LUTHER BURBANK 



Meantime it is held with reason that within the 

 territory to which it is naturally adapted, no other 

 nut, native or foreign, can be considered to com- 

 pete with it. 



The qualities of the pecan as a desert ana con- 

 fectioners' nut are familiar to everyone; but the 

 best varieties have hitherto been raised in re- 

 stricted quantities, and hence have not found their 

 way extensively into the northern markets. With 

 the increase of the industry to commercial pro- 

 portions, this defect will soon be remedied, and 

 the pecan may be expected to advance rapidly in 

 popular favor. But for that matter, the demand 

 already greatly exceeds the supply. 



OTHER NATIVE POSSIBILITIES 



Observation of the deferred recognition of the 

 merits of the pecan suggests the inquiry as to 

 whether there may not be other indigenous nuts 

 that have similarly been ignored. 



It may well be doubted whether there is an- 

 other of comparable merit, but there is at least 

 one neglected one that the amateur at any rate 

 might find worthy of attention, whatever its de- 

 fects from a commercial standpoint. This is the 

 familiar hazelnut, a near relative of the European 

 filbert. The hazel-nut is smaller than its European 

 cousin, but it is doubtless susceptible of improve- 

 ment in that regard; and the hardy nature of the 



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