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  which 
  has 
  been 
  about 
  seven 
  to 
  eight 
  years, 
  it 
  has 
  usually 
  borne 
  

   from 
  100 
  to 
  300 
  pounds. 
  Often 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  has 
  been 
  

   stolen. 
  Crop 
  1912 
  about 
  200 
  pounds; 
  1913, 
  250 
  pounds; 
  1914, 
  I 
  

   am 
  confident 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  300 
  pounds. 
  The 
  owner 
  secured 
  

   125 
  pounds; 
  balance 
  carried 
  off 
  by 
  others. 
  This 
  year, 
  1915, 
  is 
  

   almost 
  a 
  failure; 
  just 
  a 
  light 
  sprinkling 
  of 
  nuts; 
  was 
  full 
  of 
  blooms 
  

   but 
  owing 
  to 
  heavy 
  cold 
  rain, 
  failed 
  to 
  pollenize. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  located 
  

   in 
  a 
  cultivated 
  field, 
  circumference 
  of 
  tree 
  is 
  5 
  feet, 
  height 
  about 
  60 
  

   feet, 
  spread 
  50 
  to 
  60 
  feet. 
  

  

  Busseron 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  almost 
  identical 
  with 
  Indiana, 
  and 
  the 
  owner 
  tells 
  me 
  has 
  

   borne 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  seven 
  bushels 
  to 
  twelve 
  bushels 
  at 
  a 
  single 
  crop. 
  

   The 
  tree 
  being 
  very 
  tall, 
  the 
  entire 
  top 
  was 
  cut 
  out 
  of 
  it 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  

   ago 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  just 
  now 
  commencing 
  to 
  bear 
  again. 
  The 
  lower 
  limbs, 
  

   however, 
  of 
  older 
  wood 
  that 
  were 
  left, 
  have 
  borne 
  annual 
  crops. 
  In 
  

   the 
  nursery 
  this 
  variety 
  has 
  shown 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  verj' 
  earl}' 
  bear- 
  

   ing; 
  most 
  one 
  year 
  trees, 
  spring 
  1914, 
  set 
  full 
  of 
  catkins, 
  and 
  one 
  

   tree 
  produced 
  16 
  well-developed 
  nuts. 
  These, 
  however, 
  dropped 
  

   during 
  the 
  extreme 
  drouth 
  of 
  August. 
  The 
  past 
  spring 
  most 
  Bus- 
  

   seron 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  again 
  set 
  full 
  of 
  catkins 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  

   time 
  we 
  have 
  one 
  tree, 
  coming 
  two 
  years 
  old 
  from 
  bud, 
  bearing 
  one 
  

   nut 
  that 
  is 
  full 
  grown 
  and 
  looks 
  as 
  though 
  it 
  would 
  mature 
  during 
  

   the 
  next 
  thirty 
  days. 
  

  

  Several 
  other 
  varieties 
  have 
  set 
  full 
  of 
  catkins 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  row 
  

   but 
  have 
  not 
  developed 
  any 
  pistillate 
  blossoms. 
  The 
  Busseron 
  

   has 
  furnished 
  much 
  propagating 
  wood 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  there 
  

   are, 
  perhaps, 
  more 
  trees 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  nurseries 
  of 
  this 
  than 
  of 
  any 
  

   other 
  northern 
  variety. 
  Crop 
  of 
  1915 
  promises 
  to 
  be 
  fairly 
  good. 
  

  

  Nihlack 
  

  

  Crop 
  of 
  1912, 
  100 
  pounds; 
  crop 
  1913, 
  about 
  50 
  pounds; 
  crop 
  1914, 
  

   225 
  pounds; 
  crop 
  1915, 
  I 
  would 
  estimate 
  at 
  100 
  pounds. 
  This 
  tree 
  

   is 
  very 
  deceiving; 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  rather 
  open 
  and 
  the 
  nuts 
  are 
  usually 
  

   scattered 
  all 
  through. 
  The 
  crop 
  of 
  1914 
  was 
  not 
  considered 
  heavy 
  

   until 
  after 
  it 
  was 
  gathered. 
  The 
  past 
  spring 
  this 
  tree 
  bloomed 
  very 
  

   full, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  wet, 
  cold 
  weather 
  when 
  in 
  full 
  bloom 
  did 
  not 
  set 
  

   well. 
  Size 
  of 
  tree 
  18 
  to 
  20 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter; 
  50 
  to 
  60 
  feet 
  high 
  

   with 
  40 
  feet 
  spread, 
  and 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  a 
  cultivated 
  field. 
  

  

  Posey 
  

  

  Crop 
  of 
  1914 
  was 
  125 
  pounds 
  saved; 
  this 
  tree 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  

   size 
  as 
  the 
  Niblack, 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  a 
  cornfield 
  near 
  heavy 
  

  

  