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This shows Dr. Baiim and liis orchard at Boyertown, Pa. He 

 has 1200 black walnut trees. This is the largest, improved, grafted, 

 walnut orchard in the United States. 



This is at Lima, near Media, about 15 miles from Philadelphia, on 

 a lawyer's place who has put out about 50 black walnuts. One has 12 

 nuts on the third year. 



This Thomas comes from Ithaca, 16 nuts on the third year. 



Mr. Neilson : The horticultural experiment station at Vineland 

 has a Ten Eyck black walnut that bore 197 nuts the fourth season 

 after planting. 



Mr. Hershey: It is a big drawback to the nut industry that 

 people think nut trees are slow in bearing. This tree is five months 

 after grafting and it has two mature nuts on in the nursery. It is 

 a Thomas. 



This comes from Columbia, Missouri, on the agricultural experi- 

 m.ental grounds. They top-worked a lot of trees all over their large 

 farm and they used these twin trees as an experiment. They grafted 

 this tree to a Stabler. The fifth year this trees is as large as the 

 seedling alongside of it. Each of them bore a half bushel of nuts 

 the fifth year. 



This is a setting of black walnuts on a man's farm on the out- 

 skirts of Lancaster. He had the reputation among his neighbors and 

 the boys of being a crank. He rode horseback and walked a lot over 

 his place, and he would carry a pocketful of walnuts. AVherever he 

 went he would make a hole with his cane and drop a walnut. His 

 farm is now lined on both sides with black walnuts. 



Next we have the pecan, which ranges from the mountains of 

 Mexico up as far as Iowa and through the Mississippi valley. The 

 farther north you get the hardier the species. Through the undying 

 efforts of Mr. Jones we have varieties that are not only hardy here 

 in the East but they bear some crops. They are very ornamental, make 

 fine shade trees, and they bear nuts. You might say, "Well, if they 

 are only going to bear some nuts what is the use of bothering with 

 them?" Well, the maple and elm don't bear anything. Another 

 virtue of pecans is their deep rooting. You can grow grass right up 

 to them. 



This is a wealthy coal miner near Philadelphia. He proved his 

 intelligence from my viewpoint by planting nut trees along his drive 



