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  the 
  wild 
  plants. 
  It 
  was 
  quite 
  a 
  revelation 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  native 
  

   filbert 
  or 
  hazels 
  bearing 
  so 
  heavily. 
  Everywhere 
  we 
  went 
  we 
  saw 
  

   low 
  bushy 
  hazels 
  not 
  over 
  two 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  loaded 
  with 
  

   immature 
  nuts. 
  I 
  thought 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  opportunity 
  for 
  some 
  nut 
  

   enthusiast 
  to 
  canvass 
  that 
  territory, 
  and 
  find 
  the 
  best 
  individual 
  

   plants 
  for 
  propagation. 
  The 
  filbert, 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me, 
  offers 
  an 
  un- 
  

   usually 
  inviting 
  field, 
  and 
  unless 
  I 
  am 
  greatly 
  mistaken 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   great 
  field 
  for 
  exploration. 
  Dr. 
  Deming 
  lives 
  in 
  that 
  same 
  section, 
  

   and 
  he 
  tells 
  us 
  that 
  on 
  his 
  farm 
  the 
  hazels 
  are 
  even 
  more 
  common 
  

   than 
  at 
  Dr. 
  Morris's 
  place. 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  agrees 
  with 
  us 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  fine 
  opportunity 
  for 
  searching 
  for 
  the 
  best 
  varieties. 
  He 
  has 
  done 
  

   it 
  and 
  has 
  found, 
  I 
  believe, 
  one 
  which 
  he 
  thinks 
  is 
  especially 
  fine. 
  

   I 
  would 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  hear 
  from 
  any 
  one 
  else 
  about 
  these 
  nuts. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Riehl: 
  Mr. 
  President, 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  little 
  observation 
  of 
  

   the 
  European 
  and 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  it 
  will 
  count 
  for 
  very 
  much. 
  I 
  

   know 
  of 
  trees 
  that 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  experiment 
  stations. 
  

   I 
  last 
  saw 
  them 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  twelve 
  or 
  

   fifteen 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  bearing 
  very 
  heavy 
  crops. 
  I 
  saw 
  no 
  disease 
  of 
  

   any 
  kind 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Alton 
  and 
  I 
  don't 
  suppose 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  native 
  hazel 
  within 
  miles 
  of 
  it. 
  That 
  may 
  be 
  why 
  they 
  were 
  

   bearing 
  so 
  well 
  and 
  were 
  exempt 
  from 
  disease. 
  I 
  haven't 
  seen 
  those 
  

   trees 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  four 
  years 
  and 
  what 
  has 
  happened 
  to 
  them 
  I 
  don't 
  

   know. 
  I 
  intend 
  to 
  go 
  and 
  see 
  what 
  has 
  become 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Mr. 
  Doan, 
  what 
  is 
  your 
  especial 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  

   hazel? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Doan: 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  offers 
  great 
  possibilities. 
  The 
  different 
  

   species 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  tried 
  show 
  that. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  grows 
  freely, 
  

   even 
  though 
  certain 
  branches 
  of 
  it 
  have 
  the 
  bhght, 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  

   at 
  once 
  destroy 
  the 
  whole 
  bush, 
  and 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  bears 
  freely 
  and 
  

   abundantly, 
  I 
  think 
  are 
  points 
  in 
  its 
  favor. 
  A 
  great 
  many 
  persons 
  

   couldn't 
  wait 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  years 
  for 
  a 
  nut 
  tree 
  to 
  bear 
  but 
  could 
  wait 
  

   a 
  much 
  shorter 
  time. 
  I 
  think 
  this 
  is 
  one 
  good 
  point 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  

   hazels. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  hazel 
  offers 
  a 
  very 
  

   excellent 
  opportunity 
  for 
  study 
  and 
  investigation. 
  There 
  are 
  

   many 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  hazel 
  that 
  are 
  very 
  fine 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  

   to 
  me 
  that 
  therein 
  lies 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  work 
  for 
  this 
  association. 
  There 
  

   is 
  no 
  information 
  to 
  the 
  productive 
  nut 
  grower 
  of 
  more 
  value 
  than 
  

   the 
  facts 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  these 
  nuts 
  will 
  do, 
  how 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  produced, 
  

   how 
  quickly 
  they 
  bear, 
  and 
  what 
  they 
  are 
  worth. 
  We 
  have 
  very 
  

   little 
  reliable 
  information 
  about 
  the 
  English 
  walnut. 
  When 
  we 
  

   listened 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  last 
  night 
  we 
  were 
  forced 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  

  

  