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plant it with alfalfa, but that alfalfa required the soil to be sweetened 

 with lime to get a good stand and she understood that lime was in- 

 jurious to chestnut trees. I wrote and told her I had a good many 

 chestnut trees and had put lime around them and they were growing 

 vigorously. I told her the land needed a little lime to get the roots 

 started and that I did not personally believe that lime sufficient to make 

 a stand of alfalfa would harm the chestnut, but I told her I would 

 put the question up to the convention and try to get it answered and 

 send her the information. 



Dr. Morris : That would be a pretty hard question to answer, 

 because I looked about the place and' found limestone and saw that 

 the chestnut trees were growing very successfully on it. Magnesium 

 limestone that you find here in the East does not seem to harm the 

 chestnut. 



Mr. Rick: These counties around Lancaster have a great deal 

 of limestone. 



]The President: It is evident that it is not only secretaries of 

 the association that are industrious but also ex-secretaries. I think 

 we can appreciate the work it took to get up a list like this and the 

 value it is going to be to us for a long time. 



Mr. Green: I appreciate the value of this paper. I would like 

 to ask if Mr. Bixby intends to compile the various suggestions that will 

 be forwarded to him, and if so I think it is about the greatest work 

 that has been undertaken by the association. 



Mr. Neilson : What has been your observation of the behavior 

 of the McCoy black walnut? 



Mr. Bixby: It is bearing this year when other varieties, except 

 the Royal, are not bearing. It bears prolifically. I do not consider 

 the nut as good as some others. 



Mr. Spencer: I have considered it as good in quality as other 

 nuts. If the black walnut is not filling I think that might be due to 

 not sufficient summer heat. 



Mr. Garber: I would like to ask you what is known about the 

 behavior of the hickory varieties as to time of bearing, etc., particu- 

 larly when top worked? 



