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home farm (liO acres) in Pike Co., Illinois, to nut trees, seedling 

 walnuts and chestnuts. I have about forty acres of it planted and hope 

 to put out some each year until most of it is in nuts. My object is to 

 test for new varieties as well as use for commercial purposes. 



YIELDS OF INDIVIDUAL NUT TREES 



Chestnuts at Riehl Farm near Alton, Illinois 



Professor Lewis Edwin Theiss, Munsey, Penn. : What are the 

 six main varieties that Miss Riehl has.'' 



Mr. C. a. Reed: The Fuller, Champion, Progress, one that they 

 have called a Parry for a number of years but that is not the true 

 Parry. The Parrys of New Jersey put out tiie true Parry. A few 

 years ago they put out a seedling of the Parry called Reliance. Then 

 they have two new varieties, the Gibbens and the Van Fleet. 



Miss Riehl referred to refrigeration work which was going on in 

 the department of agriculture. We have found that chestnuts held at 

 32° F. would keep perfectly and germinate in the spring, but it is 

 important that they be in good condition when placed in storage. 

 There is a prejudice in the minds of the public and of commercial men 

 against cold storage nuts for eating, but it is founded, we believe, on 

 a wrong conception. The nuts must be in good condition when put 

 in storage. We find very frequently that they are tainted before put 

 in storage. Nuts that are partially broken down before they go into 

 storage continue to go down ^in storage and go down more rapidly 

 when they come out. 



Mr. Green : It seems to me that, inasmuch as we print several 

 hundred copies of the records of our meeting, things that will be of 

 value as history or information in the work that we are trying to do, 

 and especially of interest to people who join with us from this time 



