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  get 
  its 
  life 
  history. 
  It 
  was 
  said 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hall 
  that 
  the 
  tree 
  was 
  

   planted 
  by 
  the 
  early 
  German 
  settlers 
  about 
  forty 
  years 
  ago. 
  The 
  

   Hall 
  variety 
  is 
  very 
  catchy 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  large 
  size. 
  

   Through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Hall 
  we 
  were 
  allowed 
  to 
  cut 
  a 
  few 
  

   -buds, 
  which 
  are 
  bearing 
  trees 
  now 
  at 
  West 
  Willow. 
  

  

  The 
  Holden 
  came 
  first 
  to 
  my 
  attention 
  about 
  four 
  years 
  ago 
  in 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  State 
  Horticultural 
  AssocFation 
  Report, 
  after 
  which 
  a 
  

   lively 
  correspondence 
  opened 
  and 
  sample 
  nuts 
  with 
  the 
  Rush 
  were 
  

   exchanged 
  which 
  finally 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  this 
  prospective 
  

   variety. 
  

  

  The 
  Nebo 
  is 
  a 
  variety 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  traced 
  back 
  to 
  about 
  

   seventy-five 
  years 
  ago. 
  It 
  was 
  planted 
  by 
  an 
  English 
  iron-master 
  

   by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  McCreary. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  gave 
  lodging 
  to 
  a 
  tree 
  

   agent, 
  whereupon 
  he 
  received 
  this 
  tree 
  as 
  compensation. 
  

  

  The 
  Burlington 
  from 
  Burlington, 
  N. 
  J., 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  Alpine 
  type, 
  

   and 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  size. 
  

  

  The 
  Lancaster 
  was 
  first 
  called 
  to 
  my 
  attention 
  a 
  year 
  ago. 
  It 
  

   is 
  said 
  the 
  tree, 
  not 
  the 
  seed, 
  was 
  brought 
  from 
  Germany. 
  This 
  

   variety 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  extensive 
  cultivation, 
  is 
  however 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  

   Alpine 
  type 
  and 
  very 
  prolific. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  varieties 
  just 
  mentioned 
  we 
  have 
  also 
  

   the 
  French 
  varieties, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Mayette, 
  Franquette, 
  Cutleaf, 
  

   Alpine 
  and 
  Parisienne. 
  The 
  French 
  varieties 
  are 
  not 
  tried 
  out 
  

   in 
  respect 
  to 
  their 
  dependability 
  for 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast. 
  They 
  how- 
  

   ever 
  show 
  hardiness 
  equal 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  variety 
  grown 
  in 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  the 
  late 
  vegetating 
  habit 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  varieties 
  

   enabling 
  them 
  to 
  escape 
  late 
  spring 
  frosts, 
  I 
  see 
  no 
  advantage 
  

   whatever, 
  as 
  Jack 
  Frost 
  is 
  a 
  privileged 
  character 
  and 
  makes 
  

   his 
  appearance 
  regardless 
  of 
  time 
  or 
  place. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  limited 
  efforts 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  thus 
  far 
  in 
  the 
  dissemina- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut, 
  I 
  am 
  absolutely 
  confident 
  that 
  the 
  

   work 
  has 
  just 
  commenced. 
  There 
  will 
  yet 
  be 
  varieties 
  discovered 
  

   which 
  will 
  compare 
  favorably 
  and 
  may 
  surpass 
  those 
  we 
  have 
  

   already 
  listed. 
  The 
  best 
  territory 
  to 
  work 
  in 
  I 
  find 
  is 
  the 
  German 
  

   settlements. 
  They 
  always 
  were 
  noted 
  for 
  their 
  seed 
  distributions 
  

   in 
  the 
  early 
  history 
  of 
  Pennsylvania. 
  In 
  justice 
  to 
  these 
  frugal 
  

   people, 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  should 
  be 
  called 
  The 
  Dutch 
  nut. 
  But 
  

   the 
  English 
  were 
  the 
  great 
  importers 
  of 
  these 
  nuts 
  and 
  hence 
  the 
  

   name 
  English 
  walnut. 
  The 
  Germans 
  today 
  as 
  they 
  visit 
  their 
  

   Fatherland 
  invariably 
  bring 
  a 
  few 
  nuts 
  or 
  trees 
  with 
  them, 
  which 
  

   keeps 
  up 
  the 
  supply. 
  Of 
  course 
  not 
  all 
  these 
  seedUng 
  trees 
  are 
  

  

  