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cumference, said to be the largest in Connecticut. This purple variety 

 has nuts witli a brownish red involucre showing sharply against the 

 green leaves. The young foliage is purplish red. and the cambium and 

 the pellicle of the kernels are purple. It is a very fair nut and the tree 

 is very striking when it starts in sjjring with the beautiful tufts of 

 leaves. 



Dr. Morris: It may be a valuable wood for cabinet-makers. 

 Every part of the wood is purple. There are two purple trees. The 

 smaller tree is evidentlv a seedling- of the larger. 



54. Young Major pecan. 



55. Webb Persian walnut on American walnut stock. The nuts are 

 enormous and of Alpine type of good quality. You saw some of 

 these yesterdaj^ among those brought in by Prof. X'eilson. You some- 

 times see these in the French market where they are called "Argonne." 

 I picked this up in Greenwood. It has many nuts this year and this is 

 the second crop of leaves. 



56. Busseron pecan. This liad a full crop of flowers this year, 

 both staminate and pistillate. 



57. A])pomattox pecan, from the James River in Virginia. This 

 and four other kinds of pecans would have borne nuts this year except- 

 ing for defoliation. It is a handsome tree and will bear next year. 



58. Seedling filbert. About six years old. 



59. Daviana filbert from Europe. Many people call them "hazels," 

 but I think we should call them "filberts." 



60. Josephine persimmon. It has borne heavily every year except 

 this 3'ear. It still has some leaves left. Some people are very fond of 

 the fruit. I do not like that as well as tlie Garretson. It is a big per- 

 simmon and a very good one. The fruit stays on until late November 

 and December. I think the Garretson is the best persimmon I have 

 ever had. 



61. Lambert persimmon. Largest fruited American kind. 



62. Japanese persimmon, planted between the rocks for protection 

 from wind in winter, and from heat in summer. Hardy now for two 

 years but of slow growth. 



63. Beaver grafted on bitternut. 



64. Weiker hvbrid hickorv on shagbark stock. 



65. European filbert grafted upon common liazel stock. The squir- 

 rels have lived on it. I can count 7 nuts left. I made grafts more than 

 a foot long. It was planted three years ago. I could show you several 

 hundred trees bearing heavily this year, and on all of them we lost the 

 first crop of leaves. 



66. Beaver grafted Nov. 5, 1922, on bitternut. 



Dr. Zimmerman: Will thev live when grafted at any time throug-h- 

 out the year ? 



Dr. Morris: I would not be afraid to graft anything at an}' time 

 of the year. 



67. Taylor shagbark grafted July 21, 1924. Probably mockernut 



