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  anese 
  walnuts 
  by 
  the 
  Antlers 
  Orchard 
  Co. 
  Their 
  place 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  slope 
  

   in 
  the 
  fruit 
  district 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  informed 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  winter 
  the 
  tops 
  were 
  killed 
  

   but 
  new 
  shoots 
  put 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  roots 
  and 
  the 
  trees 
  did 
  well 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  attempt 
  is 
  one 
  I 
  made 
  last 
  spring. 
  I 
  set 
  out 
  a 
  few 
  pecans 
  tree 
  

   as 
  an 
  experiment 
  near 
  Colorado 
  Springs. 
  Six 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  trees 
  lived 
  and 
  put 
  out 
  

   some 
  leaves 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  m.ake 
  much 
  growth. 
  If 
  they 
  survive 
  the 
  winter 
  I 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  planting 
  more 
  pecans 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  nuts, 
  — 
  chestnuts, 
  black 
  walnuts 
  and 
  

   possibly 
  Persian 
  walnuts. 
  

  

  Hilton, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Nov. 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  

  

  In 
  reply 
  to 
  your 
  inquiry 
  I 
  am 
  inclosing 
  notes 
  on 
  walnut 
  culture 
  in 
  this 
  lo- 
  

   cality. 
  This 
  noble 
  fruit 
  is 
  not 
  generally 
  known 
  here. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  of 
  more 
  

   than 
  twelve 
  or 
  fifteen 
  bearing 
  trees 
  in 
  my 
  county. 
  Of 
  these 
  all 
  are 
  without 
  

   doubt 
  seedlings, 
  and 
  are 
  located 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  peach 
  will 
  thrive. 
  The 
  soil 
  

   in 
  which 
  they 
  grow 
  is 
  varied: 
  Dunkirk 
  fine 
  sand, 
  Dunkirk 
  silt 
  loam, 
  Ontario 
  

   fine 
  sand 
  loam, 
  and 
  Ontario 
  loam. 
  (See 
  soil 
  survey 
  of 
  Monroe 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agriculture.) 
  The 
  altitude 
  is 
  comparatively 
  low. 
  The 
  highest 
  

   point 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  is 
  only 
  682 
  ft. 
  above 
  lake 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  300 
  ft. 
  The 
  "Holden" 
  walnuts 
  are 
  growing 
  at 
  a 
  still 
  

   lower 
  level. 
  This 
  tree, 
  considering 
  its 
  surroundings 
  and 
  location, 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  

   crop 
  Ihis 
  year. 
  Standing 
  on 
  the 
  lawn 
  uncultivated 
  and 
  unfertilized, 
  hemmed 
  

   in 
  on 
  three 
  sides 
  by 
  other 
  trees, 
  it 
  gave 
  us 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  bushels 
  of 
  fine 
  nuts. 
  

  

  The 
  wood 
  showed 
  no 
  injury 
  after 
  last 
  winter's 
  intense 
  cold. 
  Growth 
  started 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  apple 
  blossoms 
  came 
  out. 
  The 
  catkins 
  are 
  very 
  large, 
  

   at 
  least 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  trees 
  we 
  have, 
  and 
  hang 
  on 
  longer. 
  

   One 
  of 
  our 
  trees 
  loses 
  its 
  male 
  blossoms 
  before 
  the 
  female 
  bloom 
  appears, 
  

   but 
  the 
  "Holden" 
  is 
  the 
  last 
  to 
  lose 
  them. 
  About 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  clusters 
  of 
  fruit 
  

   have 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  nuts 
  in 
  them. 
  We 
  began 
  harvesting 
  the 
  nuts 
  Sept. 
  15th, 
  

   just 
  four 
  months 
  from 
  the 
  blossom. 
  The 
  dropping 
  continued 
  for 
  a 
  month, 
  pro- 
  

   longed 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  lack 
  of 
  frost. 
  

  

  Last 
  week 
  the 
  Rochester 
  Democrat 
  and 
  Chronicle 
  reported 
  the 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  the 
  first 
  load 
  of 
  English 
  walnuts 
  ever 
  brought 
  on 
  the 
  local 
  market. 
  They 
  

   were 
  grown 
  on 
  fifteen 
  year 
  old 
  seedlings, 
  at 
  East 
  Avon, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  by 
  Adelbert 
  

   Thompson. 
  His 
  orchard 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  contain 
  200 
  trees. 
  It 
  seems 
  very 
  probable 
  

   that 
  the 
  next 
  twenty-five 
  years 
  will 
  see 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  

   growing, 
  to 
  commercial 
  proportions, 
  in 
  those 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  where 
  the 
  

   peach 
  will 
  grow. 
  

  

  I 
  had 
  a 
  little 
  experience 
  last 
  spring 
  with 
  southern 
  grown 
  walnut 
  trees. 
  Last 
  

   spring 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  Louisiana 
  eleven 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  "Holden" 
  variety 
  grafted 
  

   on 
  black 
  walnut 
  stocks. 
  They 
  were 
  fine 
  trees, 
  the 
  largest 
  at 
  least 
  eight 
  feet 
  

   tall. 
  Six 
  of 
  these 
  I 
  set 
  out 
  in 
  my 
  own 
  orchards 
  and 
  gave 
  them 
  intensive 
  care 
  

   and 
  cultivation, 
  but 
  alas, 
  growth 
  was 
  weak 
  and 
  at 
  last 
  they 
  died. 
  If 
  I 
  were 
  

   to 
  deduce 
  any 
  conclusions 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  too 
  great 
  a 
  difference 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  Louisiana 
  and 
  New 
  York 
  conditions. 
  

  

  