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  good 
  quality 
  and 
  a 
  most 
  excellent 
  pollenizer. 
  We 
  have 
  another 
  

   fine 
  walnut 
  in 
  Adams 
  County, 
  introduced 
  by 
  John 
  Garretson, 
  from 
  

   California. 
  Then 
  we 
  have 
  other 
  types, 
  the 
  Lancaster, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Alpine. 
  Hall, 
  in 
  Erie 
  County 
  is 
  noted 
  for 
  its 
  good 
  size, 
  not 
  strictly 
  

   a 
  commercial 
  nut. 
  Something 
  like 
  the 
  Holden, 
  Garretson 
  and 
  Rush 
  

   Parisienne 
  are 
  my 
  favorite 
  varieties. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  I 
  think 
  we 
  are 
  getting 
  some 
  really 
  valuable 
  

   information 
  now. 
  We 
  must 
  plant 
  the 
  best 
  varieties 
  we 
  have. 
  I 
  

   think 
  we 
  might 
  start 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Rush's 
  list 
  and 
  have 
  the 
  varieties 
  

   analyzed. 
  I 
  think 
  this 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  use 
  when 
  we 
  are 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  

   advise 
  people. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  If 
  I 
  were 
  going 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  choice 
  of 
  the 
  varie- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  walnuts, 
  I 
  should 
  name 
  the 
  Franquette, 
  Mayette 
  and 
  Paris- 
  

   ienne. 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  says 
  that 
  his 
  Rush 
  variety 
  is 
  practically 
  a 
  Paris- 
  

   ienne. 
  The 
  Garretson 
  walnuts 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  these 
  varieties. 
  These 
  

   have 
  been 
  producing 
  good 
  crops 
  of 
  nuts. 
  It 
  is 
  my 
  opinion 
  that 
  at 
  

   this 
  time 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  promising 
  varieties 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  East. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  : 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  a 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  Mayette 
  variety 
  

   ■or 
  one 
  greatly 
  resembling 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  living 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  for 
  

   fifteen 
  years 
  and 
  bearing 
  crops. 
  There 
  is 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  

   Mayette 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  walnut 
  on 
  the 
  market. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  Well, 
  is 
  there 
  anything 
  really 
  surprising, 
  

   when 
  you 
  consider 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  these 
  trees? 
  These 
  varieties 
  

   originally 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Grenoble 
  district 
  in 
  France. 
  France 
  lies 
  

   north 
  of 
  the 
  42d 
  parallel. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  northern 
  boundary 
  of 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  and 
  runs 
  through 
  Michigan. 
  But 
  France 
  has 
  a 
  maritime 
  

   climate. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  If 
  I 
  may 
  act 
  as 
  geographer 
  for 
  a 
  moment, 
  

   there 
  are 
  two 
  things 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  foreign 
  climate. 
  The 
  

   maritime 
  chmate 
  is 
  cooler 
  in 
  summer 
  and 
  milder 
  in 
  winter. 
  Over 
  

   here 
  fungus 
  invasion 
  does 
  great 
  harm 
  but 
  the 
  climate 
  there 
  is 
  detri- 
  

   mental 
  to 
  the 
  fungi 
  and 
  keeps 
  them 
  in 
  subjection. 
  I 
  call 
  attention 
  

   again 
  to 
  that 
  Mayette 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  for 
  sixteen 
  years, 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  

   of 
  fact, 
  not 
  theory, 
  an 
  achievement 
  on 
  which 
  we 
  can 
  act 
  with 
  some 
  

   certainty. 
  

  

  The 
  hour 
  for 
  adjournment 
  has 
  come. 
  This 
  afternoon 
  at 
  1:30 
  

   we 
  have 
  been 
  invited 
  to 
  visit 
  nut 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  in 
  auto- 
  

   mobiles 
  kindly 
  loaned 
  for 
  the 
  occasion. 
  Tonight 
  at 
  8 
  we 
  meet 
  

   here 
  again. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  say 
  a 
  word 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Baker's 
  

   remarks. 
  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  this 
  association 
  is 
  chiefly 
  educational, 
  

   but 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  be 
  educational, 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  

  

  