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  The 
  cost 
  of 
  production 
  is 
  slight, 
  yet 
  the 
  demand 
  and 
  prices 
  for 
  

   this 
  nut 
  have 
  been 
  steadily 
  increasing 
  for 
  several 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  discussion 
  of 
  this 
  

   paper, 
  because 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  

   Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  offers 
  the 
  

   highest 
  possibilities. 
  The 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  people 
  and 
  southern 
  people 
  

   have 
  always 
  thought 
  that 
  only 
  the 
  hickory 
  or 
  black 
  walnut 
  could 
  be 
  

   raised 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  and 
  now 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  

   the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  also 
  does 
  well 
  there. 
  The 
  Secretary 
  has 
  sent 
  

   out 
  a 
  letter 
  recently 
  asking 
  for 
  information 
  about 
  the 
  Persian 
  wal- 
  

   nut 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  each 
  person 
  addressed. 
  This 
  letter 
  was 
  

   gotten 
  out 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  

   the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  people 
  have 
  distanced 
  us, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  

   we 
  have 
  not 
  learned 
  the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  these 
  splendid 
  nuts 
  in 
  the 
  

   East. 
  We 
  have 
  a 
  few 
  very 
  fine 
  varieties 
  of 
  these 
  eastern 
  nuts, 
  and 
  

   it 
  looks 
  as 
  if, 
  by 
  use 
  of 
  these 
  varieties, 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  coun- 
  

   try 
  can 
  produce 
  these 
  nuts 
  in 
  as 
  large 
  quantities 
  as 
  the 
  western. 
  

   Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  originated 
  the 
  walnut 
  bearing 
  his 
  name, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  

   another 
  nut 
  that 
  offers 
  very 
  good 
  promise, 
  and 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  origi- 
  

   nator 
  is 
  here 
  this 
  morning. 
  j\Ir. 
  Rush 
  we 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  hear 
  from 
  

   you. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  culture 
  can 
  be 
  

   made 
  just 
  as 
  profitable 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  and 
  

   in 
  France. 
  We 
  have 
  varieties 
  that 
  have 
  stood 
  a 
  temperature 
  of 
  

   twenty-three 
  degrees 
  below 
  zero. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  discovered 
  another 
  variety 
  in 
  Lancaster. 
  This 
  tree 
  was 
  

   brought 
  in 
  from 
  Germany 
  about 
  thirty-five 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  

   turned 
  out 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  extremely 
  valuable 
  variety. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  these 
  

   nuts 
  selling 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  market 
  at 
  fifty 
  cents 
  a 
  pound. 
  As 
  regards 
  

   propagation 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut, 
  of 
  course 
  the 
  black 
  walnut 
  is 
  

   the 
  most 
  common 
  variety 
  on 
  which 
  to 
  propagate. 
  Another 
  stock 
  

   is 
  the 
  Japan 
  walnut, 
  in 
  a 
  sense 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  black 
  for 
  grafting. 
  

   It 
  has 
  a 
  better 
  lateral 
  root 
  system 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  fierce 
  in 
  going 
  down 
  

   to 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  Its 
  root 
  system 
  is 
  magnificent. 
  Several 
  

   trees 
  budded 
  on 
  this 
  stock 
  a 
  year 
  ago 
  last 
  August 
  and 
  transplanted 
  

   in 
  November 
  the 
  same 
  year, 
  had 
  a 
  growth 
  this 
  summer 
  of 
  over 
  six 
  

   feet 
  from 
  the 
  bud, 
  showing 
  that 
  there 
  must 
  certainly 
  be 
  remarkable 
  

   vitality 
  in 
  the 
  Japanese 
  roots. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  young 
  tree 
  thirteen 
  years 
  

   old 
  budded 
  on 
  black 
  walnut 
  that 
  produced 
  twenty-one 
  nuts 
  this 
  

   summer. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  seedling 
  about 
  ten 
  years 
  old 
  which 
  didn't 
  have 
  

   one 
  catkin 
  bloom. 
  But 
  a 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  Rush 
  variety, 
  so 
  named 
  for 
  me 
  

  

  