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  none 
  of 
  its 
  effects. 
  The 
  American 
  hazels, 
  however, 
  act 
  as 
  host 
  plants 
  

   to 
  the 
  blight, 
  which 
  thus 
  quickly 
  spreads, 
  with 
  fatal 
  results, 
  to 
  the 
  

   European 
  species. 
  Qf 
  all 
  the 
  plantings 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  past 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  years, 
  it 
  is 
  safe 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  there 
  

   are 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  hazel 
  orchards 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  states 
  which 
  

   have 
  not 
  succumbed. 
  It 
  seems 
  quite 
  probable 
  that 
  a 
  golden 
  op- 
  

   portunity 
  is 
  awaiting 
  someone 
  who 
  is 
  willing 
  to 
  go 
  through 
  the 
  

   forests 
  of 
  our 
  eastern 
  states, 
  especially 
  those 
  in 
  lower 
  New 
  England, 
  

   in 
  search 
  of 
  individual 
  hazels 
  from 
  which 
  to 
  propagate 
  new 
  varieties. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  heavy 
  bearing 
  shrubs, 
  which 
  exist 
  in 
  the 
  section 
  referred 
  

   to, 
  it 
  is 
  certain 
  that 
  many 
  hazels 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  well 
  worth 
  prop- 
  

   agating. 
  

  

  Turning 
  now 
  from 
  this 
  brief 
  history 
  of 
  northern 
  nut 
  trees, 
  let 
  us 
  

   consider 
  the 
  future 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  as 
  viewed 
  in 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  sound 
  

   theory 
  and 
  actual 
  observation. 
  It 
  is 
  unnecessary 
  to 
  present 
  any 
  

   argument 
  why 
  nut 
  trees 
  should 
  be 
  planted. 
  Nuts 
  afford 
  the 
  highest 
  

   grade 
  food 
  known 
  to 
  science. 
  They 
  are 
  wholesome, 
  healthful, 
  

   strengthening, 
  — 
  in 
  fact, 
  without 
  a 
  single 
  objectionable 
  feature 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  I 
  know 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  food 
  and, 
  when 
  one 
  considers 
  that 
  food 
  

   is 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  human 
  existence, 
  no 
  further 
  argument 
  is 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  warrant 
  interest 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  foods 
  known. 
  

  

  Then 
  how 
  shall 
  we 
  advise 
  the 
  prospective 
  grower 
  of 
  a 
  nut 
  or- 
  

   chard? 
  First, 
  let 
  him 
  determine 
  what 
  kinds 
  of 
  nuts 
  thrive 
  in 
  his 
  

   vicinity. 
  The 
  prospective 
  grower 
  in 
  the 
  latitude 
  of 
  Evansville 
  can 
  

   indulge 
  himself 
  to 
  his 
  heart's 
  content, 
  for 
  he 
  can 
  grow 
  successfully 
  

   the 
  pecan, 
  English 
  walnut, 
  black 
  walnut, 
  butternut, 
  hazel 
  and, 
  up 
  

   to 
  date, 
  the 
  chestnut. 
  But, 
  success 
  in 
  growing 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  

   depends 
  upon 
  proper 
  information, 
  proper 
  varieties, 
  proper 
  soil 
  and 
  

   proper 
  care. 
  Suppose 
  a 
  man, 
  in 
  the 
  Evansville 
  latitude, 
  for 
  in- 
  

   stance, 
  desires 
  a 
  pecan 
  orchard. 
  What 
  should 
  he 
  do? 
  His 
  quickest 
  

   way, 
  if 
  he 
  has 
  wild 
  seedling 
  pecan 
  trees 
  growing 
  on 
  his 
  farm, 
  would 
  

   be 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  wild 
  trees 
  top-worked 
  to 
  well-known 
  varieties. 
  If 
  

   he 
  has 
  no 
  seedling 
  trees, 
  then 
  his 
  next 
  best 
  plan 
  is 
  to 
  purchase 
  

   budded 
  trees 
  of 
  good 
  varieties 
  from 
  some 
  honest 
  nurseryman, 
  set 
  

   them 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  sixty 
  feet 
  apart 
  and 
  cultivate 
  and 
  care 
  for 
  them. 
  

   Will 
  they 
  grow 
  around 
  fence 
  corners 
  and 
  creek 
  banks? 
  Yes, 
  if 
  you 
  

   have 
  plenty 
  of 
  time 
  to 
  wait. 
  They 
  will 
  not, 
  however, 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  hurry, 
  

   and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  your 
  grandchildren 
  who 
  will 
  gather 
  the 
  nuts. 
  But, 
  

   a 
  cultivated 
  orchard 
  of 
  budded 
  pecan 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  varieties 
  

   ought 
  to 
  come 
  into 
  commercial 
  bearing 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  does 
  an 
  apple 
  

   orchard. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed 
  of 
  Vincennes 
  reports 
  Busserons 
  that 
  were 
  

  

  