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  PRELIMINARY 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  PERSIAN 
  WALNUT 
  

  

  The 
  secretary 
  herewith 
  presents 
  a 
  preliminary 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  in- 
  

   vestigation 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut. 
  No 
  attempt 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  

   collect 
  information 
  about 
  the 
  walnut 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast, 
  which 
  is 
  

   quite 
  another 
  matter. 
  But 
  the 
  investigation 
  reports 
  very 
  briefly 
  

   on 
  trees 
  from 
  Canada 
  to 
  Georgia 
  and 
  from 
  Massachusetts 
  to 
  Utah. 
  

  

  The 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  investigation 
  so 
  far 
  is 
  hardly 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  bare 
  

   catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  which 
  the 
  secretary 
  has 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  locate, 
  

   and 
  is 
  intended 
  simply 
  as 
  an 
  aid 
  to 
  further 
  investigation. 
  It 
  is 
  

   now 
  published 
  with 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  members 
  and 
  others 
  may 
  become 
  

   informed 
  of 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  possible 
  for 
  them 
  

   to 
  locate, 
  observe 
  and 
  report 
  upon. 
  It 
  is 
  manifestly 
  impossible 
  for 
  

   any 
  one 
  person, 
  unless 
  some 
  paid 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  government 
  or 
  other 
  

   institution, 
  to 
  investigate 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  personally, 
  they 
  are 
  

   scattered 
  over 
  such 
  a 
  wide 
  area. 
  Correspondence 
  is 
  usually 
  un- 
  

   satisfactory 
  and 
  personal 
  investigation 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  way 
  to 
  get 
  good 
  

   results. 
  

  

  Probably 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  existing 
  trees 
  is 
  here 
  cata- 
  

   logued. 
  But 
  among 
  them, 
  and 
  among 
  the 
  others 
  that 
  will 
  come 
  to 
  

   light 
  in 
  the 
  constantly 
  widening 
  investigation 
  by 
  an 
  increasing 
  

   number 
  of 
  interested 
  persons, 
  will 
  certainly 
  be 
  found 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   merit 
  and 
  adaption 
  to 
  different 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  meeting 
  next 
  year 
  at 
  Rochester 
  is 
  to 
  give 
  especial 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  members 
  and 
  others 
  

   will 
  make 
  special 
  efforts 
  to 
  send 
  to 
  the 
  meeting 
  specimen 
  nuts 
  and 
  

   reports 
  of 
  trees. 
  

  

  THE 
  PERSIAN 
  WALNUT 
  

  

  Canada 
  

  

  Brantford 
  — 
  Dr. 
  D. 
  S. 
  Sager. 
  Knows 
  at 
  least 
  50 
  trees. 
  Is 
  top 
  working 
  native 
  

  

  walnuts 
  and 
  other 
  work. 
  

   Grimbsy 
  — 
  H. 
  K. 
  Griffith. 
  Bearing 
  tree 
  or 
  trees. 
  

   Grimbsy 
  — 
  Louisa 
  NeUer. 
  Bearing 
  tree 
  or 
  trees. 
  

   Grimbsy 
  East 
  — 
  Beverley 
  Book. 
  Bearing 
  tree 
  or 
  trees. 
  

   St. 
  Gathering— 
  Miss 
  AUce 
  Berger, 
  251 
  Queenston 
  St. 
  Several 
  bearing 
  trees. 
  

  

  One 
  tree 
  100-200 
  pounds 
  annually. 
  

   St. 
  Catherins— 
  Harper 
  Secord, 
  R. 
  2. 
  Twenty-eight 
  young 
  seedlings. 
  

   St. 
  Catherins 
  — 
  James 
  Titherington. 
  Bearing 
  tree 
  or 
  trees. 
  

   St. 
  Catherins 
  — 
  J. 
  J. 
  Fee, 
  Niagara 
  St. 
  Bearing 
  tree 
  or 
  trees. 
  

   St. 
  Catherins 
  — 
  F. 
  D. 
  Solvyne, 
  Carleton 
  St. 
  Bearing 
  tree 
  or 
  trees. 
  

   Toronto 
  — 
  G. 
  H. 
  Corsan, 
  University 
  of 
  Toronto. 
  Many 
  young 
  walnut 
  and 
  other 
  

  

  nut 
  trees. 
  "Hundreds 
  of 
  thousands 
  being 
  planted 
  in 
  Niagara 
  Peninsula." 
  

  

  