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the existence of such a tree, but a few years previously they had 

 cleared the land and it had been cut down. So that finished that. 

 But he gave me the name of the man who had owned the place and 

 said that there were some other trees that had originated there and 

 that they were bearing. It is down in Virginia at the extreme western 

 end and off the railroad and rather hard to get to. I thought possibly 

 on my way home I would get there this trip. 



The Secretary : As an example of nut enthusiasm here is the 

 corporation counsel of the city of Cincinnati, who on his walks 

 abroad picks up nuts that he finds and examines them. He finds 

 one on the dyke of the river that he considers remarkable and in 

 conjunction with the president of this association conducts an 

 advertising campaign in the watershed of the river where that nut 

 was found in order to locate the tree, and succeeds eventually in 

 doing so. 



Mr. President, here is a communication which I received in 

 July from the Secretary of the American Pomological Society invit- 

 ing us to become a member. I didn't feel that I had the authority to 

 send him a check for ten dollars, but I would like to put before the 

 association the question as to whether we ought not to make this 

 association a member of the American Pomological Society. I 

 would ask, Mr. President, that you put that matter up for discussion, 

 if you think it is of sufficient importance. 



The President: I do, Mr. Secretary, and think it would 

 materially help in gaining names in our plans for increasing the 

 membership if we were able to say we were a member of that 

 society. What do you suggest relative to the procedure in that con- 

 nection ? 



The Secretary : I think all that is necessary is the motion by 

 some member that the treasurer be authorized to take out a member- 

 ship for the association in the American Pomological Society. 



By a Member : I so move. They will know we are in exist- 

 ence and if we take an interest in their work they will take an inter- 

 est in ours. 



Motion duly seconded and carried. 



The President: Your reference to Mr. Reed reminds me 

 that prior to his receiving orders to go to China, he and Mrs. Reed 

 both had promised to come and make addresses at this convention ; 

 Mrs. Reed on the subject of nuts as a food and Mr. Reed with a fine 

 exhibit and also an illustrated lecture. He wrote me quite fully 

 just before going saying he was awfully sorry that he could not be 

 here. With reference to the Secretary's remarks regarding Dean 

 Watts, I had the privilege of meeting Dean Watts last year at Lan- 

 caster and I think his ideas are very much along the same line rela- 

 tive to increasing our membership and improving our financial con- 

 dition so that we can do real things. I had a letter from Mr. Little- 

 page early in the season and he expected to be here. Then he finally 

 wrote me and said it would be absolutely impossible for him to come 



