THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 331) 
The (loinjiiid for this nut is ineieasing: rapidly, as its 
great food value is eonstantly heeoniing belter known. 
Its meat eontains many times more nutriment than the 
same amount of l)eef steak. 
The priee is keeping paee with the demand, the grow¬ 
ers now reeeiving three times as much for a pound of 
nuts as they got a few years ago when they were produe- 
ing only a teidh of the pre.sent oulj)ut. 
Thus it may be seen that the j)lanting of English Wal¬ 
nut trees not oidy is an exeeedingly lueralive venture for 
the j)resent generation but it means the eonferring of a 
priceless boon uj)on the generations to come. Some 
states are considenng the advisability of planting theses 
trees along the new State roads, after tbe custom in Eng¬ 
land and (lermany where practically all the walnuts are 
distributed along the drives or serve as ornamental shade 
trees upon the lawns. There is one avenue in (lermany 
which is bordeied on both sides for ten miles by ejior- 
mous English Walnut trees which meet in the centei. 
thus forming a beautiful covered lane and at the sam.* 
lime yielding hundreds of dollars’ worth of nuts each 
season. 
It is the custom in England and Germany to lease the 
trees to coin|)anies which pay so much for the privih'ge 
of harvesting the nuts, thus attaching to the trees a va!u<“ 
similar to that of gilt-edged bonds, yielding a steady in¬ 
come to the owners with no work involved. 
besides the demand for the English Walnut as a tabh* 
and confectionery delicacy, they are often used for 
pickles, catsup and ])reserves, and in France, many toiis 
a year are made into oil, furnishing a splendid substi 
lute for olive oil. 
SECRETARY OF THE A. A. OF N. 
Mr. Hall to Helain Ills Position for Another Year. 
The Executive F.ommittee of The American Associa¬ 
tion of Nurserymen have decided to take no action in the 
matter of a})i)ointing a new secretary. 
It will be recalled that at the convention, recently held 
in Cleveland, the question of selecting a secretary to siu;- 
ceed Mr. Hall was left in the hands of the Executive 
Committee, with unlimited powers, and if tliey saw fit 
to do so to engage a secretary at any salary that they 
thought necessary. 
They feel that too great a resjionsiliilily was put ujion 
their shoulders, w ithout sufiicient instructions as to ju»i 
what the Association expected the new secretary to ac¬ 
complish. 
After consulting with Mr. Hall, the Committee suc¬ 
ceeded in inducing him to continue in his jiosition until 
the annual meeting next year, at which time the asso¬ 
ciation can discuss the whole subject, and elect a sec¬ 
retary to succeed him. 
MR. E. S. WELCH 
It. E. S. Welch, who was elected to the Vice- 
Presidency of the American Association of Nur¬ 
serymen at the Cleveland Convention, is the 
proprietor of the Mount Arbor Nurseries, Shenandoah, 
Iowa. Mr. Welch is in the front ranks of the jirogres- 
sive nurserymen. besides being the owner of the 
Mount Arbor Nurseries he is also connexded w ith the 
Plumtield Nurseries, Fremont, Ni'braska, and the Kelsey 
Nurseries, St. .losepb, Missouri, and at the latter place is 
now building a largi' modm’ii storage building, to care 
for their expanding trade. 
Mount Arbor Nurseries, at Shenandoah, are 800 acres 
in extent and ar(‘ located on some of Iowa’s best soil. 
This plant is uji-to-dati' in (‘veiy lespect, having recently 
E. S. Welch 
constructed a storage building which is considered one 
of the best equipped in the United States. 
Mr. Welch started in the nursery business when a 
mere lad, and has devoted his entire life to the w ork. He 
started in business for himself about twenty-two years 
ago, and lias readied a very enviable position in tbe 
trade. 
Last summer he spent in France and Holland, studying 
the methods of those nurserymen and arranging for im¬ 
portations of foreign stocks. 
The American Association made no mistake in electing 
Mr. Welch, Vice President as be will doubtless make a 
very eflicient oflicer, being well experienced in this line 
of service to the nursery business. He served as Presi¬ 
dent of the Western Association of Nurserymen so his 
new' duties will not be at all strange to him. 
