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thousands of nut trees, pecans, walnuts, hickories and' butternuts, 

 many of wliich grow very fine nuts. It would be a repudiation of all 

 known laws of natural science to conclude that trees budded and 

 grafted from these desirable parents would not g'row and bear the 

 same as they do. Therefore, we are perfectly safe in concluding that 

 if there are successful nut trees growing, others nlso will grow. Let 

 us proceed to consider some of the requirements. 



First, there is the soil requirement. But before considering the 

 soil requirement. I might add that we must keep within reasonable 

 latitude of the homes of the native trees. This subject has been fully 

 covered in previous reports of our association, and I do not care to go 

 into a detailed discussion of it, except to say that prospective planters 

 of commercial orchards should read the previous reports of the associa- 

 tion on this subject, and keep in mind that somewhere north of the 

 home of the parent trees, is a line north of which these trees will not 

 hear. This line is dependent upon sexeral things, altitude, topography 

 and otlier elements. As an example, I merely mention that orange 

 orchards flourish in California at the Philadelphia latitude. 



Going on with the que^stion of soil, uj^on this subject alone might 

 be written a whole volume. But a few points are essential. Most 

 mil trees require ;i deep, well-d'rained soil that is not swampy or 

 seepv. and over which there are no overflows d^iring the summer 

 season. Pecans grow along the river bottoms where there are heavy 

 overflows in the winter, but such an overflow in the summer would 

 piob.tltly kill the trees. Xut trees seem to flourish well on land that 

 is iniderlaid with clay as a subsoil. In fact, almost any kind of good 

 I'lriii land is suitable for some of the different kinds of nut trees, 

 provided it does not come within the restrictions above mentioned. 

 The better the land, however, the more successful will he the growth 

 of the trees, aiul I very much doubt whether it pays to put any kind of 

 desirable tree on undesirable land. I have heard it said of pedigreed 

 stock that about ninety percent of the pedigree is in the corn crib, 

 five percent in the man that dbes the feeding, and five percent in 

 the blood. Perhaps these percentages might be subject to some varia- 

 tions. I shouldn't reduce the corn crib requirement, and I think about 

 ninety percent of the success of our nut trees will depend upon the 

 land. 



The next point to be considered is the question of varieties and, in 

 this connection, it is essential to remember that nuts are prodticed 

 to be sold and' eaten; therefore, it is important to keep in mind the 



