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 NarIVvE 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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