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man, a useful man and one whom it was a pleasure to meet. 



He was a man of science, a creator in that field and at the same 

 time a real business man. This is a rather unusual combination of 

 qualities. 



He was born in Missouri in 1871 in what was then very distinctly 

 a frontier locality. He was born in a one-room log cabin as have been 

 so many other Americans before him. As he was the only boy in a 

 rather large farm familj^, he was able to receive but little formal 

 schooling. These limitations did not keep a hungry intellect from 

 being fed. He read widely and early showed an interest in trees, 

 having several varieties of apple on one tree. He showed his young 

 intelligence by succeeding in bee-keeping, one of the most scientific 

 and skillful of the agricultural pursuits. 



In 1896 he and his father started a fruit and nut tree nursery in 

 Missouri. In 1902 he moved to Florida and started a pecan nursery, 

 which succeeded. In 1907 he moved to Louisiana and took charge of 

 a 500-acre pecan orchard for which he had grown the trees. In 1912 

 he sold this, moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania and established the 

 first northern nut nursery in America selling grafted trees. From 

 that time until his death in January 1928, he maintained the leading 

 northern nut nursery in the United States. The success of this dis- 

 played ]\Ir. Jones' business ability. Not only was it the leading nut 

 nursery but also one of the largest for the growth of cherry trees and 

 also of fruit tree seedlings for which a sudden demand sprang up 

 after the cessation of the import of this variety of nursery stock 

 from Europe. 



I believe Mr. Jones to have been an honest man in a business where 

 honesty is difficult to maintain and slight deviations from it are very 

 easy. This of itself is one of the great tributes. 



As a scientist Mr. Jones was a good observer and studied nut trees 

 with interest, the interest of a scientist as well as that of a keen busi- 

 ness man. For years I have turned to him as a pupil to his master, 

 plying him with questions on many subjects in his field and receiving 

 intelligent answers. 



Generosity and public spirit were two of his qualities. One type 

 of man in his position would have jealously secreted his knowledge 

 with the idea of making it a matter of monopolistic profit, but Mr. 

 Jones told freely all that he found out, distributing to his friends not 



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