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  winter 
  injury. 
  Plant 
  not 
  only 
  hardy 
  varieties, 
  but 
  select 
  localities 
  

   with 
  good 
  subsoil 
  drainage. 
  The 
  walnuts 
  and 
  hickories, 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  the 
  two 
  great 
  families 
  of 
  juglans, 
  and 
  the 
  oaks 
  and 
  chestnuts.. 
  

   want 
  good 
  subsoil 
  drainage. 
  Where 
  the 
  underlying 
  rocks 
  are 
  

   vertical 
  the 
  conditions 
  are 
  ideal. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  like 
  a 
  heavy 
  clay 
  

   subsoil, 
  but 
  do 
  best 
  where 
  water 
  and 
  excess 
  nitrogen 
  can 
  get 
  away. 
  

   The 
  general 
  summary 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  make 
  is 
  this 
  : 
  Nut 
  trees 
  have 
  a 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  fungus 
  parasites. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  cases 
  the 
  native 
  fungus 
  

   parasites 
  attack 
  European 
  or 
  Old 
  World 
  species 
  and 
  varieties 
  to 
  

   such 
  an 
  extent 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  very 
  serious 
  problems, 
  so 
  much 
  so 
  tliat 
  

   they 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  solved, 
  the 
  walnut 
  bacteriorosis 
  and 
  

   filbert 
  blight 
  being 
  examples 
  of 
  these. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  most 
  of 
  

   the 
  native 
  fungus 
  parasites 
  of 
  our 
  native 
  trees 
  are 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  feared 
  

   as 
  enemies 
  of 
  these 
  trees, 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  northeastern 
  United 
  States 
  

   where 
  this 
  body 
  is 
  endeavoring 
  to 
  further 
  a 
  good 
  cause, 
  but 
  over 
  the 
  

   whole 
  eastern 
  United 
  States. 
  These 
  parasites 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  may 
  be 
  

   serious 
  enough 
  to 
  justify 
  spraying 
  and 
  other 
  lines 
  of 
  treatment, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  the 
  nursery. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  considering 
  the 
  nature 
  

   of 
  nut 
  trees 
  and 
  considering 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  pecan 
  scab, 
  

   the 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  grower 
  should 
  be 
  to 
  breed 
  and 
  select 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  

   possible 
  resistant 
  sorts, 
  to 
  work 
  on 
  and 
  select 
  native 
  species 
  and 
  

   hybrids 
  particularly 
  where 
  the 
  native 
  trees 
  will 
  give 
  the 
  necessary 
  

   hardiness, 
  immunity 
  and 
  resistance. 
  The 
  outlook, 
  therefore, 
  is 
  

   promising 
  for 
  the 
  cultivated 
  varieties 
  of 
  hickory 
  nuts 
  and 
  walnuts 
  

   that 
  I 
  know 
  you 
  are 
  all 
  working 
  for. 
  Foreign 
  parasites 
  are 
  always 
  

   dangerous. 
  Tliis 
  chestnut 
  blight 
  fungus 
  comes 
  into 
  any 
  such 
  scheme 
  

   as 
  that 
  like 
  a 
  bombshell. 
  When 
  it 
  comes 
  to 
  an 
  introduced 
  parasite 
  

   like 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  not 
  tell 
  what 
  will 
  happen. 
  I 
  thank 
  you 
  for 
  your 
  

   attention. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  I 
  think 
  everybody 
  here 
  will 
  agree 
  with 
  me, 
  

   when 
  you 
  come 
  to 
  look 
  over 
  this 
  list 
  of 
  amounts 
  appropriated 
  for 
  

   work 
  in 
  nut 
  culture 
  investigation, 
  that 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  no 
  further 
  

   criticism 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  from 
  any 
  member 
  of 
  

   the 
  association 
  for 
  not 
  doing 
  more 
  in 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  grower. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  : 
  We 
  are 
  all 
  indebted 
  to 
  Professor 
  Waite 
  for 
  his 
  

   clear 
  way 
  of 
  stating 
  facts, 
  for 
  resisting 
  the 
  temptation 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  

   technical 
  talk 
  and 
  for 
  enunciating 
  principles 
  of 
  wide 
  applicability. 
  

  

  This 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  blight 
  on 
  the 
  hazel 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  important 
  one 
  

   for 
  the 
  northern 
  nut 
  growers. 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  was 
  telling 
  me 
  yesterday 
  

   about 
  a 
  man 
  from 
  California 
  who 
  went 
  out 
  near 
  some 
  city 
  there 
  and 
  

   bought 
  10 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  at 
  six 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  an 
  acre, 
  planted 
  

  

  