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  locality 
  where 
  they 
  grow. 
  Many 
  men 
  buy 
  from 
  a 
  special 
  tree 
  

   year 
  after 
  year 
  — 
  its 
  flavor 
  suiting 
  their 
  taste. 
  

  

  The 
  yield 
  from 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  larger 
  trees 
  (and 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  

   of 
  them 
  four 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  some 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  nineteen 
  

   feet 
  four 
  inches 
  in 
  circumference 
  at 
  shoulder 
  height) 
  is 
  very 
  

   good. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  seen 
  a 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  days 
  which 
  

   were 
  estimated 
  to 
  have 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  six 
  hundred 
  pounds, 
  the 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  having 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  gathered. 
  He 
  knows 
  

   of 
  one 
  tree 
  which 
  bore 
  (17) 
  seventeen 
  bushels 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Louis 
  

   Huber 
  of 
  Shawneetown 
  gathered 
  718 
  pounds 
  from 
  another 
  tree. 
  

   Two 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-five 
  pounds 
  of 
  nuts 
  were 
  gathered 
  and 
  

   weighted 
  from^ 
  the 
  Luce 
  tree. 
  These 
  nuts 
  were 
  gathered 
  green 
  

   for 
  fear 
  of 
  their 
  being 
  stolen 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  estimated 
  that 
  fifteen 
  

   pounds 
  were 
  left 
  on 
  the 
  tree. 
  Also 
  that 
  the 
  hail 
  storm 
  in 
  early 
  

   September 
  destroyed 
  fifty 
  (50) 
  pounds 
  more. 
  Hence 
  the 
  Luce 
  

   bore 
  approximately 
  eight 
  bushels. 
  The 
  Kentucky 
  tree 
  had 
  four 
  

   and 
  one-half 
  bushels 
  by 
  measurement. 
  The 
  Warrick 
  tree 
  had, 
  

   the 
  best 
  we 
  can 
  estimate, 
  about 
  150 
  pounds. 
  The 
  Grayville, 
  

   or 
  Posey 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  wishes 
  to 
  call 
  it, 
  bore 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  

   hundred 
  pounds 
  by 
  weight. 
  One 
  hundred 
  and 
  sixty 
  pounds 
  

   were 
  gathered 
  from 
  the 
  Major 
  and 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  pounds 
  

   from 
  the 
  Green 
  River 
  tree. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  the 
  Hinton 
  bore 
  

   to 
  exceed 
  two 
  pounds 
  of 
  nuts. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  nuts 
  gathered 
  from 
  the 
  Indiana 
  and 
  the 
  Busseron 
  trees. 
  The 
  

   Buttrick 
  tree 
  had 
  some 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  bushels 
  of 
  nuts 
  this 
  year 
  

   but 
  as 
  a 
  dredge 
  ditch 
  was 
  recently 
  constructed 
  by 
  it, 
  destroying 
  

   half 
  of 
  its 
  root 
  system, 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  mature 
  its 
  crop. 
  This 
  tree 
  

   has 
  been 
  in 
  bearing 
  since 
  1817 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  miss 
  

   a 
  crop 
  previous 
  to 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  In 
  our 
  search 
  for 
  nuts 
  worthy 
  of 
  being 
  propagated 
  we 
  have 
  

   found 
  several 
  nuts 
  as 
  yet 
  un-named 
  that 
  are 
  in 
  our 
  opinion 
  much 
  

   superior 
  to 
  any 
  northern 
  nut 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  public 
  

   notice. 
  But 
  as 
  we 
  know 
  little 
  of 
  their 
  bearing 
  record 
  and 
  do 
  

   not 
  wish 
  to 
  burden 
  the 
  nurserymen 
  with 
  too 
  many 
  varieties 
  

   we 
  will 
  keep 
  these 
  trees 
  under 
  observation 
  for 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  two 
  

   before 
  naming 
  them. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  been 
  trying 
  to 
  propagate 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  varieties 
  

   at 
  our 
  nursery 
  for 
  about 
  three 
  years. 
  Our 
  first 
  attempt 
  was 
  

   root-grafting 
  in 
  which 
  our 
  success 
  varied 
  from 
  15 
  per 
  cent 
  to 
  

   75 
  per 
  cent 
  under 
  the 
  best 
  conditions. 
  We 
  found 
  after 
  some 
  

   experience 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  difficult 
  to 
  root-graft. 
  But 
  last 
  winter, 
  

   1911-12, 
  was 
  the 
  coldest 
  winter 
  for 
  some 
  years, 
  the 
  thermometer 
  

  

  