﻿75 
  

  

  pounds 
  of 
  nuts; 
  1910, 
  5 
  pounds 
  of 
  nuts 
  (early 
  bloom 
  killed 
  by 
  late 
  freeze); 
  

   1911, 
  80 
  pounds 
  of 
  nuts; 
  1912, 
  76 
  pounds 
  of 
  nuts; 
  1913, 
  140 
  pounds 
  of 
  nuts— 
  

   a 
  grand 
  total 
  of 
  568 
  pounds 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  planting 
  the 
  seed 
  seventeen 
  years 
  

  

  ago. 
  

  

  This 
  nut 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  good 
  quality, 
  has 
  large 
  size, 
  ripens 
  early 
  and 
  comes 
  into 
  

   bearing 
  very 
  early. 
  Has 
  been 
  well 
  tested 
  and 
  proven 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  

   chestnuts 
  we 
  have. 
  It 
  has 
  but 
  one 
  fault, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  hard 
  to 
  propagate 
  by 
  either 
  

   budding 
  or 
  grafting. 
  Mr. 
  Endicott 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  grown 
  many 
  seedlings 
  of 
  

   Boone, 
  but 
  none 
  are 
  in 
  all 
  respects 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  the 
  parent. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Endicott 
  did 
  a 
  good 
  work 
  in 
  producing 
  the 
  Boone 
  chestnut 
  and 
  deserves 
  

   the 
  thanks 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  growers 
  of 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  LETTEE 
  FEOM 
  G. 
  H. 
  COESAN, 
  TOEONTO, 
  CANADA 
  

  

  My 
  place 
  of 
  15V2 
  acres 
  just 
  west 
  of 
  Toronto, 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  valley 
  containing 
  

   sandy, 
  gravelly 
  and 
  clay 
  soils, 
  while 
  the 
  creek 
  bottom 
  land 
  is 
  rich 
  black 
  humus. 
  

   My 
  efforts 
  are 
  purely 
  experimental 
  and 
  the 
  losses 
  do 
  not 
  worry 
  me 
  as 
  I 
  simply 
  

   wish 
  to 
  know 
  what 
  will 
  succeed 
  in 
  this 
  district. 
  Peaches 
  and 
  grapes 
  grow 
  on 
  

   my 
  place. 
  

  

  Last 
  winter 
  I 
  bought 
  twelve 
  Paragon 
  chestnut 
  trees 
  from 
  Colonel 
  Sober. 
  All 
  

   twelve 
  are 
  alive 
  and 
  looking 
  well 
  and 
  this 
  fourth 
  day 
  of 
  November 
  are 
  just 
  

   turning 
  color 
  and 
  dropping 
  their 
  leaves. 
  You 
  will 
  probably 
  remember 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  three 
  samples 
  that 
  Colonel 
  Sober 
  displayed 
  at 
  the 
  convention 
  last 
  year 
  I 
  

   took 
  the 
  walking 
  stick. 
  I 
  had 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  Columbia 
  and 
  other 
  South 
  Carolina 
  

   points 
  for 
  three 
  weeks 
  afterwards, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  well 
  into 
  January 
  before 
  I 
  

   finally 
  got 
  the 
  "walking 
  stick" 
  planted. 
  Well, 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  alive 
  and 
  has 
  that 
  

   well-known 
  Paragon 
  form, 
  five 
  fan-shaped 
  shoots 
  above 
  the 
  graft. 
  

  

  I 
  planted 
  seeds 
  from 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  world, 
  in 
  rows, 
  and 
  of 
  ten 
  bushels 
  of 
  black 
  

   walnuts 
  only 
  five 
  nuts 
  sprouted. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  every 
  pecan 
  came 
  up. 
  

   Hickories 
  and 
  English 
  cob 
  nuts 
  behaved 
  a 
  little 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  black 
  walnuts. 
  

   I 
  slip 
  a 
  little 
  collar 
  of 
  tar 
  paper 
  over 
  each 
  little 
  tree 
  to 
  protect 
  it 
  against 
  field 
  

   mice, 
  rabbits 
  and 
  ground 
  hogs. 
  Eed 
  squirrels 
  trouble 
  me 
  the 
  least 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   pests 
  as 
  I 
  cannot 
  keep 
  them 
  out 
  of 
  my 
  double 
  section 
  wire 
  rat 
  trap, 
  and 
  the 
  pet 
  

   stock 
  men 
  give 
  my 
  boys 
  30 
  cents 
  apiece 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  I 
  also 
  bought 
  a 
  dozen 
  Pomeroy 
  walnuts 
  last 
  winter 
  for 
  experiment. 
  They 
  

   are 
  all 
  alive 
  but 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  late 
  and 
  early 
  frosts 
  were 
  hard 
  on 
  them 
  and 
  

   nipped 
  them 
  down 
  three 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  where 
  they 
  again 
  sprouted 
  out. 
  

   This 
  occurred 
  to 
  all 
  but 
  one 
  tree 
  which 
  positively 
  refused 
  to 
  take 
  any 
  notice 
  of 
  

   either 
  the 
  late 
  or 
  the 
  early 
  frost. 
  I 
  consider 
  this 
  one 
  tree 
  worth 
  many 
  times 
  

   the 
  money 
  I 
  paid 
  for 
  the 
  dozen. 
  

  

  My 
  experiments 
  are 
  only 
  two 
  years 
  old 
  but 
  I 
  will 
  mention 
  that 
  my 
  English 
  

   filberts 
  or 
  Kentish 
  cob 
  nuts 
  are 
  doing 
  well, 
  also 
  my 
  Battle 
  Creek 
  persimmon 
  

   seedlings 
  that 
  I 
  planted 
  in 
  an 
  exposed 
  position 
  two 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  from 
  those 
  Battle 
  Creek 
  persimmon 
  trees 
  can 
  be 
  procured 
  from 
  Dr. 
  

   J. 
  H. 
  Kellogg 
  by 
  writing 
  him. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  two 
  most 
  northern 
  persimmon 
  

   trees 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  discovered 
  so 
  far. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  good 
  to 
  the 
  taste 
  and 
  the 
  

   trees 
  have 
  lived 
  through 
  terribly 
  cold 
  winters. 
  I 
  mention 
  this 
  as 
  many 
  of 
  you 
  

   are 
  fruit 
  growers 
  also 
  and 
  want 
  to 
  get 
  persimmon 
  stock 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  graft 
  the 
  

   Japanese 
  persimmon 
  on. 
  The 
  female 
  tree 
  every 
  second 
  year 
  is 
  loaded 
  to 
  the 
  

   point 
  of 
  breakage 
  and 
  should 
  do 
  well 
  for 
  stock. 
  

  

  