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  South 
  Waterford, 
  Me., 
  November 
  21, 
  1914. 
  

   Deae 
  Sir: 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  just 
  read 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  issue 
  of 
  the 
  Rural 
  New-Yorker 
  a 
  very 
  interesting 
  

   article 
  on 
  nut 
  growing, 
  giving 
  your 
  name. 
  

  

  For 
  several 
  years 
  I 
  have 
  thought 
  that 
  it 
  w^ould 
  be 
  better 
  for 
  people 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  

   England 
  States 
  to 
  give 
  more 
  attention 
  to 
  nuts 
  than 
  so 
  much 
  to 
  apples, 
  but 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  been 
  in 
  a 
  position 
  to 
  start 
  in 
  with 
  nut 
  trees 
  much 
  until 
  now. 
  

  

  Although 
  65 
  years 
  old 
  and 
  somewhat 
  used 
  up 
  with 
  rheumatism 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  ready 
  

   to 
  give 
  up 
  yet. 
  ... 
  

  

  When 
  I 
  started 
  on 
  this 
  farm 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  produce 
  a 
  barrel 
  of 
  grafted 
  fruit. 
  There 
  

   were 
  quite 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  natural 
  fruit 
  trees 
  that 
  never 
  had 
  been 
  trimmed 
  or 
  cared 
  for 
  

   in 
  any 
  way. 
  I 
  grafted 
  these 
  trees 
  and 
  set 
  out 
  some 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  until 
  now 
  

   the 
  farm 
  produces 
  from 
  500 
  to 
  800 
  barrels 
  per 
  year. 
  

  

  This 
  year 
  apples 
  at 
  picking 
  time 
  sold 
  slow 
  for 
  $1.00 
  per 
  barrel 
  for 
  No. 
  I's, 
  No. 
  

   2's 
  not 
  wanted 
  at 
  any 
  price. 
  

  

  I 
  often 
  think 
  that 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  set 
  out 
  a 
  few 
  acres 
  of 
  nut 
  trees 
  25 
  years 
  ago 
  they 
  

   would 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  profit 
  now 
  than 
  the 
  whole 
  200-acre 
  farm 
  is. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Last 
  spring 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  my 
  lameness 
  and 
  the 
  scarcity 
  and 
  the 
  high 
  price 
  of 
  

   farm 
  help 
  I 
  sold 
  my 
  large 
  farm 
  and 
  bought 
  a 
  small 
  place. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Last 
  spring 
  I 
  

   had 
  about 
  two 
  acres 
  of 
  this 
  land 
  plowed 
  up 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  thoroughly 
  

   worked 
  over 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  next 
  spring 
  setting 
  it 
  out 
  to 
  nut 
  trees 
  of 
  some 
  va- 
  

   rieties 
  that 
  would 
  do 
  best 
  here. 
  Now 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  anything 
  about 
  nut 
  

   growing 
  or 
  what 
  varieties 
  best 
  to 
  plant. 
  If 
  you 
  can 
  help 
  me 
  out 
  by 
  putting 
  

   me 
  in 
  a 
  way 
  to 
  get 
  this 
  information 
  you 
  will 
  confer 
  a 
  great 
  favor. 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Statistics, 
  

   t 
  (Agricultural 
  Forecasts) 
  

  

  Office 
  of 
  the 
  County 
  Correspondent. 
  

  

  Isle 
  La 
  Motte, 
  Grand 
  Isle, 
  Vermont, 
  December 
  10, 
  1914. 
  

   My 
  dear 
  Sir: 
  

  

  I 
  wish 
  to 
  set 
  out 
  several 
  nut 
  trees 
  next 
  spring 
  here 
  on 
  this 
  island 
  in 
  Lake 
  Cham- 
  

   plain. 
  We 
  have 
  lots 
  of 
  hickory 
  nuts, 
  butternuts, 
  hazelnuts 
  and 
  beechnuts 
  growing 
  

   wild 
  here 
  and 
  Champlain 
  says 
  in 
  his 
  narrative 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  lots 
  of 
  fine 
  chestnuts 
  

   growing 
  here 
  300 
  years 
  ago. 
  Now 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  try 
  some 
  chestnuts, 
  black 
  walnuts, 
  

   Enghsh 
  walnuts, 
  pecans, 
  and 
  almonds. 
  If 
  you 
  can 
  tell 
  me 
  the 
  hardiest 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   each 
  and 
  where 
  to 
  get 
  trees 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  greatly 
  obliged. 
  I 
  have 
  my 
  doubts 
  about 
  

   pecans 
  and 
  almonds 
  but 
  am 
  wiUing 
  to 
  try 
  them 
  here. 
  I 
  am 
  growing 
  peaches 
  here 
  

   where 
  they 
  never 
  grew 
  before. 
  

  

  Richmond, 
  Va., 
  December 
  13, 
  1914. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir: 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  just 
  commencing 
  an 
  enterprise 
  in 
  propagation 
  of 
  nut 
  trees 
  here 
  just 
  north 
  

   of 
  Richmond. 
  I 
  shall 
  have 
  plenty 
  of 
  time 
  to 
  do 
  some 
  experimental 
  work 
  in 
  

   planting 
  of 
  unknown 
  varieties 
  and 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  do 
  some 
  such 
  planting. 
  I 
  want 
  

   any 
  information 
  I 
  can 
  get 
  on 
  varieties 
  of 
  Enghsh 
  and 
  black 
  walnuts, 
  hazelnuts, 
  

   hickories 
  and 
  persimmons, 
  "sloes" 
  and 
  any 
  other 
  varieties 
  of 
  currants. 
  If 
  I 
  am 
  

  

  