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  I 
  have 
  here 
  some 
  purple 
  hazels 
  which 
  have 
  always 
  borne 
  fruit 
  

   and 
  no 
  other 
  hazel 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  is 
  as 
  good. 
  It 
  has 
  sometimes 
  two 
  

   crops 
  in 
  a 
  year. 
  These 
  are 
  really 
  beautiful 
  specimens. 
  This 
  little 
  

   early 
  variety 
  should 
  be 
  passed 
  round 
  and 
  have 
  special 
  attention. 
  

   I 
  have 
  given 
  this 
  variety 
  no 
  name, 
  but 
  for 
  over 
  thirty-five 
  years 
  it 
  

   has 
  borne 
  good 
  fruit 
  every 
  year. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  If 
  you 
  are 
  in 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  variety, 
  

   I 
  think 
  Mr. 
  Laney 
  will 
  find 
  a 
  way 
  for 
  getting 
  you 
  the 
  name 
  for 
  

   almost 
  every 
  variety 
  that 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  markets. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Mr. 
  McGlennon 
  asks 
  that 
  the 
  gentleman 
  

   advise 
  us 
  how 
  he 
  has 
  propagated 
  them. 
  We 
  went 
  through 
  Mr. 
  

   McGlennon's 
  beautiful 
  orchard 
  yesterday. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Vollertsen: 
  We 
  have 
  been 
  using 
  an 
  ordinary 
  way 
  of 
  

   budding. 
  An 
  ordinary 
  seedling 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  good 
  advantage 
  for 
  

   grafting. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  in 
  grafting 
  in 
  winter 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  

   grow 
  as 
  well. 
  In 
  our 
  fall 
  layering 
  we 
  naturally 
  get 
  a 
  larger 
  plant. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Do 
  we 
  understand 
  that 
  these 
  hazels 
  that 
  have 
  

   borne 
  for 
  twenty-five 
  years 
  are 
  European 
  hazels? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Vollertsen: 
  Yes; 
  European 
  hazels. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  them 
  

   under 
  my 
  care 
  since 
  1886, 
  and 
  never 
  noticed 
  any 
  blight. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  Can't 
  you 
  explain 
  to 
  us, 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  your 
  specimens, 
  

   your 
  method 
  of 
  spring 
  layering? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Vollertsen: 
  In 
  layering 
  them 
  we 
  practically 
  don't 
  cover 
  

   them 
  at 
  all 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  being. 
  They 
  are 
  merely 
  pinned 
  down. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  Do 
  you 
  cut 
  the 
  bark? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Vollertsen 
  : 
  Not 
  on 
  them. 
  After 
  they 
  have 
  grown 
  some 
  

   we 
  cover 
  them 
  up. 
  We 
  find 
  this 
  a 
  very 
  successful 
  way. 
  We 
  get 
  

   younger 
  and 
  smaller 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  lay. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  I 
  should 
  hke 
  to 
  ask 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  a 
  question. 
  

   In 
  this 
  native 
  hazel, 
  does 
  it 
  keep 
  on 
  spreading 
  under 
  ground? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  One 
  single 
  plant, 
  planted 
  in 
  a 
  pasture 
  lot 
  and 
  

   not 
  interfered 
  with 
  will 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  occupy 
  practically 
  that 
  

   whole 
  pasture 
  lot. 
  In 
  my 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  this 
  is 
  true; 
  how 
  

   is 
  it 
  with 
  you, 
  Dr. 
  Deming? 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  Going 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  blight, 
  will 
  this 
  tackle 
  any 
  

   size 
  limb? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  It 
  usually 
  does 
  not 
  come 
  until 
  your 
  hopes 
  are 
  at 
  

   top 
  notch, 
  and 
  then 
  it 
  drops 
  in 
  on 
  you. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  attack 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  twigs 
  at 
  first, 
  but 
  may 
  finally 
  extend 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  Are 
  any 
  of 
  your 
  hybrids 
  a 
  success? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  There 
  are 
  none 
  in 
  bearing 
  as 
  yet. 
  Byzantines 
  

   are 
  little, 
  if 
  any, 
  larger 
  than 
  American 
  hazel 
  nuts, 
  excepting 
  from 
  

  

  