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  REPORT 
  ON 
  NUT 
  GROWING 
  IN 
  CANADA 
  

   G. 
  H. 
  CoRSAN, 
  Toronto 
  

  

  Not 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  meet 
  with 
  you 
  this 
  September, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  go 
  

   down 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Mississippi, 
  I 
  send 
  this 
  paper 
  to 
  your 
  president 
  

   whose 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  Garden 
  of 
  Eden 
  we 
  all 
  read 
  in 
  the 
  Country 
  Gen- 
  

   tlemen 
  of 
  July 
  7, 
  and 
  so 
  much 
  admired. 
  

  

  Progress 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  my 
  place 
  sufficient 
  to 
  warrant 
  

   my 
  inviting 
  you 
  to 
  Toronto 
  next 
  convention, 
  but 
  I 
  will 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  

   year 
  after 
  next 
  I 
  will 
  certainly 
  have 
  something 
  worth 
  seeing. 
  But 
  

   Dr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Kellogg 
  of 
  Battle 
  Creek, 
  Mich., 
  extends 
  an 
  invitation 
  to 
  

   you 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  next 
  convention 
  at 
  the 
  Battle 
  Creek 
  Sanitarium 
  

   where 
  nuts 
  and 
  nut 
  preparations 
  are 
  used 
  exclusively 
  in 
  the 
  place 
  

   of 
  meat 
  and 
  fish 
  and 
  fowl. 
  Here 
  at 
  Battle 
  Creek 
  on 
  Dr. 
  Kellogg's 
  

   private 
  grounds 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Sanitarium 
  grounds 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  Colonel 
  

   Sober's 
  Paragon 
  chestnuts, 
  Mr. 
  Pomeroy's 
  Enghsh 
  walnuts 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  Reed's 
  grafted 
  pecans, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  some 
  grafted 
  persimmons 
  of 
  

   named 
  varieties. 
  In 
  my 
  statement 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  Nut 
  Journal 
  

   last 
  May 
  or 
  June 
  I 
  mentioned 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  grafted 
  persimmons 
  sent 
  

   from 
  Washington 
  were 
  winter-killed. 
  I 
  find 
  on 
  returning 
  in 
  August 
  

   that 
  the 
  Early 
  Golden 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  alive. 
  Twelve 
  other 
  varieties 
  

   have 
  been 
  planted 
  to 
  see 
  what 
  this 
  winter 
  will 
  do 
  to 
  them. 
  The 
  

   persimmon 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  interesting 
  to 
  us 
  northern 
  nut 
  growers 
  

   because 
  where 
  it 
  will 
  succeed 
  the 
  pecan 
  will 
  also, 
  without 
  a 
  doubt. 
  

   Now 
  I 
  also 
  find 
  that 
  my 
  statement 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  paper 
  that 
  the 
  grafted 
  

   pecans 
  sent 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  were 
  winter-killed 
  was 
  an 
  error, 
  as 
  only 
  

   certain 
  trees 
  failed 
  to 
  grow 
  above 
  the 
  graft. 
  Those 
  that 
  are 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  are 
  the 
  Major, 
  Busseron 
  and 
  Indiana, 
  the 
  Busseron 
  showing 
  

   most 
  decidedly 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  Indiana, 
  both 
  here 
  and 
  at 
  Toronto. 
  

   All 
  pecans 
  lived, 
  both 
  here 
  and 
  at 
  Toronto, 
  if 
  I 
  include 
  those 
  that 
  

   sprung 
  up 
  below 
  the 
  graft. 
  Out 
  of 
  thirteen 
  varieties 
  that 
  I 
  experi- 
  

   mented 
  with 
  at 
  Toronto, 
  Major, 
  Posey 
  and 
  Niblack 
  were 
  the 
  

   only 
  ones 
  that 
  lived 
  well 
  above 
  the 
  graft 
  and 
  showed 
  no 
  winter- 
  

   killing. 
  Others 
  were 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  winter-killed. 
  Kentucky, 
  Man- 
  

   tura, 
  Appomattox, 
  Luce 
  and 
  Greenriver 
  showed 
  no 
  desire 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  

   the 
  north. 
  Mr. 
  Pomeroy's 
  English 
  walnuts 
  showed 
  a 
  most 
  distinct 
  

   dislike 
  for 
  Toronto, 
  but 
  all 
  forty-eight 
  are 
  doing 
  well 
  here 
  and 
  are 
  

   being 
  cared 
  for. 
  

  

  Colonel 
  Sober's 
  Paragon 
  chestnuts 
  showed 
  the 
  most 
  determined 
  

  

  