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  selected 
  trees. 
  Pontines 
  are 
  much 
  larger. 
  Both 
  plants 
  make 
  a 
  

   remarkably 
  vigorous 
  growth. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Do 
  I 
  understand 
  that 
  this 
  Merribrooke 
  hazel, 
  

   put 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  an 
  acre 
  will 
  fill 
  the 
  acre? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  I 
  believe 
  this 
  is 
  true. 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  exag- 
  

   geration. 
  The 
  wild 
  hazel 
  is 
  a 
  nuisance 
  in 
  Connecticut. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  I 
  know 
  they 
  will 
  cover 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  space, 
  but 
  

   I 
  cannot 
  tell 
  how 
  they 
  get 
  there. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  point 
  I 
  am 
  trying 
  to 
  get 
  after 
  is 
  this, 
  not 
  

   the 
  exact 
  extent 
  of 
  spread 
  but 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  propagation. 
  Can 
  

   we 
  get 
  a 
  sprout 
  from 
  a 
  good 
  tree, 
  and 
  then 
  have 
  it 
  go 
  on 
  sprouting 
  

   indefinitely? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  Yes, 
  that 
  is 
  true. 
  

  

  A 
  Member 
  : 
  In 
  your 
  experience 
  are 
  fungicides 
  useful 
  in 
  handling 
  

   the 
  bhght? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  used 
  them. 
  I 
  have 
  talked 
  with 
  

   nurserymen 
  who 
  did, 
  and 
  they 
  say 
  the 
  blight 
  got 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  them 
  

   just 
  the 
  same. 
  They 
  left 
  the 
  matter 
  with 
  employees, 
  who 
  did 
  not 
  

   give 
  proper 
  attention. 
  This 
  was 
  perhaps 
  because 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  

   know 
  that 
  a 
  small 
  jack 
  knife 
  was 
  better 
  than 
  a 
  spraying 
  outfit 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  Once 
  on, 
  will 
  it 
  stay? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  Yes, 
  until 
  the 
  blight 
  area 
  has 
  circled 
  the 
  limb. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  What 
  is 
  the 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  cobs 
  and 
  the 
  

   filberts? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  The 
  cob 
  nut 
  is 
  generally 
  a 
  round 
  nut. 
  The 
  

   filberts 
  are 
  longer 
  nuts. 
  "Filbert" 
  is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  "full 
  beard," 
  

   and 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  involucre 
  extending 
  beyond 
  the 
  nut. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Smith: 
  We 
  may 
  now 
  proceed 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  number 
  on 
  the 
  

   program, 
  if 
  the 
  hunger 
  for 
  hazel 
  knowledge 
  abates. 
  Members 
  of 
  

   this 
  association 
  have 
  topworked 
  pecans, 
  hickories, 
  etc. 
  I 
  followed 
  

   the 
  instructions 
  of 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  association 
  in 
  my 
  work 
  and 
  have 
  

   had 
  some 
  success. 
  Some 
  workers 
  report 
  splendid 
  success 
  mixed 
  

   with 
  very 
  great 
  failures, 
  so 
  we 
  may 
  be 
  encouraged 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  top 
  

   notch, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  spring 
  we 
  come 
  back 
  feeling 
  very 
  different. 
  

   Last 
  fall 
  I 
  was 
  as 
  large 
  almost 
  as 
  a 
  beer 
  barrel 
  with 
  the 
  gratification 
  

   that 
  followed 
  the 
  setting 
  of 
  100 
  English 
  walnut 
  buds. 
  I 
  have 
  

   adopted 
  the 
  motto 
  "Blessed 
  is 
  he 
  that 
  rejoices 
  early, 
  or 
  he 
  may 
  not 
  

   rejoice 
  at 
  all." 
  In 
  March 
  there 
  were 
  about 
  ten 
  or 
  twelve 
  alive. 
  

   In 
  June 
  about 
  nine 
  were 
  alive, 
  and 
  now 
  these 
  also 
  have 
  failed 
  to 
  

   grow. 
  Last 
  year 
  I 
  knew 
  just 
  how 
  to 
  bud 
  walnuts. 
  This 
  last 
  

   Fourth 
  of 
  July 
  I 
  was 
  very 
  humble. 
  

  

  