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  attempt 
  to 
  not 
  grow 
  the 
  Paragon 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tree, 
  and 
  an 
  equally 
  

   determined 
  mind 
  to 
  grow 
  good 
  and 
  strong 
  below 
  the 
  Paragon 
  part 
  

   — 
  may 
  this 
  part 
  yield 
  good 
  trees! 
  I 
  have 
  three 
  or 
  fom' 
  Paragons 
  

   left 
  out 
  of 
  135 
  trees. 
  Pecans 
  grew 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  four 
  feet 
  both 
  here 
  

   and 
  at 
  Toronto 
  this 
  summer. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  new 
  trees 
  sent 
  from 
  Washington 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Castanea 
  

   Crenata 
  (from 
  the 
  north 
  Island 
  of 
  Japan), 
  six 
  specimens 
  of 
  Castanea 
  

   Mollissima 
  (almost 
  blight 
  proof, 
  from 
  north 
  China) 
  all 
  are 
  thriving. 
  

  

  Juglans 
  regia 
  sinensis 
  lived 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  through 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  

   budded 
  out 
  strong 
  from 
  the 
  top, 
  as 
  did 
  J. 
  cordiformis 
  — 
  may 
  it 
  

   always 
  be 
  so. 
  

  

  Re 
  Dr. 
  Deming's 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  farthermost 
  northern 
  pecans 
  

   I 
  said 
  Charles 
  City, 
  Iowa. 
  Now 
  these 
  forty 
  trees 
  were 
  planted 
  

   twenty 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  are 
  all 
  alive 
  and 
  yield 
  corps, 
  but 
  the 
  nuts 
  are 
  

   small 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  seedlings. 
  Write 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  D. 
  Patten 
  re 
  how 
  

   his 
  trees 
  are 
  doing 
  and 
  their 
  history. 
  He 
  has 
  been 
  asking 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  

   for 
  scions 
  of 
  better 
  trees. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  five 
  types 
  of 
  soil 
  to 
  grow 
  my 
  trees 
  in, 
  stiff 
  clay, 
  rich 
  gravely 
  

   quicksand 
  and 
  humus, 
  light 
  sand 
  and 
  silt 
  or 
  bottom 
  land, 
  well 
  

   drained. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  sour, 
  undrained 
  spot 
  on 
  my 
  fifteen 
  acres. 
  

  

  