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  freezing 
  every 
  winter. 
  Tliis 
  tree 
  began 
  bearing 
  at 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  

   years, 
  the 
  owner 
  said, 
  and 
  has 
  borne 
  a 
  crop 
  every 
  year 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  

   seven 
  or 
  eight 
  years, 
  and 
  he 
  had 
  several 
  losses 
  of 
  fruit 
  crops 
  from 
  

   late 
  spring 
  frosts 
  during 
  that 
  period. 
  'The 
  nut 
  was 
  very 
  well 
  filled 
  

   and 
  of 
  fair 
  size. 
  If 
  any 
  one 
  is 
  interested 
  sufficiently 
  and 
  will 
  write 
  

   to 
  me 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  I 
  get 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  college 
  I 
  will 
  send 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   grower. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  recommend 
  it 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  of 
  the 
  nuts. 
  This 
  was 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  me, 
  because 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  recommending 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  there 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  

   spring 
  frosts, 
  but 
  now 
  it 
  looks 
  as 
  if 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  chance 
  of 
  our 
  getting 
  

   into 
  the 
  walnut 
  game 
  ourselves. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  : 
  A 
  prominent 
  expert 
  who 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  farm 
  once 
  

   said 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  Persian 
  or 
  English 
  walnut 
  came 
  to 
  this 
  coun- 
  

   try 
  through 
  two 
  routes 
  : 
  one 
  through 
  Greece, 
  Italy 
  and 
  Spain, 
  and 
  

   taken 
  by 
  the 
  Spaniards 
  to 
  Mexico 
  and 
  southern 
  California, 
  and 
  the 
  

   other 
  route 
  through 
  Germany 
  and 
  England 
  into 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   from 
  the 
  north. 
  He 
  said 
  he 
  would 
  rather 
  have 
  his 
  walnut 
  trees 
  

   come 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  route 
  trees 
  than 
  the 
  southern. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith 
  : 
  Any 
  one 
  who 
  has 
  a 
  good 
  tree 
  ought 
  to 
  write 
  

   to 
  our 
  secretary. 
  I 
  hope 
  everybody 
  will 
  report 
  these 
  trees. 
  The 
  

   information 
  will 
  be 
  published 
  in 
  bulletin 
  form 
  and 
  sent 
  out 
  to 
  

   every 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Association. 
  I 
  fully 
  believe 
  that 
  this 
  infor- 
  

   mation 
  gathered 
  and 
  disseminated 
  will 
  greatly 
  assist 
  in 
  developing 
  

   the 
  walnut 
  industry 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Frost 
  : 
  Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  pruning 
  might 
  be 
  done 
  

   at 
  any 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  I 
  pruned 
  a 
  walnut 
  tree 
  one 
  spring 
  and 
  it 
  

   very 
  nearly 
  bled 
  to 
  death. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  always 
  pruned 
  at 
  

   any 
  time. 
  It 
  might 
  be 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  sap 
  is 
  just 
  nicely 
  started 
  — 
  

   just 
  before 
  the 
  tree 
  starts 
  and 
  the 
  buds 
  swell 
  — 
  it 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  wise 
  

   to 
  do 
  that. 
  I 
  suppose 
  that 
  the 
  nut 
  trees 
  might 
  bleed 
  then 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  grape 
  vines 
  and 
  certain 
  other 
  plants 
  and 
  trees. 
  I 
  thought 
  it 
  

   never 
  did 
  any 
  harm. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Frost 
  : 
  It 
  very 
  nearly 
  killed 
  mine. 
  They 
  were 
  big 
  trees, 
  

   too. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  I 
  had 
  just 
  such 
  an 
  experience 
  as 
  that 
  with 
  

   grape 
  vines. 
  We 
  found 
  that 
  if 
  grapes 
  are 
  pruned 
  at 
  a 
  certain 
  time 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring 
  they 
  will 
  bleed 
  profusely, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  actually 
  

   bleed 
  to 
  death. 
  I 
  never 
  had 
  any 
  experience 
  with 
  walnuts, 
  but 
  with 
  

   vines 
  we 
  prune 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  just 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  dormant. 
  At 
  

   that 
  time 
  the 
  energies 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  are 
  at 
  a 
  minimum 
  and 
  you 
  can 
  

   prune 
  more 
  safely 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  other 
  time. 
  As 
  we 
  go 
  on 
  toward 
  

  

  