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  get 
  material 
  for 
  grafting 
  to 
  native 
  stock 
  already 
  growing 
  on 
  its 
  

   various 
  forest 
  stations. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Smith 
  : 
  It 
  was 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  great 
  pleasure 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  listen 
  

   to 
  that 
  address 
  by 
  the 
  Dean 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  

   Forestry. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  assure 
  you 
  that 
  his 
  address 
  marks 
  an 
  epoch. 
  

   He 
  tells 
  us 
  that 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  experiment 
  in 
  

   nut 
  growing, 
  give 
  place, 
  time 
  and 
  money; 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  what 
  I 
  have 
  

   been 
  long 
  waiting 
  for. 
  I 
  shall 
  defer 
  my 
  discussion 
  until 
  this 
  even- 
  

   ing, 
  when 
  I 
  use 
  the 
  screen 
  and 
  lantern. 
  

  

  I 
  rejoice 
  exceedingly 
  that 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  not 
  alone 
  in 
  

   the 
  march 
  of 
  progress; 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  line 
  and 
  

   comes 
  next 
  on 
  the 
  program. 
  Professor 
  Fagan 
  has 
  been 
  making 
  a 
  

   survey 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  with 
  particular 
  reference 
  to 
  ascertaining 
  

   what 
  it 
  has 
  in 
  nut 
  trees. 
  He 
  will 
  now 
  give 
  us 
  a 
  report. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Fagan: 
  The 
  President 
  has 
  caught 
  me 
  rather 
  unpre- 
  

   pared. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  expect 
  to 
  talk 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  I 
  had 
  our 
  walnut 
  

   survey 
  tabulated 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  county 
  locations, 
  so 
  that 
  you 
  

   could 
  see 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  our 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  this 
  past 
  summer. 
  

   This 
  report 
  is 
  in 
  my 
  grip 
  so 
  I 
  will 
  talk 
  only 
  from 
  memory. 
  

  

  The 
  necessity 
  for 
  this 
  work 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  has 
  been 
  increasing 
  

   right 
  along. 
  The 
  State 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  has 
  been 
  receiving 
  

   letters 
  nearly 
  every 
  week 
  from 
  parties 
  wanting 
  information 
  in 
  

   regard 
  to 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut. 
  The 
  calls 
  for 
  information 
  have 
  

   been 
  increasing 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  each 
  year 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  years. 
  

  

  Our 
  people 
  ask 
  questions 
  about 
  the 
  right 
  kind 
  of 
  soils 
  for 
  the 
  

   nuts 
  — 
  what 
  varieties 
  are 
  best 
  suited 
  for 
  Pennsylvania 
  — 
  ^how 
  to 
  

   topwork 
  their 
  standing 
  black 
  walnut 
  — 
  -and, 
  in 
  fact, 
  almost 
  any 
  ques- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  The 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  does 
  not 
  have 
  a 
  nut 
  plantation 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  thought 
  best 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  growing 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  state. 
  

  

  A 
  publicity 
  campaign 
  was 
  started 
  through 
  the 
  agricultural 
  press 
  

   and 
  our 
  daily 
  and 
  weekly 
  newspapers. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  

   able 
  to 
  learn 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  some 
  1,800 
  to 
  2,000 
  bearing 
  trees 
  in 
  

   Pennsylvania. 
  I 
  tried 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  trees 
  this 
  summer 
  but 
  time 
  

   would 
  not 
  permit. 
  

  

  Trees 
  are 
  reported 
  in 
  twenty-five 
  different 
  counties. 
  Erie 
  

   County 
  reported, 
  likely, 
  the 
  two 
  largest 
  plantings. 
  Here 
  we 
  have 
  

   two 
  seedling 
  groves, 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  is 
  a 
  seedling 
  grove. 
  The 
  seedUng 
  

   grove 
  is 
  fourteen 
  years 
  old 
  and 
  contains 
  250 
  trees. 
  They 
  are 
  seed- 
  

   ling 
  Pomeroy 
  trees 
  and 
  this 
  year 
  show 
  their 
  first 
  real 
  crop 
  of 
  nuts. 
  

  

  