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  Speaking 
  about 
  procuring 
  seeds 
  from 
  dealers, 
  1 
  can 
  get 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  for 
  

   one 
  cent 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  dealer 
  a 
  dollar 
  for. 
  For 
  instance, 
  while 
  

   passing 
  through 
  Phoebus, 
  Va., 
  I 
  asked 
  a 
  lady 
  what 
  she 
  wanted 
  for 
  Juglans 
  

   sieboldiana 
  and 
  she 
  said 
  5 
  cents 
  a 
  quart 
  or 
  -35 
  cents 
  a 
  peek. 
  She 
  only 
  got 
  16 
  

   bushels 
  from 
  a 
  20-year-old 
  tree! 
  They 
  were 
  bigger 
  and 
  better 
  specimens 
  than 
  

   I 
  got 
  from 
  Japan 
  at 
  about 
  five 
  nuts 
  for 
  one 
  dollar, 
  postage 
  extra. 
  

  

  Then 
  I 
  wrote 
  to 
  a 
  gentleman 
  who 
  had 
  a 
  small 
  tree 
  of 
  Juglans 
  cordiformis 
  in 
  

   Ontario 
  and 
  he 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  only 
  had 
  a 
  bushel 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  expressing 
  to 
  me 
  

   and 
  to 
  send 
  him 
  a 
  dollar! 
  Think, 
  and 
  the 
  Japs 
  sent 
  me 
  three 
  nuts 
  for 
  one 
  

   dollar 
  ! 
  ! 
  A 
  lady 
  at 
  Niagara 
  Falls, 
  Ontario, 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  she 
  had 
  a 
  little 
  tree 
  

   of 
  J. 
  sieboldiana 
  so 
  I 
  asked 
  her 
  the 
  price 
  and 
  she 
  sent 
  me 
  half 
  a 
  bushel 
  and 
  said 
  

   to 
  pay 
  the 
  express 
  charges 
  which 
  were 
  a 
  quarter! 
  

  

  And 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  waj'^ 
  with 
  these 
  forest 
  seed 
  merchants, 
  they 
  send 
  me 
  for 
  

   dollars 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  pinus 
  edulis 
  and 
  i:)inus 
  Koriensis 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  take 
  a 
  power- 
  

   ful 
  microscope 
  to 
  discern, 
  and 
  I 
  afterwards 
  bought 
  of 
  a 
  fruit 
  merchant 
  in 
  

   Milwaukee 
  a 
  big 
  glassful 
  for 
  a 
  nickel! 
  

  

  Roadside 
  planting 
  is 
  a 
  failure, 
  for, 
  besides 
  rodents 
  little 
  and 
  big, 
  there 
  are 
  

   all 
  kinds 
  of 
  animals 
  from 
  sheep 
  to 
  horses 
  to 
  destroy 
  them, 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  

   plant 
  all 
  my 
  trees 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  feet 
  within 
  my 
  fence 
  line. 
  

  

  Juglans 
  Mandshurica 
  seed 
  I 
  find 
  impossible 
  to 
  procure 
  so 
  far. 
  There 
  are 
  twO' 
  

   magnificent 
  trees 
  in 
  Toronto 
  planted 
  by 
  an 
  old 
  man 
  who 
  is 
  dead 
  now. 
  These 
  

   trees 
  show 
  no 
  sign 
  of 
  ever 
  having 
  been 
  winter 
  killed 
  and 
  are 
  13 
  and 
  19 
  feet 
  

   high 
  but 
  have 
  not 
  fruited 
  yet. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  the 
  trees 
  resem- 
  

   ble 
  the 
  stag 
  horn 
  sumach, 
  except 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  distinctly 
  Juglans 
  in 
  appearance 
  ;; 
  

   but 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  's 
  shoots 
  is 
  thick 
  and 
  long 
  like 
  a 
  coppice 
  growth. 
  

  

  LETTER 
  FROM 
  W. 
  C. 
  REED, 
  VINCENNES, 
  INDIANA 
  

  

  The 
  Indiana 
  pecan 
  tree 
  bore 
  a 
  splendid 
  crop 
  of 
  about 
  3i/^ 
  bushels. 
  The 
  

   Busseron 
  also 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  crop 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  old 
  wood 
  and 
  some 
  on 
  the 
  new 
  wood. 
  

   The 
  Busseron 
  is 
  just 
  recovering 
  from 
  a 
  severe 
  cutting 
  back 
  by 
  the 
  owner 
  and 
  

   should 
  be 
  in 
  shape 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  good 
  crop 
  next 
  year. 
  Other 
  pecans 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   bore 
  a 
  very 
  light 
  crop. 
  

  

  The 
  Niblack 
  bore 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  nuts 
  this 
  j^ear. 
  Butterick 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  crop, 
  

   for 
  an 
  off 
  year, 
  some 
  five 
  bushels 
  as 
  reported 
  to 
  me, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  well 
  filled. 
  

   This 
  tree 
  is 
  very 
  large, 
  4^^ 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter, 
  90 
  foot 
  spread, 
  located 
  near 
  Gray- 
  

   ville. 
  111. 
  

  

  The 
  writer 
  and 
  my 
  son, 
  M. 
  P. 
  Reed, 
  have 
  top 
  worked 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  large 
  

   black 
  walnuts, 
  ranging 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  9 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  They 
  were 
  cut 
  back 
  

   last 
  spring 
  and 
  budded 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  growth 
  this 
  summer, 
  setting 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  40 
  

   buds 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  trees. 
  Buds 
  of 
  the 
  Hall, 
  Pomeroy 
  and 
  Rush 
  have 
  taken 
  

   well 
  and 
  look 
  very 
  promising. 
  Of 
  other 
  varieties 
  only 
  a 
  limited 
  number 
  have 
  

   taken. 
  We 
  will 
  top 
  work 
  several 
  large 
  trees 
  this 
  coming 
  summer 
  and 
  should 
  

   get 
  results 
  soon 
  from 
  these. 
  

  

  Pecans 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  growth. 
  The 
  stand 
  of 
  

   buds 
  was 
  only 
  fair, 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  poor. 
  We 
  still 
  have 
  a 
  limited 
  number 
  of 
  

   Indiana 
  and 
  Busseron 
  trees 
  but 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  other 
  kinds 
  is 
  exhausted 
  for 
  this 
  

   year. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  planted 
  600 
  pounds 
  of 
  pecans 
  and 
  50 
  bushels 
  of 
  walnuts 
  and 
  with 
  

   the 
  seedlings 
  we 
  have 
  on 
  hand 
  in 
  nursery 
  hope 
  to 
  have 
  plenty 
  of 
  stock 
  to 
  work 
  

   in 
  the 
  future. 
  

  

  