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large enough in order to nap the benefits thereof. Bnt somehow the 

 impression prevails in the minds of many people that a nut tree 

 should show results and yield profits soon after it is planted. In 

 recommending to a lady of means that she should plant, as shade trees, 

 northern pecans she promptly wanted to know how many bushels of 

 nuts she would get off of the trees the next year. 



Perhaps we place too much importance on selecting just the 

 right spot and soil in which to plant a nut tree and thus cause the 

 intending planter to be too timid in making a start. Those who know 

 anything about trees know prett}' well where it is not advisable to 

 plant trees, especially those with a long tap-root. They can judge 

 fairly well from the wild trees of the same variety growing round 

 about. 



As evidence of what a nut tree will do, those of you who have 

 visited Devil's Den in Gettysburg Battle Field, have perhaps noticed 

 a butternut tree, now quite old, growing out of the top of the cleft in 

 a huge rock, liaviiig sent its roots down to the adjoining soil for nour- 

 ishment. This tree has borne nuts even in its adverse situation. 



For the benefit of those interested in the northern pecan, I wish to 

 record the fact that a seedling pecan tree is growing in Clermont 

 County, Ohio, on upland, not far from the eastern boundary line of 

 Hamilton County, about five miles north of the Ohio River. The nut 

 from which the tree grew was brought from Rockport, Indiana, and 

 planted about forty-one years ago. The tree is quite large and bears 

 nuts comparable with the wild seedling nuts that may be obtained 

 from the Rockport district. If a seedling does this, you may readily 

 see what a grafted tree will do. 



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