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  Sybrandt, 
  has 
  twenty-five 
  or 
  more 
  trees 
  thirteen 
  years 
  old, 
  some 
  

   trees 
  a 
  bushel, 
  others 
  over 
  a 
  bushel 
  and 
  a 
  half. 
  Eighme, 
  one 
  tree 
  

   fifteen 
  or 
  sixteen 
  years 
  old, 
  one 
  bushel. 
  Trippency, 
  one 
  tree 
  fifteen 
  

   or 
  sixteen 
  years 
  old, 
  two 
  bushels. 
  

  

  Nuts 
  from 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  and 
  young 
  trees 
  were 
  weighed. 
  The 
  

   results 
  were 
  somewhat 
  surprising 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  Tree 
  No. 
  1 
  S. 
  R. 
  Long, 
  well-filled 
  nut, 
  48 
  to 
  the 
  pound. 
  

  

  Tree 
  No. 
  1 
  N. 
  R. 
  Nut 
  slightly 
  pointed, 
  well 
  filled, 
  -10 
  to 
  the 
  

   pound. 
  

  

  Tree 
  No. 
  2 
  N. 
  E,. 
  Nut 
  nearly 
  round, 
  well 
  filled, 
  37 
  to 
  the 
  pound. 
  

  

  Tree 
  No. 
  5. 
  Annual 
  bearer, 
  64 
  to 
  the 
  pound. 
  

  

  The 
  weighing 
  was 
  done 
  on 
  a 
  druggist's 
  scales 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  

   after 
  gathering. 
  

  

  Those 
  of 
  you 
  who 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  a 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  tree 
  in 
  full 
  

   foliage, 
  have 
  something 
  to 
  live 
  for. 
  Imagine 
  a 
  tree, 
  that 
  was 
  a 
  nut 
  

   in, 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1877, 
  its 
  branches 
  now 
  spreading 
  full 
  fifty 
  feet, 
  its 
  

   topmost 
  bough 
  fully 
  that 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  its 
  trunk 
  measuring 
  

   seventy-six 
  inches 
  around, 
  well 
  above 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  Imagine 
  such 
  a 
  tree 
  in 
  its 
  foliage 
  of 
  dense, 
  dark 
  glossy 
  green, 
  its 
  

   branches 
  loaded 
  with 
  fruit, 
  sometimes 
  actually 
  touching 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  is 
  sometimes 
  asked 
  what 
  is 
  such 
  a 
  tree 
  worth 
  for 
  

   cabinet 
  use 
  ? 
  I 
  don 
  't 
  know, 
  and 
  I 
  don 
  't 
  care. 
  What 
  I 
  do 
  know 
  is 
  

   that 
  those 
  five 
  trees 
  produced 
  well 
  upward 
  of 
  forty 
  dollars 
  each 
  this 
  

   year. 
  

  

  Our 
  markets 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  are 
  good. 
  The 
  folks 
  that 
  use 
  

   nuts 
  as 
  a 
  daily 
  food 
  have 
  increased 
  greatly 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years. 
  

   Niagara 
  County 
  has 
  three 
  cities, 
  Erie 
  County, 
  adjoining, 
  also 
  has 
  

   three 
  cities. 
  The 
  population 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  is 
  about 
  450,000 
  ; 
  improved 
  

   highways 
  and 
  gasolene 
  trucks 
  have 
  put 
  us 
  within 
  an 
  hour 
  and 
  a 
  

   half 
  of 
  all 
  these 
  six 
  cities. 
  

  

  Wliile 
  there 
  are 
  hundreds 
  of 
  young 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees, 
  just 
  

   coming 
  into 
  bearing, 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  

   the 
  supply 
  of 
  home-grown 
  nuts 
  will 
  probably 
  never 
  fill 
  the 
  demand. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  paid 
  the 
  farm 
  a 
  short 
  visit 
  this 
  past 
  summer 
  and 
  

   told 
  of 
  his 
  grafting. 
  I 
  think 
  he 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  90 
  per 
  cent. 
  

   We 
  beat 
  that 
  a 
  little 
  as 
  our 
  loss 
  was 
  100 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  The 
  failure 
  in 
  grafting 
  was 
  due, 
  I 
  think, 
  to 
  the 
  scions 
  not 
  being 
  

   cut 
  early 
  enough. 
  

  

  Budding 
  in 
  August 
  was 
  done 
  by 
  budders 
  expert 
  with 
  fruit 
  trees. 
  

   A 
  Jones 
  budding 
  tool 
  was 
  used. 
  Nearly 
  all 
  the 
  buds 
  took. 
  

  

  We 
  do 
  not 
  have 
  much 
  trouble 
  with 
  disease 
  or 
  insects. 
  

  

  