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  look 
  green," 
  and, 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  imported 
  nut 
  trees, 
  none 
  except 
  the 
  

   English 
  walnut 
  have 
  been 
  of 
  any 
  success 
  here 
  whatever, 
  while, 
  in 
  

   one 
  instance 
  at 
  least, 
  their 
  importation 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  introducing 
  

   into 
  this 
  country 
  the 
  fatal 
  chestnut 
  blight, 
  which 
  probably 
  came 
  in 
  

   on 
  uninspected 
  stock 
  from 
  Japan. 
  We 
  have 
  better 
  native 
  chestnuts 
  

   in 
  this 
  country 
  than 
  any 
  foreign 
  chestnut 
  and 
  the 
  blunder 
  of 
  trying 
  

   to 
  get 
  something 
  different 
  is 
  costing 
  the 
  country 
  millions 
  of 
  dollars 
  

   through 
  the 
  scourge 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  blight, 
  which 
  threatens 
  to 
  wipe 
  

   out 
  the 
  industry. 
  It 
  reminds 
  me 
  of 
  the 
  epitaph 
  on 
  the 
  tombstone 
  

   which 
  read: 
  " 
  I 
  was 
  well 
  and 
  wanted 
  to 
  be 
  better, 
  took 
  medicine 
  and 
  

   here 
  I 
  am." 
  Therefore, 
  let 
  us 
  consider 
  what 
  nuts 
  we 
  have 
  worth 
  

   while. 
  

  

  The 
  Pecan 
  

  

  First, 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  northern 
  pecan 
  which 
  is 
  native 
  in 
  certain 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  a 
  belt 
  approximately 
  150 
  miles 
  wide, 
  with 
  Evansville, 
  

   Indiana, 
  on 
  the 
  38th 
  parallel, 
  as 
  the 
  center. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  mean 
  to 
  say 
  

   that 
  the 
  pecan 
  will 
  succeed 
  in 
  all 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  half 
  of 
  

   this 
  belt 
  or 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  succeed 
  in 
  many 
  sections 
  farther 
  north. 
  

   The 
  question 
  of 
  climate, 
  as 
  modified 
  by 
  proximity 
  to 
  oceans 
  and 
  

   large 
  bodies 
  of 
  water 
  or 
  as 
  made 
  more 
  rigid 
  by 
  absence 
  of 
  these 
  

   protections, 
  may 
  decrease 
  or 
  increase 
  the 
  latitude 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  can 
  be 
  successfully 
  grown. 
  The 
  orange, 
  for 
  instance, 
  is 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  tenderest 
  fruits 
  and 
  yet, 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  coast, 
  orange 
  groves 
  

   are 
  flourishing 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  latitude 
  as 
  Philadelphia, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  

   on 
  the 
  40th 
  parallel, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  unnecessary 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  an 
  orange 
  

   grove 
  would 
  not 
  survive 
  within 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  hundred 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  

   40th 
  parallel 
  any 
  place 
  else 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  favored 
  western 
  coast. 
  

   The 
  southern 
  varieties 
  of 
  pecans 
  will 
  not 
  flourish 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  

   we 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  whether 
  the 
  northern 
  varieties 
  will 
  flourish 
  in 
  the 
  

   South. 
  

  

  The 
  pecan 
  is 
  a 
  hickory 
  and 
  the 
  northern 
  trees 
  are 
  very 
  hardy 
  and 
  

   thrifty. 
  Many 
  varieties 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  

   which 
  are 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  worthy 
  of 
  propagating. 
  Among 
  them 
  are 
  

   the 
  "Indiana" 
  and 
  "Busseron," 
  from 
  near 
  Oaktown, 
  Knox 
  County, 
  

   Indiana; 
  the 
  "Niblack," 
  from 
  Vincennes, 
  Knox 
  County, 
  Indiana; 
  

   the 
  "Warrick," 
  "Green 
  River," 
  "Major," 
  "Kentucky," 
  and 
  

   "Posey," 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  Evansville 
  section; 
  the 
  "Norton" 
  from 
  

   Clarksville, 
  Missouri, 
  and 
  several 
  other 
  varieties. 
  

  

  English 
  Walnut 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  most 
  important 
  nut, 
  and 
  probably 
  competing 
  very 
  

   closely 
  with 
  the 
  pecan 
  for 
  popular 
  favor, 
  is 
  the 
  English 
  walnut, 
  

  

  