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  fax, 
  Washington, 
  who 
  has 
  some 
  late 
  vegetating 
  varieties 
  and 
  he 
  tells 
  

   me 
  that 
  he 
  lost 
  his 
  whole 
  crop. 
  They 
  were 
  caught 
  by 
  a 
  frost 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  before 
  they 
  had 
  fully 
  matured. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Davis 
  : 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Sober 
  has, 
  on 
  his 
  farm 
  in 
  central 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania, 
  about 
  five 
  hundred 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  and 
  has 
  had 
  them 
  

   for 
  ten 
  years. 
  He 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  nut. 
  Every 
  year 
  they 
  

   freeze 
  back. 
  The 
  trees 
  live 
  but 
  they 
  freeze 
  back. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  

   whether 
  this 
  is 
  because 
  they 
  start 
  too 
  early 
  or 
  not. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith 
  : 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  better 
  nut 
  

   than 
  these 
  which 
  we 
  are 
  now 
  propagating, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  chances 
  

   are 
  ninety-nine 
  to 
  one 
  against 
  our 
  having 
  found 
  the 
  best 
  walnut 
  

   trees 
  for 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  I 
  think 
  Professor 
  Smith 
  's 
  point 
  is 
  well 
  taken. 
  

   We 
  are 
  just 
  starting 
  in 
  this 
  business. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  experiences 
  

   of 
  men 
  from 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  Is 
  Mr. 
  Stabler 
  here 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stabler 
  : 
  Thirty 
  years 
  ago 
  three 
  trees, 
  probably 
  seedlings 
  

   were 
  planted 
  in 
  our 
  neighborhood. 
  One 
  is 
  on 
  my 
  father's 
  farm, 
  

   one 
  is 
  on 
  my 
  uncle's 
  farm, 
  and 
  one 
  is 
  on 
  our 
  farm. 
  The 
  one 
  on 
  our 
  

   farm, 
  I 
  think, 
  has 
  never 
  borne 
  a 
  nut. 
  My 
  uncle's 
  has 
  borne 
  many 
  

   times, 
  although 
  an 
  apple 
  tree 
  and 
  a 
  cedar 
  tree 
  are 
  very 
  near 
  it. 
  

   This 
  walnut 
  tree 
  comes 
  out 
  so 
  very 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  that 
  no 
  spring 
  

   frost 
  catches 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  Montgomery 
  County 
  and 
  we 
  often 
  have 
  

   late 
  spring 
  frosts 
  there. 
  The 
  nuts 
  are 
  all 
  ripe 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  too 
  before 
  

   the 
  frost 
  comes. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith 
  : 
  Mr. 
  Stabler 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  

   successive 
  crop 
  from 
  this 
  tree. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  This 
  is 
  certainly 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  point 
  — 
  the 
  

   maturity 
  of 
  these 
  trees. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  general 
  impression 
  that 
  the 
  Per- 
  

   sian 
  walnut 
  will 
  not 
  mature 
  in 
  certain 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  but 
  

   as 
  a 
  fact 
  there 
  are 
  certain 
  varieties 
  that 
  will 
  mature 
  anywhere 
  in 
  

   the 
  country. 
  We 
  have 
  similar 
  evidence 
  in 
  the 
  experience 
  of 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  growers. 
  The 
  Indiana 
  pecan 
  is 
  dormant 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  

   southern 
  varieties. 
  This 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  hardy 
  peach 
  also 
  which 
  comes 
  

   out 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  is 
  ripe 
  sooner 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  than 
  the 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  varieties. 
  These 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  accommodated 
  themselves 
  to 
  the 
  

   climate. 
  

  

  Professor 
  McHatton 
  : 
  In 
  Georgia 
  we 
  are 
  prone 
  to 
  be 
  hurt 
  by 
  

   the 
  late 
  spring 
  frosts 
  — 
  that 
  is 
  our 
  great 
  trouble. 
  The 
  other 
  day 
  

   there 
  was 
  sent 
  into 
  the 
  office 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  

   walnut, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  a 
  seedling 
  grown 
  at 
  Sharp, 
  Georgia, 
  in 
  the 
  

   apple 
  country 
  just 
  below 
  Chattanooga, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  eight 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  to 
  a 
  thousand 
  feet, 
  and 
  it 
  gets 
  cold 
  up 
  there 
  — 
  they 
  have 
  heavy 
  

  

  