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planted near some woods that contained some squirrels who in- 

 variably ate all the nuts before the time they were half grown, so I 

 grubbed them out. Recently I planted some more farther removed 

 from woods and hope to see them fruit soon. 



Some years ago I caused some filberts to be planted in ground 

 used by the State Horticultural Society for testing new fruits. These 

 are still living and bearing good crops. 



I feel sure you will have a good meeting and am very sorry I 

 can not be with you. Give my best regards to my nut growing 

 friends, to all of whom a cordial invitation is extended to visit me 

 and see what I am doing here with chestnuts. 



Truly 

 E. A. RIEHL. 



NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



June 24, 1922. 

 Dear Dr. Deming : 



It is kind indeed of you to ask me to help you out in your com- 

 ing convention. Were I to be in the country I should be very glad 

 to do anything I could to help out. I am leaving in a few days, 

 however, to spend the summer in Europe and shall not be home 

 at the time of your meeting. 



You may be interested in knowing that we are growing some 

 almonds on the Station grounds and that we have been trying to 

 cross them with peaches. We think we have a cross but just what 

 it will amount to I do not know. At any rate, we are living in 

 hopes that sometime we may breed an almond for this part of the 

 world. We are doing something with other nuts but not as much 

 as I should like. We are always hoping that opportunity may oflFer 

 to do more and possibly we shall be able to within a year or two. 



Very truly yours, 



U. P. HEDRICK. 



The Battle Creek Sanitarium 

 Battle Creek, Michigan 

 September 5, 1922. 

 Mr. James S. McGlennon, 

 Rochester, New York 

 Dear Sir : — 



Enclose you will find my paper. 



I am very sorry, indeed, that I could not be with you, but an 

 unexpected amount of surgical work compelled me to remain at 

 home. I hope you will have a most successful convention. The 

 Nut Growers Association, in my opinion, may prove one of the most 

 important factors in the world movement for race betterment. 



Sincerely yours, 

 JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG. 



