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three years ago. Two weeks ago I drove in and I saw two nuts. He 

 told me he valued them at $100 a piece. 



This is a test orchard of J. F. Jones of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

 Here the pecan trees are set too close because he was not interested in 

 production. At seven years of age they started to bear. At ten years 

 of age two trees bore as much as 16 pounds. If they were standing 

 on a lawn I think those 16 pounds would be better than a bare spot 

 under a maple with a crop of dirt. ■ 



This is a setting 60 feet apart on Thomas Littlepage's place at 

 Bowie, Maryland, twelve years old. They are making a nice growtli 

 but have not borne much yet, which he attributes to their being in a 

 frost pocket. 



Next we have the filbert. The American hazel is practically a 

 worthless nut except a few varieties. I consider the most interest- 

 ing and most desirable is the Rush hazel. It was located through the 

 efforts of John G. Rush who found this bush, which is really an at- 

 tractive, fair-sized and thin-shelled hazel. The filbert comes from 

 Europe, is a thin-shelled, heavy bearing, large nut and was introduced 

 into New York about 1880-1890. They got the idea they could make 

 quite a profit in filbert orchards. Just about the time they were going 

 strong tlie blight hit them and they all succumbed. Since then hardy 

 varieties have been evolved to resist the blight, as far as we know, 

 and they seem to be doing very well scattered over the country. 



This is one of Jones's hybrids, between the PiUropean filbert and 

 the American hazel. We layer one-year-old branches in June, weight- 

 ing them down and covering them with soil, and then all the little shoots 

 on the limbs sprout up and the main branch takes roots. Shoots of 

 the same season we layer in August, and they are much easier to 

 handle. They are not so rigid. The best result is obtained by cover- 

 ing them with a very thin layer of soil and then mulching. The filbert 

 industry seems to be going strong in the Northwest, and I believe it 

 is going to be a worth while jjroposition to plant filberts among 

 standard walnut trees, or any nut trees here in the East. 



Tliis is a persimmon tree over in Dr. JNIorris's place at Stamford, 

 Conn. That tree stands in heavy turf, yet at five years of age it is 

 well loaded. It is my firm conviction that the persimmon is one of 

 the future fruits of America. It is a sweet fruit. The tree is a lieavy 

 bearer and success is only a matter of getting people convinced that 



