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  third 
  class. 
  I 
  found 
  one 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  which 
  was 
  almost 
  first 
  

   class. 
  

  

  First 
  quality 
  apples 
  are 
  not 
  grown 
  for 
  the 
  market. 
  They 
  are 
  

   consumed 
  by 
  the 
  growers. 
  They 
  know 
  the 
  market 
  would 
  not 
  pay 
  

   fprthem. 
  They 
  sell 
  mostly 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  class 
  apples. 
  The 
  

   present 
  market 
  for 
  nuts 
  is 
  like 
  the 
  apple 
  market. 
  The 
  nut 
  dealer 
  

   told 
  me 
  to 
  send 
  along 
  nuts, 
  like 
  several 
  eastern 
  samples, 
  and 
  he 
  

   would 
  sell 
  them, 
  even 
  though 
  they 
  w6re 
  third 
  quality. 
  He 
  ha& 
  

   assured 
  me 
  that 
  if 
  he 
  had 
  the 
  nuts 
  he 
  could 
  sell 
  them. 
  

  

  Investigate 
  every 
  good 
  nut 
  tree 
  you 
  hear 
  about. 
  Very 
  good 
  

   results 
  may 
  come 
  from 
  this. 
  You 
  don't 
  know 
  what 
  you 
  may 
  learn 
  

   by 
  doing 
  so. 
  If 
  you 
  will 
  ask 
  about 
  it 
  every 
  time 
  you 
  hear 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  

   nut 
  tree, 
  good 
  will 
  be 
  accomplished. 
  We 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  keep 
  on 
  

   finding 
  these 
  trees 
  for 
  the 
  next 
  twenty-five 
  j^ears. 
  Will 
  you 
  help' 
  

   the 
  process 
  along? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  In 
  the 
  smaller 
  towns, 
  where 
  the 
  grocery 
  men. 
  

   buy 
  of 
  the 
  boys, 
  if 
  they 
  will 
  ask 
  them 
  about 
  the 
  trees 
  from 
  which 
  

   thej^ 
  get 
  good 
  nuts 
  you 
  will 
  locate 
  many 
  good 
  trees. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  I 
  understand 
  in 
  California 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   planting 
  walnut 
  trees 
  for 
  thirty 
  to 
  forty 
  years 
  but 
  have 
  never 
  yet 
  

   agreed 
  on 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  varieties. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  practical 
  ques- 
  

   tions 
  before 
  this 
  association 
  is 
  the 
  determination 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  varieties 
  

   to 
  set. 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  hear 
  from 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  on 
  this 
  

   question 
  of 
  varieties. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  I 
  would 
  hke 
  to 
  say 
  a 
  word 
  about 
  this 
  matter. 
  We 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  too 
  severe 
  on 
  quality. 
  We 
  might 
  ask 
  ourselves 
  today 
  

   what 
  is 
  the 
  matter 
  with 
  the 
  peach 
  crop. 
  The 
  physical 
  changes 
  and 
  

   conditions 
  are 
  responsible 
  not 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  peach 
  crop, 
  but 
  the 
  nut 
  

   crop 
  as 
  well. 
  The 
  weather 
  has 
  unfortunate 
  effects 
  on 
  certain 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  the 
  walnut. 
  So 
  we 
  must 
  make 
  allowance 
  for 
  weather 
  

   conditions. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  Excuse 
  me 
  for 
  butting 
  in 
  so 
  often. 
  I 
  should 
  

   like 
  to 
  ask 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  a 
  question. 
  I 
  highly 
  respect 
  his 
  judgment. 
  

   If 
  he 
  were 
  planting 
  a 
  walnut 
  orchard 
  of 
  500 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  latitude 
  

   between 
  Philadelphia 
  and 
  Washington, 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  know 
  what 
  

   varieties 
  he 
  would 
  plant 
  and 
  in 
  what 
  proportion? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  Well, 
  that 
  is 
  a 
  question 
  that 
  would 
  require 
  a 
  little 
  

   consideration. 
  Now 
  we 
  have 
  some 
  very 
  good 
  varieties. 
  You 
  have 
  

   a 
  very 
  good 
  variety 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Holden. 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  know 
  

   more 
  of 
  it. 
  One 
  I 
  would 
  choose 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  Nebo, 
  and 
  another 
  

   originating 
  on 
  my 
  place, 
  and 
  called 
  the 
  Rush, 
  is 
  productive 
  and 
  

  

  