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My task is that of obtaining a summary of the so-called "Man- 

 churian" walnut industry of this country. So many walnuts from 

 here are being delivered in the States each year that our own indus- 

 try is considerably affected. The extent of production, its present 

 rate of growth and its probable character and magnitude ten years 

 hence are things our own people needed to know. So serious is the 

 situation that Thorp, manager of the California Association left 

 San Francisco for over here more than two months ago to get a 

 short general glimpse, then to go to European points for the same 

 purpose. 



The consuls here have reported that no walnuts are grown in 

 Manchuria, except in half wild, low-grade, scattered product which 

 is assembled in small quantities only and probably not exported. 

 The exported nuts are mainly from the provinces of Chihli, Shan- 

 tung, Shansi and Honan. Tientsin and Hankow are the chief points 

 of export. 



Mr. Reed expects to be back about Thanksgiving time. We 

 miss Mr. Reed very much here at the conventions because he is the 

 Government representative of the nut industry. He has a wider 

 general knowledge of the nut industry in the United States than any 

 other man. 



In connection with the suggestions that our President has made, 

 I think I ought to call the attention of the association again to the 

 address of Dean Watts that he delivered at the convention last 

 year in Lancaster. (This address, entitled "A National Programme 

 for the Promotion of Nut Culture," will be found on page 80 of the 

 report of the proceedings at the twelfth annual meeting.) 



I have brought here a cluster of burrs from some chinkapin 

 bushes that have been growing in Elizabeth Park, Hartford, for 23 

 years. They are loaded with nuts and although attacked by the 

 blight, the fact of their being there so many years shows how resist- 

 ant they are. I have also some clusters of burrs from chinkapin 

 bushes in my own garden. They bore a full crop the second year 

 from transplanting. 



Mr. O'Connor: Before I forget it, I want to say a word in 

 regard to chinkapins. Right close to where I live there was a fire 

 swept through the place and burned them down to the roots. But 

 they have come up from the roots and are full of chinkapins at the 

 present time ; I have seen where the blight has hit them and they died 

 back to the ground and they have shot up new shoots again and are 

 bearing. The chinkapin is a coming nut; the school children are 

 looking for them like I used to look for the butternuts in the early 

 days. 



The President: That is very interesting information, Mr. 

 O'Connor, and I am very glad you have stated it. 



The Secretary : Mr. Wycoff of Aurora, N. Y., has brought 

 here a little branch containing two well developed Indiana pecans 



