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  as 
  new 
  varieties, 
  apparently 
  depends 
  the 
  future 
  of 
  nut 
  growing 
  east 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  and 
  Potomac 
  Rivers. 
  

  

  The 
  appeal 
  therefore 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  hardy 
  nut 
  trees 
  

   that 
  they 
  drop 
  a 
  postal 
  to 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  at 
  Wash- 
  

   ington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  stating 
  that 
  they 
  desire 
  a 
  maihng 
  box 
  and 
  frank 
  for 
  

   sending 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  which 
  they 
  believe 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  

   more 
  than 
  average 
  merit. 
  The 
  only 
  expense 
  necessary 
  to 
  incur 
  will 
  

   be 
  in 
  the 
  price 
  of 
  the 
  card, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  trouble 
  of 
  collecting 
  and 
  pack- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  nuts. 
  Before 
  mailing, 
  the 
  package 
  should 
  be 
  plainly 
  marked 
  

   with 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  address 
  of 
  the 
  sender, 
  and 
  a 
  note 
  should 
  be 
  in- 
  

   closed 
  giving 
  information 
  regarding 
  the 
  location, 
  ownership, 
  bearing 
  

   habits, 
  etc., 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  nuts 
  were 
  obtained. 
  

  

  If 
  more 
  convenient, 
  the 
  nuts 
  may 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  this 
  association, 
  which 
  

   in 
  any 
  case 
  will 
  be 
  apprised 
  by 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  all 
  new 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  apparent 
  merit 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  brought 
  to 
  light. 
  

  

  However, 
  no 
  one 
  should 
  anticipate 
  a 
  great 
  fortune 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  

   of 
  any 
  nut 
  tree 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  may 
  find 
  himself 
  the 
  owner. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  

   possible 
  for 
  a 
  variety 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  especial 
  value, 
  no 
  matter 
  now 
  promis- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  parent 
  tree 
  may 
  appear 
  to 
  be, 
  until 
  it 
  has 
  established 
  proof 
  

   of 
  its 
  adaptability 
  and 
  merit 
  in 
  other 
  sections 
  remote 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  its 
  

   origin. 
  Except 
  in 
  rare 
  cases 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  only 
  after 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  

   any 
  kind 
  of 
  fruit 
  has 
  become 
  well 
  known 
  by 
  many 
  who 
  have 
  tested 
  

   it 
  and 
  spoken 
  for 
  it 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  become 
  popular 
  or 
  in 
  great 
  demand. 
  

  

  Therefore, 
  all 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  "in 
  it" 
  for 
  you, 
  if 
  you 
  chance 
  to 
  be 
  

   the 
  owner 
  of 
  a 
  nut 
  tree 
  of 
  merit 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  thanks 
  of 
  this 
  Association 
  

   and 
  posterity 
  and 
  the 
  probability 
  of 
  having 
  the 
  variety 
  named 
  in 
  

   your 
  honor. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  drop 
  a 
  word 
  about 
  the 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  Nut 
  Journal 
  published 
  here 
  at 
  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  I 
  would 
  

   like 
  to 
  ask 
  all 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  to 
  make 
  as 
  much 
  

   effort 
  as 
  they 
  possibly 
  can 
  to 
  get 
  new 
  subscribers 
  to 
  the 
  Journal. 
  

   I 
  don't 
  own 
  any 
  stock 
  in 
  it, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  talking 
  purely 
  in 
  the 
  interests 
  

   of 
  nut 
  culture. 
  Without 
  a 
  magazine 
  nine 
  tenths 
  of 
  our 
  work 
  

   would 
  be 
  entirely 
  useless 
  because 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  lost 
  to 
  the 
  public. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  should 
  be 
  the 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  organ 
  

   which 
  puts 
  forth 
  the 
  information 
  for 
  which 
  this 
  organization 
  stands. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  : 
  Methods 
  of 
  propagating 
  pecans, 
  hickories 
  and 
  

   walnuts 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  and 
  used, 
  at 
  times, 
  for 
  a 
  century. 
  

   I 
  know 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  grafted 
  them 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  

   but 
  he 
  left 
  no 
  records 
  of 
  his 
  methods. 
  The 
  Journal 
  helps 
  us 
  to 
  

   keep 
  these 
  records. 
  

  

  This 
  association 
  has 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  contributors. 
  We 
  have 
  

  

  