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  that 
  as 
  yet 
  we 
  know 
  nothing 
  about 
  it. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  apparently 
  

   promising 
  English 
  walnut 
  trees 
  throughout 
  the 
  North 
  but 
  there 
  

   are 
  many 
  things 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  into 
  consideration 
  before 
  you 
  can 
  

   recommend 
  those 
  for 
  propagation. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  the 
  hazel 
  offers 
  

   a 
  field 
  of 
  considerable 
  importance. 
  Has 
  any 
  one 
  else 
  any 
  suggestions 
  

   to 
  offer? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  This 
  hazel 
  proposition 
  interests 
  almost 
  every 
  

   member 
  of 
  the 
  association. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  as 
  if 
  we 
  might 
  get 
  at 
  

   something 
  more 
  definite 
  and 
  instructive 
  and 
  I 
  move 
  that 
  the 
  chair 
  

   appoint 
  a 
  special 
  committee 
  to 
  investigate 
  the 
  hazel, 
  and 
  report 
  at 
  

   the 
  next 
  meeting. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  I 
  second 
  the 
  motion. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  moved 
  and 
  seconded 
  that 
  the 
  

   chair 
  appoint 
  a 
  committee 
  of 
  three 
  to 
  investigate 
  the 
  hazel 
  or 
  

   filbert, 
  and 
  report 
  at 
  the 
  next 
  meeting. 
  Are 
  you 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  

   question? 
  

  

  Mr, 
  Riehl: 
  I 
  hardly 
  think 
  that 
  will 
  do 
  any 
  good. 
  I 
  believe 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  field 
  where 
  good 
  work 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  but 
  I 
  doubt 
  whether 
  

   the 
  chair 
  or 
  any 
  one 
  else 
  is 
  able 
  to 
  appoint 
  a 
  committee 
  that 
  can 
  find 
  

   out 
  much 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  between 
  now 
  and 
  our 
  next 
  annual 
  

   meeting. 
  There 
  are 
  so 
  few 
  superior 
  hazels. 
  I 
  tried 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  

   to 
  find 
  a 
  native 
  hazel 
  that 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  planting. 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  of 
  

   some 
  but 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  get 
  them. 
  I 
  heard 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  had 
  it 
  

   promised 
  to 
  me 
  but 
  he 
  has 
  forgotten 
  it, 
  I 
  guess, 
  and 
  I 
  never 
  got 
  it. 
  

   I 
  know 
  of 
  another 
  that 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  good, 
  but 
  the 
  man 
  that 
  

   has 
  it 
  won't 
  let 
  anybody 
  have 
  it 
  unless 
  he 
  gets 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  

   and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  man 
  willing 
  to 
  pay 
  that 
  on 
  his 
  say-so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   good 
  thing. 
  So 
  we 
  have 
  got 
  nothing 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  for 
  such 
  committee 
  

   to 
  make 
  a 
  report 
  on. 
  A 
  much 
  better 
  plan 
  would 
  be 
  for 
  this 
  asso- 
  

   ciation 
  to 
  offer 
  a 
  prize 
  of 
  a 
  certain 
  sum 
  of 
  money 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  who 
  will 
  

   report 
  a 
  superior 
  hazel. 
  Let 
  that 
  get 
  in 
  the 
  papers 
  and 
  be 
  talked 
  

   of 
  so 
  the 
  boys 
  and 
  girls 
  will 
  hear 
  of 
  it 
  and 
  they 
  will 
  contend 
  for 
  the 
  

   twenty-five 
  or 
  fifty 
  dollars. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  doubt 
  such 
  fine 
  hazels 
  

   but 
  the 
  trouble 
  is 
  to 
  find 
  them. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  best 
  way 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  

   offer 
  a 
  reward 
  and 
  let 
  them 
  be 
  brought 
  to 
  us. 
  In 
  that 
  way 
  we 
  can 
  

   accomplish 
  something, 
  but 
  to 
  appoint 
  a 
  committee 
  when 
  we 
  have 
  

   nothing 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  will 
  do 
  no 
  good. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  in 
  the 
  suggestions 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Riehl. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  noticed 
  by 
  all 
  of 
  us 
  in 
  nut 
  culture 
  that 
  the 
  

   individual 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  has 
  seen 
  only 
  his 
  tree 
  or 
  bush 
  is 
  

   perhaps 
  not 
  worth 
  much. 
  That 
  is 
  why 
  the 
  data 
  we 
  have 
  on 
  the 
  

   walnut 
  is 
  unsatisfactory. 
  So 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  

  

  