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  true 
  to 
  the 
  variety 
  desired. 
  But 
  they 
  say 
  they 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  

   Homeland, 
  which 
  gives 
  them 
  great 
  contentment. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  dissemination 
  of 
  these 
  interesting 
  nut-bearing 
  trees 
  I 
  

   am 
  safe 
  in 
  saying 
  I 
  have 
  visited 
  hundreds 
  of 
  them 
  and 
  mostly 
  

   single 
  trees 
  of 
  very 
  little 
  importance. 
  The 
  principal 
  complaint 
  

   is 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  nuts 
  are 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  grapes 
  they 
  drop 
  off 
  from 
  

   some 
  unknown 
  cause. 
  This 
  is 
  all 
  for 
  tBe 
  want 
  of 
  proper 
  cross 
  

   pollenization. 
  The 
  public 
  in 
  general 
  is 
  now 
  getting 
  educated 
  to 
  

   the 
  importance 
  of 
  planting 
  grafted 
  or 
  budded 
  varieties 
  of 
  known 
  

   merit, 
  which 
  is 
  attested 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  plantings 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  several 
  

   years. 
  

  

  My 
  limited 
  experience 
  with 
  grafting 
  large 
  nut 
  trees 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   not 
  practicable, 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  lower 
  limbs 
  outgrow 
  the 
  

   grafted 
  ones 
  and 
  eventually 
  smother 
  them 
  and 
  cause 
  them 
  to 
  die 
  

   out, 
  leaving 
  the 
  tree 
  in 
  a 
  disfigured 
  condition. 
  The 
  better 
  way 
  is 
  

   to 
  plant 
  several 
  trees 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  pollenizing 
  variety 
  near 
  one 
  another 
  

   to 
  get 
  best 
  results 
  in 
  bearing. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  brief 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  industry 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  

   adjacent 
  states, 
  I 
  have 
  said 
  nothing 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  propagation 
  

   and 
  culture, 
  knowing 
  that 
  some 
  one 
  else 
  will 
  take 
  up 
  that 
  subject 
  

   in 
  detail. 
  

  

  Horace 
  Greeley 
  in 
  his 
  prime 
  of 
  life 
  said: 
  "Young 
  man, 
  go 
  west." 
  

  

  The 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  says: 
  "Young 
  man, 
  

   plant 
  a 
  nut 
  tree." 
  

  

  