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  by 
  Mr. 
  Jones, 
  the 
  first 
  propagator, 
  stood 
  about 
  forty 
  feet 
  away 
  from 
  

   the 
  first, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  this 
  seedling 
  tree 
  produced 
  

   sixty 
  finely 
  developed 
  nuts. 
  This 
  seedling 
  tree, 
  however, 
  had 
  a 
  

   great 
  many 
  pistillate 
  blossoms, 
  which 
  received 
  pollen 
  from 
  the 
  

   neighboring 
  variety 
  that 
  was 
  prolific 
  in 
  staminate 
  bloom. 
  It 
  would 
  

   seem 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  advantage 
  for 
  a 
  seedling 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  

   good 
  pollenizer 
  in 
  its 
  company. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith 
  : 
  I 
  was 
  struck 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  's 
  statement 
  

   that 
  after 
  apparent 
  killing 
  of 
  the 
  staminate 
  bloom 
  by 
  frost 
  the 
  pis- 
  

   tillate 
  blossoms 
  appeared 
  and 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  crop. 
  Evidently 
  he 
  got 
  

   fertilization 
  from 
  some 
  outside 
  source. 
  The 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  in 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  is 
  like 
  many 
  other 
  trees 
  in 
  that 
  

   its 
  trouble 
  does 
  not 
  arise 
  from 
  susceptibility 
  to 
  winter 
  cold, 
  for 
  

   when 
  it 
  is 
  dormant 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  stand 
  great 
  cold. 
  The 
  trouble 
  

   with 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  is 
  its 
  tendency 
  to 
  start 
  growing 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  

   approach 
  of 
  warm 
  weather 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  cold 
  comes 
  later 
  it 
  may 
  kill 
  

   the 
  tree. 
  Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  's 
  farm 
  there 
  near 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  has 
  

   an 
  immunity 
  from 
  sudden 
  changes 
  of 
  temperature 
  and 
  therefore 
  

   his 
  trees 
  are 
  not 
  likely 
  to 
  make 
  growth 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  caught 
  by 
  late 
  

   fall 
  or 
  early 
  spring 
  frosts. 
  Unquestionably 
  he 
  can 
  grow 
  Persian 
  

   walnuts 
  better 
  there 
  than 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  five 
  hundred 
  to 
  a 
  thousand 
  

   miles 
  further 
  south. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  well-known 
  fact 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   best 
  of 
  peach 
  and 
  apple 
  regions 
  is 
  along 
  this 
  lake 
  shore. 
  There 
  are 
  

   many 
  other 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  growing 
  in 
  different 
  localities 
  east 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  but 
  nobody 
  seems 
  to 
  think 
  them 
  worth 
  propagat- 
  

   ing 
  because 
  they 
  winter 
  kill 
  at 
  times. 
  Yet 
  seedlings 
  of 
  the 
  hardiest 
  

   trees 
  often 
  do 
  it. 
  A 
  new 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  has 
  been 
  discovered 
  

   which 
  is 
  wonderful 
  in 
  that, 
  whereas 
  the 
  ordinary 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  

   tree 
  comes 
  into 
  leaf 
  rather 
  early, 
  this 
  tree 
  comes 
  into 
  leaf 
  in 
  June 
  

   when 
  cherries 
  are 
  ripe. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  similar 
  trees 
  in 
  Prance. 
  I 
  

   have 
  no 
  doubt 
  there 
  are 
  ten 
  or 
  fifteen 
  different 
  varieties 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  

   growing 
  unappreciated 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  These 
  particu- 
  

   lar 
  trees 
  we 
  do 
  know 
  about 
  happen 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  gentlemen 
  who 
  are 
  

   propagating 
  them 
  for 
  our 
  benefit 
  and 
  we 
  owe 
  them 
  our 
  thanks 
  ; 
  but 
  

   I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  other 
  trees 
  equally 
  as 
  valuable 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  States. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  experience 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Rush 
  could 
  be 
  duplicated, 
  in 
  discovering 
  right 
  near 
  him 
  in 
  his 
  

   own 
  town 
  something 
  better 
  than 
  he 
  had 
  ever 
  known 
  before. 
  "We 
  

   need 
  reports 
  on 
  all 
  these 
  trees. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Smith 
  's 
  remarks 
  as 
  to 
  late 
  

   vegetating 
  varieties, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  this 
  feature 
  is 
  not 
  altogether 
  

   desirable. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  correspondence 
  with 
  a 
  gentleman 
  in 
  Col- 
  

  

  