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to the numbers of trees in some sections of the northern United States, 

 but it must not be forgotten that Ontario is on the northern margin 

 of tlie Persian walnut territory, and therefore the results are rather 

 encouraging. 



Several fine Paragon cJiestiiut trees have been located which bear 

 good crops and M'liich appear to be resistant to chestnut blight. This 

 disease has unfortunately appeared at several places in Ontario and 

 will undoubtedly destroy the majority of our chestnut trees. 



The members of tliis association will be interested to learn that 

 Gellatiy Brotliers of Gellatly, B. C, prepared and sent to the British 

 Empire Exhibition at Wembley a large collection of nuts that has 

 attracted a great deal of attention and favorable comment. This 

 should do a great deal toward advertising the nut cultural possibilities 

 of that i)r()vince and of Canada generally. 



T!ie trial plantations on the experiment station grounds are doing 

 very well indeed. The black walnuts are making a fine growth and one 

 variety tl.e McCoy, has a good crop of nuts at two years from planting. 

 The Ten Eyck is miking an extremely rapid growth, in some cases, 

 ])roducing new shoots over four feet in length. 



The English walnuts are also making a good growth and two varie- 

 ties. Mayette and Hall, have borne nuts in the third season. 



I am ];)leased to state that we now have about 100 seedlings of the 

 Chinese walnut growing on the station grounds and at various other 

 points in Ontario. These little trees seem to be making a more rapid 

 growth than our seedlings of the "Ontario/' a Persian walnut which is 

 a native of St. Catharines. 



We also have about 60 seedlings of the Persian' walnut from the 

 Northern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in the Ukranian region 

 of what used to be the old Austrian-Hungarian Empire. These nuts 

 were obtained from Rev. Paul Crath. of Toronto, who informs me 

 that the winter temperatures in that part of Europe often go lower 

 than in Toronto. W'v hope for some interesting developments from the 

 growth of these trees because of the rigorous climatic .condition of their 

 native land. 



During the latter part of the past winter an experiment was con- 

 ducted in propagating the walnut under greenhouse conditions. For 

 this purpose 100 well grown one year black walnut seedlings were 

 obtained from our forestry station at St. Williams in the late autumn 

 and heeled in out of doors until about February 1st. These were then 



