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  growing 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  and 
  who 
  are 
  doing 
  much 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  pecan 
  in- 
  

   dustry 
  on 
  an 
  honest 
  and 
  intelHgent 
  basis. 
  These 
  men 
  have 
  become 
  

   speciaHsts 
  in 
  the 
  pecan 
  industry 
  and 
  they 
  know 
  more 
  about 
  it 
  than 
  

   we 
  do 
  in 
  the 
  North. 
  Consequently 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  need 
  our 
  assistance, 
  

   even 
  if 
  we 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  it, 
  and, 
  therefore, 
  without 
  any 
  fear 
  of 
  

   our 
  being 
  criticised 
  for 
  using 
  the 
  adjective 
  "northern" 
  we 
  can 
  

   limit 
  our 
  investigations 
  and 
  discussions 
  to 
  nut 
  culture 
  in 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  with 
  a 
  full 
  knowledge 
  that 
  our 
  southern 
  

   brethren 
  can 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  themselves, 
  and, 
  in 
  addition, 
  can 
  render 
  

   us 
  much 
  valuable 
  assistance 
  which 
  assistance 
  we 
  most 
  cheerfully 
  

   invite. 
  

  

  At 
  this 
  point, 
  however, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  terms 
  

   "northern" 
  and 
  "southern," 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  relevant 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  few 
  

   observations 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  possibilities 
  in 
  either 
  section. 
  While 
  it 
  is 
  true 
  

   that 
  the 
  South 
  has 
  a 
  long 
  start 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  in 
  pecan 
  culture, 
  yet 
  

   the 
  North 
  affords 
  an 
  opportunity 
  for 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  nuts 
  which 
  

   is 
  not 
  possible 
  in 
  the 
  South. 
  The 
  South 
  is 
  today 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  

   delicious 
  varieties 
  of 
  pecan 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  delight 
  to 
  the 
  consumer 
  and 
  

   a 
  source 
  of 
  fascination 
  and 
  profit 
  to 
  the 
  intelligent 
  producer, 
  but 
  it 
  

   must 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  the 
  northern 
  pecan 
  belt 
  has 
  many 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  varieties 
  that 
  are 
  "good 
  enough." 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  this, 
  the 
  

   North 
  is 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  walnut, 
  the 
  fine 
  shagbark 
  hickory, 
  

   the 
  butternut, 
  the 
  chestnut, 
  the 
  hazel-nut, 
  and 
  the 
  chinkapin, 
  and 
  

   is 
  also 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  hardy 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  and 
  Japanese 
  

   walnuts. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  just 
  named 
  certainly 
  offer 
  an 
  ample 
  field 
  

   for 
  our 
  interest 
  and 
  enthusiasm, 
  and, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  keen 
  delight 
  

   which 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  successful 
  growing 
  of 
  these 
  trees, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   possibility 
  of 
  profit 
  which 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  is 
  excelled 
  in 
  any 
  horti- 
  

   cultural 
  undertaking 
  today. 
  

  

  First 
  then, 
  what 
  word 
  of 
  advice 
  or 
  instruction 
  can 
  the 
  Northern 
  

   Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  bring 
  to 
  the 
  prospective 
  nut 
  grower 
  which 
  

   will 
  be 
  of 
  help? 
  For, 
  after 
  all, 
  the 
  success 
  or 
  failure 
  of 
  this 
  asso- 
  

   ciation 
  depends 
  largely 
  upon 
  its 
  ability 
  to 
  help 
  the 
  grower 
  or 
  pro- 
  

   spective 
  grower. 
  Before 
  we 
  undertake 
  to 
  give 
  suggestions 
  about 
  the 
  

   development 
  and 
  culture 
  of 
  nut 
  orchards 
  or 
  to 
  make 
  prophecies 
  as 
  

   to 
  possibilities, 
  let 
  us 
  stop 
  and 
  take 
  stock 
  for 
  a 
  moment 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  

   status 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  industry 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  consider 
  what 
  we 
  have 
  

   to 
  build 
  upon 
  and 
  what 
  materials 
  we 
  have 
  with 
  which 
  to 
  work. 
  

   Mistakes 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  by 
  the 
  prospective 
  nut 
  growers 
  

   because 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  stop 
  to 
  consider 
  the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  

   that 
  were 
  native 
  in 
  their 
  own 
  locality, 
  but 
  looked 
  abroad 
  for 
  some- 
  

   thing 
  else. 
  This 
  is 
  characteristic 
  of 
  many 
  people. 
  "Distant 
  fields 
  

  

  