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  almonds 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  had 
  the 
  place 
  paid 
  for 
  and 
  was 
  making 
  

   a 
  good 
  income, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  a 
  year 
  from 
  his 
  ten 
  

   acres 
  of 
  almonds. 
  We 
  can 
  do 
  almost, 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  East, 
  I 
  believe, 
  

   if 
  we 
  can 
  cultivate 
  the 
  European 
  hazel. 
  If 
  it 
  were 
  not 
  for 
  this 
  

   blight, 
  we 
  could 
  have 
  splendid 
  crops 
  of 
  the 
  hazel. 
  If 
  the 
  govern- 
  

   ment 
  would 
  grant 
  larger 
  appropriations 
  for 
  nut 
  culture 
  investi- 
  

   gations 
  it 
  might 
  enable 
  us 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  way 
  to 
  control 
  this 
  disease. 
  Dr. 
  

   Morris 
  is 
  breeding 
  hazels, 
  however, 
  and 
  hopes 
  to 
  get 
  one 
  which 
  will 
  

   be 
  immune. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith 
  : 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  pleasure 
  to 
  listen 
  to 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  

   knows 
  what 
  he 
  is 
  talking 
  about. 
  I 
  figured 
  out 
  some 
  years 
  ago 
  that 
  

   I 
  was 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  teacher 
  and 
  I 
  decided 
  that 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  

   a 
  chestnut 
  farm 
  also. 
  I 
  got 
  along 
  very 
  nicely, 
  planted 
  my 
  trees 
  and 
  

   then 
  the 
  chestnut 
  blight 
  came 
  along, 
  and 
  I 
  regard 
  the 
  business, 
  at 
  

   least 
  as 
  to 
  profits, 
  as 
  in 
  abeyance. 
  We 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  particular 
  

   danger 
  from 
  the 
  importation 
  of 
  foreign 
  plants 
  ; 
  we 
  are 
  bringing 
  in 
  

   perfectly 
  innocent-looking 
  things 
  from 
  other 
  countries 
  which 
  are 
  

   causing 
  us 
  great 
  damage. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  suggest 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  here 
  who 
  

   wants 
  to 
  plant 
  an 
  orchard, 
  to 
  plant 
  two 
  kinds 
  of 
  trees. 
  If 
  my 
  nut 
  

   orchard 
  had 
  been 
  planted 
  with 
  something 
  besides 
  chestnuts, 
  I 
  would 
  

   now 
  have 
  that 
  something 
  else. 
  I 
  would 
  suggest 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  

   having 
  two 
  things 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  ground 
  — 
  say 
  chestnuts 
  and 
  English 
  

   walnuts 
  — 
  so 
  if 
  the 
  planter 
  finds 
  he 
  cannot 
  raise 
  one 
  he 
  can 
  still 
  have 
  

   the 
  other. 
  Then 
  he 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  I 
  am 
  with 
  my 
  

   chestnuts. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  I 
  understand 
  we 
  have 
  Mr. 
  FuUerton 
  of 
  Long 
  

   Island 
  here, 
  and 
  we 
  would 
  be 
  pleased 
  to 
  have 
  him 
  give 
  us 
  some 
  of 
  

   his 
  experiences. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fullerton 
  : 
  I 
  just 
  came 
  in 
  to 
  see 
  what 
  you 
  folks 
  are 
  doing 
  

   and 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  I 
  can 
  pose 
  as 
  a 
  nut 
  expert. 
  I 
  live 
  on 
  an 
  island 
  

   that 
  has 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  varieties 
  of 
  nuts 
  on 
  it 
  that 
  have 
  become 
  

   native. 
  We 
  have 
  quite 
  a 
  plantation 
  of 
  hazelnuts; 
  nobody 
  knows 
  

   who 
  planted 
  them. 
  They 
  are 
  used 
  by 
  nurserymen 
  to 
  fill 
  orders. 
  

   Also 
  quite 
  a 
  plantation 
  of 
  magnolias 
  which 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  a 
  

   couple 
  of 
  hundred 
  years 
  ago. 
  They 
  are 
  thoroughly 
  acclimated. 
  

   We 
  have 
  also 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  largest 
  — 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  catch 
  it 
  

   here 
  because 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  used 
  a 
  tape 
  line 
  — 
  we 
  have 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   very 
  largest 
  and 
  oldest 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  

   which 
  produce 
  annually 
  a 
  big 
  crop 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  "English" 
  

   walnuts. 
  The 
  trees 
  produce 
  the 
  largest 
  walnut 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen, 
  

   with 
  the 
  thinnest 
  shell. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  there 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  fifty, 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  or 
  three 
  hundred 
  years. 
  They 
  

  

  