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  this. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  several 
  EngHsh 
  walnuts 
  topworked 
  on 
  black 
  

   walnuts, 
  one 
  done 
  eighty 
  years 
  ago 
  down 
  in 
  Maryland. 
  The 
  tree 
  

   is 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  borne 
  twenty-five 
  bushels 
  of 
  nuts. 
  I 
  think 
  

   there 
  is 
  good 
  explanation 
  for 
  the 
  pecan-hickory 
  trouble. 
  A 
  hickory 
  

   grows 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  in 
  early 
  summer 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  grow 
  much, 
  

   but 
  a 
  pecan 
  grows 
  twice 
  as 
  much. 
  Therefore 
  the 
  hickory 
  roots 
  

   cannot 
  feed 
  the 
  pecan 
  top 
  enough 
  to 
  make 
  both 
  vegetation 
  and 
  

   fruit. 
  We 
  are, 
  in 
  this 
  city, 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  unusual 
  place. 
  Not 
  only 
  is 
  

   it 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  wealth 
  of 
  seedling 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees, 
  but 
  

   we 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  parks 
  a 
  great 
  tree 
  collection 
  under 
  Superintendent 
  

   Laney. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  and 
  notable 
  collection, 
  including 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  and 
  foreign 
  trees, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  will 
  see 
  this 
  afternoon. 
  

  

  Adjournment 
  at 
  12:12 
  p. 
  m. 
  

  

  Photographs 
  of 
  the 
  convention 
  were 
  then 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  steps 
  of 
  

   the 
  City 
  Hall. 
  

  

  Thursday 
  Evening 
  Session. 
  

  

  Convened 
  at 
  8:20 
  p. 
  m.. 
  Dr. 
  Smith 
  presiding. 
  

   Attendance 
  about 
  twenty. 
  

  

  A 
  Nominating 
  Committee 
  was 
  appointed, 
  consisting 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  

   Littlepage, 
  C. 
  A. 
  Reed, 
  J. 
  F. 
  Jones, 
  Webber, 
  and 
  Teter. 
  

   At 
  this 
  point 
  was 
  given 
  the 
  address 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  Reed. 
  

  

  AN 
  APPEAL 
  TO 
  OWNERS 
  OF 
  HARDY 
  NUT 
  TREES 
  

  

  C. 
  A. 
  Reed, 
  Nut 
  Culturist, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  Ever 
  since 
  the 
  colonists 
  first 
  established 
  themselves 
  in 
  the 
  West- 
  

   ern 
  Hemisphere, 
  nut 
  trees 
  have 
  been 
  planted 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  

   Atlantic 
  Coast. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  oftenest 
  included 
  in 
  such 
  plant- 
  

   ing 
  was 
  a 
  walnut, 
  a 
  native 
  to 
  Persia 
  which, 
  with 
  Romanism, 
  had 
  

   spread 
  across 
  Europe 
  and 
  the 
  channel 
  into 
  England. 
  In 
  the 
  Old 
  

   World 
  it 
  had 
  variously 
  been 
  known 
  as 
  Jove's 
  nut, 
  under 
  the 
  suppo- 
  

   sition 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  once 
  been 
  the 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  gods; 
  Royal 
  nut, 
  meaning 
  

   King 
  nut; 
  and 
  by 
  other 
  common 
  names 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  interesting 
  

   to 
  discuss 
  but 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  pertinent 
  in 
  this 
  connection. 
  In 
  

   England 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  known 
  merely 
  as 
  the 
  ''walnut," 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  

   World, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  distinguish 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  walnut 
  found 
  here, 
  it 
  

   was 
  called 
  the 
  "English" 
  walnut. 
  In 
  the 
  trade 
  today 
  it 
  is 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  Old 
  World 
  name, 
  other 
  walnuts 
  being 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  prefixing 
  their 
  common 
  names, 
  as 
  Eastern^ 
  

  

  