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  REPORT 
  FROM 
  G. 
  H. 
  CORSAN 
  

  

  Location 
  — 
  Toronto. 
  

  

  Season— 
  Winter, 
  1913-1914; 
  Spring, 
  1914; 
  Summer, 
  1914. 
  

  

  Type 
  of 
  season 
  — 
  November 
  and 
  December 
  very 
  mild. 
  The 
  

   ground 
  was 
  not 
  frozen 
  the 
  least 
  on 
  January 
  1, 
  1914. 
  January 
  12 
  

   the 
  coldest 
  day 
  Toronto 
  ever 
  experienced 
  22° 
  F. 
  below 
  zero. 
  On 
  

   February 
  12 
  it 
  was 
  18° 
  F. 
  below 
  zero. 
  January, 
  February 
  and 
  

   most 
  of 
  March 
  very 
  steady 
  cold. 
  Very 
  little 
  snow 
  all 
  winter, 
  none 
  

   on 
  January 
  12. 
  

  

  Except 
  those 
  that 
  I 
  smothered 
  by 
  too 
  much 
  care 
  the 
  following 
  

   seedlings 
  lived 
  through 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  are 
  alive 
  today: 
  Pecans; 
  

   pinus 
  edulis; 
  pinus 
  Koriensis; 
  chestnuts; 
  filberts; 
  all 
  the 
  juglans 
  

   including 
  Calif 
  ornica 
  and 
  Canadian 
  seed 
  of 
  regia; 
  pawpaws; 
  per- 
  

   simmons. 
  My 
  "mountain 
  rose" 
  peaches 
  had 
  not 
  a 
  twig 
  winter 
  

   killed 
  though 
  my 
  Fitzgeralds, 
  a 
  very 
  hardy 
  peach, 
  had 
  some; 
  this 
  

   peach 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  as 
  hardy 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  blown 
  up 
  to 
  be. 
  The 
  season 
  has 
  

   been 
  very 
  dry 
  and 
  this 
  summer 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Paragon 
  chestnuts 
  

   died 
  that 
  were 
  not 
  watered. 
  My 
  Pomeroy 
  walnuts 
  are 
  having 
  a 
  

   struggle 
  to 
  keep 
  good 
  form 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  I 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  few 
  hardy 
  

   ones 
  selected 
  from 
  them, 
  as 
  these 
  last 
  two 
  winters 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  most 
  

   trying 
  on 
  young 
  trees 
  we 
  have 
  ever 
  had, 
  of 
  which 
  fact 
  I 
  am 
  glad. 
  

   Here 
  at 
  Battle 
  Creek 
  are 
  a 
  dozen 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed's 
  grafted 
  

   pecans; 
  all 
  are 
  alive 
  and 
  growing 
  strong 
  as 
  are 
  mine 
  in 
  Toronto. 
  

   I 
  wrote 
  you 
  of 
  the 
  horrible 
  abuse 
  that 
  mine 
  had 
  while 
  in 
  transit 
  

   and 
  they 
  had 
  a 
  right 
  to 
  die 
  but 
  lived. 
  Pecans 
  grow 
  very 
  late 
  

   into 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  shed 
  their 
  leaves 
  early 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  feel 
  

   sure 
  that 
  the 
  wood 
  will 
  harden 
  sufficiently 
  to 
  stand 
  the 
  winter. 
  

   The 
  next 
  question 
  is, 
  will 
  the 
  nut 
  mature 
  where 
  grapes 
  and 
  peaches 
  

   grow 
  and 
  just 
  escape 
  the 
  October 
  frosts. 
  I 
  saw 
  many 
  splendid 
  

   pecans 
  at 
  Burlington, 
  Iowa. 
  Native 
  pecans 
  for 
  seed 
  stock 
  can 
  be 
  

   procured 
  from 
  there 
  in 
  abundance. 
  The 
  nuts 
  there 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  

   narrow, 
  but 
  not 
  thick-shelled, 
  and 
  sell 
  retail 
  in 
  the 
  stores 
  for 
  not 
  

   less 
  than 
  twenty 
  cents 
  a 
  pound. 
  The 
  climate 
  at 
  Burlington 
  has 
  

   been 
  35° 
  F. 
  below 
  zero 
  some 
  winters. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  certain 
  from 
  my 
  observations 
  all 
  over 
  northeastern 
  North 
  

   America 
  that 
  the 
  pecan 
  has 
  far 
  more 
  possibifities 
  than 
  the 
  English 
  

   walnut 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  nut 
  unless 
  we 
  can 
  develop 
  a 
  blight 
  proof 
  chest- 
  

   nut. 
  

  

  The 
  north 
  Chinese 
  walnut 
  has 
  been 
  doing 
  wonderfully 
  well 
  in 
  

  

  