﻿Ill 
  

  

  not 
  trespassing 
  too 
  much 
  on 
  your 
  time 
  please 
  put 
  me 
  in 
  touch 
  with 
  parties 
  who 
  

   can 
  give 
  me 
  information. 
  Please 
  advise 
  me 
  if 
  your 
  association 
  has 
  any 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  on 
  the 
  subject. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  a 
  retired 
  civil 
  engineer 
  and 
  my 
  hobby 
  has 
  been 
  all 
  my 
  hfe 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  

   forest 
  trees. 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  in 
  a 
  position 
  to 
  do 
  some 
  planting 
  and 
  I 
  should 
  be 
  very 
  

   glad 
  to 
  cooperate 
  with 
  your 
  association. 
  I 
  am 
  here 
  located 
  exactly 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  

   of 
  demarcation 
  between 
  northern 
  and 
  southern 
  forest 
  growths 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  have 
  

   exactly 
  the 
  location 
  for 
  experimental 
  work. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  New 
  Milford, 
  Conn., 
  December 
  8, 
  1914. 
  

   Mt 
  dear 
  Dr. 
  Deming: 
  

  

  This 
  morning 
  I 
  am 
  sending, 
  by 
  parcel 
  post, 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  hickory 
  nuts 
  to 
  compete 
  

   for 
  the 
  prize 
  which 
  I 
  saw 
  has 
  been 
  offered 
  by 
  the 
  association, 
  of 
  which 
  you 
  are 
  

   secretary. 
  

  

  My 
  father, 
  while 
  he 
  was 
  living, 
  sent 
  an 
  exhibition 
  of 
  nuts 
  to 
  the 
  Pan-American, 
  

   also 
  to 
  the 
  St. 
  Louis 
  Fair, 
  and 
  received 
  the 
  highest 
  award 
  given 
  for 
  nuts 
  at 
  both 
  

   Expositions. 
  

  

  New 
  London, 
  Conn., 
  December 
  3, 
  1914. 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir: 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  all 
  elderly 
  people, 
  lacking 
  energy 
  to 
  cultivate 
  our 
  farm 
  land 
  as 
  closely 
  

   as 
  we 
  ought. 
  Some 
  of 
  us 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  nut 
  culture 
  and 
  have 
  suggested 
  that 
  

   we 
  plant 
  some 
  nuts 
  and 
  watch 
  their 
  growth 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  beginning. 
  Of 
  course, 
  

   we 
  only 
  wish 
  nuts 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  varieties 
  and 
  easiest 
  cultm-e. 
  We 
  only 
  wish 
  hardy 
  

   nuts, 
  that 
  do 
  not 
  need 
  grafting, 
  and 
  we 
  prefer 
  those 
  that 
  come 
  into 
  bearing 
  early. 
  

   We 
  do 
  not 
  wish 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  Mammoth 
  dwarf, 
  Japan 
  chestnut. 
  We 
  bought 
  a 
  nice 
  

   one, 
  but 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  mature 
  its 
  fruit, 
  and 
  is 
  gradually 
  dying. 
  We 
  find 
  great 
  diffi- 
  

   culty 
  in 
  purchasing 
  nuts. 
  Those 
  who 
  have 
  trees 
  for 
  sale, 
  refuse 
  to 
  sell 
  the 
  nuts. 
  

  

  A 
  person 
  who 
  has 
  a 
  few 
  Japan 
  walnut 
  trees 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  some 
  other 
  

   business, 
  very 
  kindly 
  offered 
  to 
  sell 
  us 
  some 
  nuts, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  all 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  

   able 
  to 
  purchase 
  so 
  far. 
  There 
  are 
  but 
  very 
  few 
  nuts 
  that 
  we 
  would 
  attempt 
  

   to 
  try. 
  We 
  wish 
  to 
  find 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  of 
  filberts 
  or 
  hazelnuts, 
  that 
  we 
  

   shall 
  probably 
  cultivate 
  in 
  bush 
  form. 
  We 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  hardij, 
  hard 
  shell 
  

   almonds. 
  Do 
  you 
  think 
  we 
  could 
  do 
  anything 
  with 
  them? 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  

   have 
  to 
  be 
  grafted. 
  Do 
  you 
  know 
  of 
  any 
  species 
  of 
  English 
  walnut 
  or 
  Madeira 
  

   nut, 
  that 
  are 
  perfectly 
  hardy, 
  and 
  come 
  into 
  bearing 
  early, 
  that 
  would 
  serve 
  our 
  

   purpose? 
  

  

  I 
  know 
  we 
  are 
  asking 
  quite 
  a 
  favor, 
  for 
  strangers, 
  but 
  if 
  you 
  will 
  kindly 
  assist 
  

   us 
  a 
  little, 
  we 
  will 
  thank 
  you 
  very 
  much. 
  

  

  Broadway 
  Methodist 
  Church, 
  

  

  Fargo, 
  N. 
  D., 
  November 
  10, 
  1914. 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir: 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  yom- 
  statement 
  in 
  the 
  Southern 
  Planter 
  this 
  morning 
  and 
  am 
  writing, 
  not 
  

   to 
  tell 
  you 
  where 
  choice 
  nut-specimens 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  obtained 
  but 
  to 
  ask 
  a 
  few 
  ques- 
  

   tions 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  obtaining 
  the 
  best 
  information 
  possible 
  to 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  

   nuts. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  ten-acre 
  tract 
  about 
  twelve 
  miles 
  straight 
  south 
  of 
  Staunton, 
  

  

  