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Two miles away at Newb^ryp)S»]|%.jS a tree a year or two younger that 

 bore a half peck of wvX^ last''year, and amother tree 35 years old in 

 bearing for 1 5 or 20 *j^ears. The nuts were spoken of as of high 

 quality. 



He referred to Edward Selkirk of North East. Pa., wlio has a 

 grove of 250 trees about 22 years old of the Pomieroy variety. Last 

 year the erop was one ton snd brought in a little over $500.00. This 

 year the crop is much larger. For best development of the trees the 

 land should be given over entirely to their culture. 



The president quoted a letter from E, A. Riehl of Godfrey, Illinois 

 as follows: 



My nut plantings are mostly young, many just coming into bearing, 

 while many others have been top-worked to better varieties, so that 

 money returns are not what they would be had' I. started out planting 

 improved vairieties. Part of my aim was to originate better varieties 

 than we had when I began. In this, I think, I have been fairly suc- 

 cessful. 



My plantings consist mostly of chestnuts. These have sold readily 

 at 35 to 40 cents per pound wholesale. It is ratlier a hard matter to 

 give any idea as to profit, except that we gathered 23 pounds from 

 one tree five years aifter to])-working on a tree then about three inclies 

 in diameter. In 1920. tlie net return was .tl,172.5t, in 1921. 

 .$1,019.41-, in 1922, which was about a lialf crop, $1,196.81. All tliis on 

 land so rough no crop could be grown on it but pasture. This year's 

 crop promises to be a full one. 



As to walnuts, we have made no record of single trees. The 

 Thomas, by actual test, gives ten pounds of meat to the bushel, which 

 we sold to dealers la.st season at $1.00 per pound, and could not nearly 

 supply the demand. 



Walnut crop here a failure this season. Only a few Thoniias trees 

 have a crop. 



If the meeting was after nut harvest, I would send the best chest- 

 nut exhibit that has even been shown at any meeting. 



H. C. Fletcher of Clarkson, X. Y.. was quoted as estimating the 

 luits jirodliced from two trees each year from 1911 to 1915 as $25 

 worth. (Presumably these were Persian walnuts, but this was not 

 stated.) In 1916 and 1917 there were about six bushels of nuts, 

 probably $75 worth. In 1918 a market basket full. In 1919 and 1920 

 about $40 worth, including .some trees sold. In 1921 about $50 worth 



