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  WEST 
  VIRGINIA 
  

  

  Bennett, 
  Louis, 
  Mrs., 
  148 
  Court 
  Ave., 
  Weston 
  

  

  WISCONSII"? 
  

  

  Kirr, 
  A. 
  R., 
  Box 
  C, 
  R. 
  D. 
  6, 
  Fond 
  du 
  Lac 
  

   Harold, 
  Geo. 
  E., 
  Maiden 
  Rock, 
  R. 
  D. 
  3 
  

  

  DISTRICT 
  OF 
  COLUMBIA 
  

  

  Van 
  Deman, 
  H. 
  E., 
  Washington 
  

  

  Swingle, 
  Walter, 
  Prof., 
  Bur. 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  Washington 
  

  

  Coville, 
  Fred. 
  V., 
  Prof., 
  Bur. 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  Washington 
  

  

  Clinton, 
  L. 
  A., 
  Prof., 
  Dept. 
  of 
  Agric, 
  Washington 
  

  

  Stabler, 
  Albert, 
  Ins. 
  Agt., 
  Washington 
  

  

  Bick, 
  Wm. 
  H., 
  1403 
  H. 
  St., 
  Washington 
  

  

  Hendrick, 
  A. 
  J., 
  609, 
  3rd 
  St., 
  Washington 
  

  

  Life 
  & 
  Health, 
  Takoma 
  Park 
  Sta., 
  Washington 
  

  

  EXTRACTS 
  FROM 
  LETTERS 
  FROM 
  STATE 
  VICE-PRESIDENTS 
  AND 
  

  

  OTHERS 
  

  

  A 
  well-known 
  nut 
  grower 
  in 
  Delaware 
  writes 
  : 
  "We 
  have 
  given 
  the 
  filberts 
  

   a 
  thorough 
  test 
  and 
  found 
  them 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  unprofitable 
  nuts 
  ever 
  tested. 
  

   At 
  one 
  time 
  we 
  had 
  under 
  test 
  about 
  15 
  distinct 
  varieties. 
  After 
  several 
  years 
  

   tests 
  they 
  all 
  succumbed 
  to 
  the 
  blight 
  ; 
  a 
  blight 
  that 
  attacked 
  the 
  old 
  wood 
  

   and 
  killed 
  it. 
  Some 
  of 
  our 
  bushes 
  or 
  trees 
  got 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  six 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  

   before 
  they 
  were 
  entirely 
  killed 
  back. 
  Possibly 
  by 
  thorough 
  spraying 
  from 
  

   the 
  setting 
  of 
  trees 
  a 
  success 
  might 
  be 
  made. 
  Some 
  varieties 
  tested 
  were 
  very 
  

   prolific 
  and 
  of 
  fine 
  quality. 
  We 
  succeeded 
  in 
  getting 
  a 
  fine 
  lot 
  of 
  walnuts 
  from 
  

   the 
  tree 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  potato 
  house 
  by 
  applying 
  pollen. 
  They 
  are 
  as 
  fine 
  

   and 
  as 
  well 
  filled 
  and 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  any 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen. 
  Several 
  of 
  our 
  crosses 
  

   had 
  a 
  few 
  nuts 
  this 
  year, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  rather 
  thick 
  shelled. 
  The 
  trees 
  

   though 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  perfectly 
  hardy. 
  We 
  have 
  several 
  Japan 
  walnut 
  trees 
  

   bearing 
  this 
  year 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  consider 
  first 
  class, 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  shell- 
  

   barks 
  or 
  pecans 
  in 
  cracking 
  quality; 
  besides 
  they 
  are 
  so 
  very 
  prolific, 
  producing 
  

   as 
  many 
  as 
  a 
  dozen 
  in 
  a 
  cluster. 
  We 
  can 
  show 
  specimens 
  from 
  several 
  distinct 
  

   varieties 
  or 
  types. 
  The 
  Cordiformis 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best. 
  We 
  also 
  have 
  

   some 
  very 
  fine 
  black 
  walnuts. 
  One 
  of 
  our 
  seedlings 
  from 
  the 
  select 
  nuts 
  pro- 
  

   duces 
  the 
  largest 
  walnuts 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen. 
  The 
  tree 
  did 
  not 
  have 
  very 
  

   many 
  on 
  it 
  this 
  year. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  seedlings 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  planting 
  

   produced 
  fine 
  nuts 
  with 
  good 
  cracking 
  qualities. 
  Wealso 
  had 
  several 
  pecan 
  trees 
  

   to 
  bear 
  a 
  few 
  nuts 
  this 
  year; 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  were 
  rather 
  small 
  but 
  of 
  fine 
  

   quality, 
  very 
  thin 
  shells 
  and 
  well 
  filled. 
  Our 
  Japan 
  chestnuts 
  bore 
  quite 
  full. 
  

  

  I 
  think 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  produce 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  successfully 
  in 
  our 
  locality. 
  

   I 
  also 
  think 
  the 
  Japan 
  walnut 
  offers 
  a 
  good 
  field 
  for 
  investigation. 
  

  

  FROM 
  THE 
  STATE 
  VICE-PRESIDENT 
  FOR 
  COLORADO 
  

  

  Dec. 
  11, 
  1912. 
  

   So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  learn 
  only 
  two 
  attempts 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  to 
  

   grow 
  nuts. 
  The 
  first 
  one 
  consists 
  in 
  the 
  setting 
  out 
  of 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  Jap- 
  

  

  