 
  

   he 
  had 
  very 
  few 
  nuts 
  of 
  any 
  variety, 
  although 
  he 
  did 
  have 
  a 
  

   few. 
  A 
  letter 
  that 
  came 
  this 
  week 
  from 
  J. 
  W. 
  Killen, 
  of 
  Felton, 
  

   Md., 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  found 
  filberts 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  as 
  unprofitable 
  a 
  

   nut, 
  as 
  any 
  he 
  could 
  have 
  grown. 
  

  

  We 
  will 
  spend 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  now 
  running 
  over 
  the 
  pecan 
  

   situation. 
  We 
  can 
  hardly 
  omit 
  it 
  altogether 
  because 
  there 
  are 
  

   so 
  many 
  people 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  states 
  who 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  

   the 
  pecan 
  in 
  a 
  financial 
  way. 
  The 
  chart 
  before 
  us 
  shows 
  first 
  

   the 
  native 
  area. 
  This 
  part 
  here 
  is 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  pecan 
  is 
  a 
  native. 
  You 
  notice 
  how 
  far 
  up- 
  

   ward 
  it 
  extends, 
  almost 
  to 
  Terre 
  Haute, 
  Indiana, 
  and 
  across 
  

   southern 
  Indiana 
  along 
  the 
  Ohio 
  River, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  right 
  in 
  here, 
  

   about 
  where 
  the 
  pencil 
  indicates 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  best 
  northern 
  

   varieties 
  have 
  originated. 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  and 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed 
  and 
  

   others 
  have 
  shown 
  us 
  nuts 
  over 
  in 
  the 
  Court 
  House 
  that 
  origin- 
  

   ated 
  there. 
  The 
  Busseron 
  and 
  the 
  Indiana 
  are 
  the 
  two 
  most 
  

   northern. 
  They 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  way 
  north 
  of 
  Vincennes. 
  No 
  varie- 
  

   ties 
  so 
  far 
  of 
  any 
  merit 
  have 
  originated 
  in 
  Illinois. 
  While 
  we 
  

   have 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  Illinois 
  before 
  us, 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  point 
  out 
  the 
  

   place 
  where 
  Mr. 
  Riehl 
  originated 
  the 
  variety 
  of 
  chestnut 
  we 
  

   referred 
  to 
  some 
  time 
  ago. 
  Down 
  in 
  more 
  southern 
  Illinois 
  is 
  

   where 
  we 
  find 
  Mr. 
  Endicott. 
  This 
  darkened 
  area 
  along 
  the 
  

   southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  extending 
  away 
  up 
  

   into 
  Virginia, 
  shows 
  the 
  area 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  pecan 
  has 
  been 
  planted 
  

   with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  success. 
  This 
  area 
  extending 
  down 
  over 
  the 
  

   Piedmont 
  and 
  up 
  into 
  Virginia 
  and 
  West 
  Virginia, 
  is 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tain 
  area 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  pecan 
  is 
  not 
  adapted. 
  You 
  never 
  find 
  

   pecans 
  on 
  the 
  uplands. 
  This 
  thick, 
  heavy 
  area 
  shows 
  the 
  terri- 
  

   tory 
  within 
  which 
  the 
  pecan 
  has 
  been 
  most 
  extensively 
  planted. 
  

  

  