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  found 
  that 
  about 
  all 
  I 
  knew 
  on 
  nut 
  culture 
  was 
  my 
  own 
  experiences 
  

   — 
  successes 
  and 
  failures 
  — 
  covering 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  about 
  twenty-five 
  

   years. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  better 
  data 
  have 
  been 
  kept 
  of 
  the 
  behavior 
  

   of 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  under 
  my 
  observation, 
  than 
  in 
  former 
  

   years. 
  

  

  Hereafter 
  it 
  is 
  my 
  intention 
  to 
  keep 
  a 
  more 
  detailed 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  nutlet 
  blossoms 
  of 
  each 
  tree, 
  which 
  is 
  

   of 
  the 
  utmost 
  importance 
  to 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  the 
  

   Persian 
  walnut 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  East. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  keep 
  a 
  better 
  record 
  of 
  each 
  tree 
  I 
  have 
  numbered 
  the 
  

   old 
  original 
  trees, 
  planted 
  by 
  my 
  father, 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  7. 
  

  

  Nuts 
  from 
  each 
  tree 
  are 
  here 
  in 
  jars 
  numbered 
  to 
  correspond 
  with 
  

   the 
  trees 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  gathered 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  compared 
  for 
  

   variation 
  in 
  size, 
  shape, 
  thinness 
  of 
  shell 
  and 
  flavor. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  be 
  impossible 
  to 
  keep 
  an 
  exact 
  record 
  in 
  pounds 
  of 
  the 
  

   yield 
  of 
  any 
  one 
  tree 
  per 
  year. 
  One 
  thing 
  against 
  any 
  such 
  record, 
  

   is 
  that 
  many 
  visitors 
  come 
  to 
  our 
  farm 
  every 
  year 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  walnut 
  

   trees 
  and 
  the 
  pockets 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  look 
  suspiciously 
  bulky 
  on 
  

   leaving. 
  (An 
  ordinary 
  coat 
  pocket 
  will 
  hold 
  a 
  quart, 
  an 
  overcoat 
  

   pocket 
  more 
  than 
  that 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  thirty-two 
  quarts 
  in 
  a 
  

   bushel.) 
  

  

  The 
  new 
  orchard 
  is 
  just 
  coming 
  into 
  bearing. 
  At 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  it 
  

   there 
  is 
  an 
  old 
  black 
  walnut 
  tree, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  Persians 
  that 
  were 
  

   planted 
  near 
  this 
  tree 
  began 
  to 
  bear 
  :first. 
  Near 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  this 
  

   eight-acre 
  orchard 
  we 
  planted 
  a 
  butternut 
  tree. 
  This 
  will, 
  I 
  think, 
  

   help 
  to 
  fertilize 
  the 
  pistillate 
  or 
  nutlet 
  blossoms 
  on 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   trees. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  original 
  trees 
  five 
  stand 
  where 
  they 
  can 
  have 
  care 
  and 
  good 
  

   cultivation. 
  The 
  other 
  two 
  were 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  lawn 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  some 
  

   old 
  shade 
  trees 
  where 
  they 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  cultivated 
  and 
  are 
  kept 
  pretty 
  

   well 
  in 
  the 
  shade. 
  The 
  five 
  cultivated 
  trees 
  produced 
  this 
  fall 
  over 
  

   twenty-three 
  bushels. 
  The 
  nuts 
  were 
  measured 
  on 
  November 
  10 
  

   when 
  there 
  were 
  twenty 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  bushels. 
  The 
  snow 
  was 
  so 
  deep 
  

   the 
  other 
  few 
  bushels 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  gathered. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  walnut 
  trees 
  mentioned 
  there 
  are 
  perhaps 
  twenty-five 
  

   more 
  planted 
  in 
  small 
  plots 
  about 
  the 
  farm. 
  Nuts 
  from 
  some 
  of 
  

   these 
  yoimg 
  trees 
  are 
  here 
  and 
  comparisons 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  

   nuts 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  trees. 
  

  

  To 
  get 
  an 
  idea 
  of 
  how 
  the 
  English 
  walnut 
  has 
  done 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  

   of 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  following 
  replies 
  to 
  enquiries 
  are 
  quoted. 
  

  

  AYilson, 
  one 
  tree 
  thirteen 
  years 
  old, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  bushels. 
  

  

  