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  are 
  very 
  large, 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  black 
  walnuts. 
  Whether 
  they 
  were 
  

   planted 
  or 
  not 
  I 
  don't 
  know. 
  Their 
  history 
  is 
  probably 
  this 
  : 
  Long 
  

   Island 
  was 
  a 
  sea-faring 
  community 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  years 
  ago. 
  These 
  

   sailors 
  wlio 
  went 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  island, 
  some 
  of 
  them, 
  loved 
  nuts 
  and 
  

   they 
  would 
  bring 
  back 
  from 
  other 
  countries 
  nuts 
  or 
  other 
  plants, 
  

   and 
  now 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  most 
  remarkable 
  mess 
  of 
  trees. 
  We 
  have 
  planted 
  

   the 
  Japanese 
  walnut, 
  I 
  don't 
  pretend 
  to 
  know 
  which 
  variety, 
  and 
  

   it 
  began 
  yielding 
  the 
  third 
  year 
  and 
  has 
  yielded 
  every 
  year 
  since, 
  

   bearing 
  nuts 
  in 
  bunches 
  like 
  grapes. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  Is 
  it 
  a 
  heart-shaped 
  nut 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fullerton 
  : 
  Yes. 
  We 
  have 
  some 
  pecans 
  and 
  some 
  almonds. 
  

   Against 
  the 
  advice 
  of 
  everybody 
  we 
  planted 
  some 
  almond 
  trees; 
  

   they 
  started 
  to 
  bear 
  in 
  their 
  third 
  year. 
  The 
  trees 
  are 
  one 
  solid 
  

   mass 
  of 
  glorious 
  big 
  red 
  blossoms 
  every 
  spring. 
  They 
  bear 
  very 
  

   heavily 
  and 
  have 
  for 
  three 
  distinct 
  seasons. 
  Hard 
  winter 
  or 
  easy 
  

   winter, 
  nothing 
  has 
  affected 
  their 
  bloom 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  never 
  had 
  a 
  

   particle 
  of 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  until 
  this 
  year. 
  The 
  almond 
  grows 
  all 
  

   over 
  the 
  island. 
  Also 
  the 
  pecan. 
  I 
  planted 
  five 
  varieties 
  of 
  pecans 
  

   and 
  they 
  are 
  still 
  living 
  and 
  growing 
  very 
  slowly. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  

   moved 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  times. 
  Last 
  year 
  we 
  planted 
  seven 
  varieties 
  

   including 
  the 
  Van 
  Deman 
  and 
  the 
  Stuart 
  and 
  one 
  Indiana 
  variety. 
  

   One 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  died 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  were 
  killed 
  back, 
  but 
  they 
  

   have 
  sent 
  up 
  big 
  shoots. 
  

  

  Two 
  years 
  ago 
  an 
  old 
  fellow 
  came 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   island 
  to 
  see 
  if 
  our 
  pecan 
  trees 
  were 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  as 
  his. 
  His 
  story 
  

   was 
  very 
  remarkable. 
  He 
  didn't 
  know 
  anything 
  about 
  trees. 
  He 
  

   went 
  into 
  town 
  one 
  day 
  and 
  got 
  interested 
  in 
  pecans 
  and 
  bought 
  all 
  

   the 
  different 
  kinds 
  he 
  could 
  find, 
  all 
  the 
  different 
  shapes. 
  He 
  didn't 
  

   care 
  what 
  they 
  were 
  — 
  didn't 
  care 
  whether 
  they 
  came 
  from 
  Canada 
  

   or 
  Mexico 
  — 
  he 
  was 
  the 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  would 
  plant 
  bananas, 
  — 
  

   and 
  he 
  planted 
  all 
  those 
  pecans 
  and 
  he 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  every 
  one 
  of 
  

   them 
  grew. 
  He 
  said 
  they 
  all 
  produced 
  nuts. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  : 
  The 
  first 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  nursery 
  ever 
  established 
  

   in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  was 
  at 
  Flushing, 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  : 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  how 
  old 
  and 
  how 
  big 
  are 
  

   the 
  pecan 
  trees 
  that 
  are 
  bearing 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fullerton 
  : 
  I 
  think 
  he 
  said 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  The 
  insect 
  question 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  great 
  interest. 
  

   Professor 
  Quaintance 
  can 
  give 
  us 
  a 
  good 
  insight 
  into 
  the 
  insects 
  

   that 
  attack 
  pecan 
  and 
  other 
  nut 
  trees. 
  

  

  