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_Northern Nut Growers_
_Association_
_INCORPORATED_
_Affiliated with_
_THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY_
=REPORT=
_of the proceedings of the_
=Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting=
=DOWNINGTOWN, PA.=
_SEPTEMBER 11 and 12, 1933_
INDEX
Officers, Directors and Committees 3
State Vice-Presidents 4
List of Members 5
Constitution 8
By-Laws 9
My Butternut, A Poem, by J. H. Helmick 10
Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Convention 11
Address of Rev. G. Paul Musselman 11
Report of the Treasurer 13
J. F. Jones' Experimental Work in Hybridizing Filberts and
Hazels--Miss Mildred Jones 14
Commercial Cracking of the Black Walnut--H. F. Stoke 16
Walnut Notes for 1933--C. A. Reed 20
Is Information of General Orchard Fertility of Value in the Nut
Grove--Prof. F. N. Fagan 25
Forward March of the Nut Cultural Project in Michigan--Prof.
James A. Neilson 28
Notes on the Filbert Orchard at Geneva, N. Y.--Prof. G. L. Slate 34
Developing a Walnut Grove as a Side Line by a Bee-keeper--L. K.
Hostetter 37
Nut Trees as Used in Landscaping--Dr. Lewis E. Theiss 39
My Experience in Growing Nut Trees on the Home Lawn--M. Glen
Kirkpatrick 42
Developing a Thousand Tree Improved Black Walnut Grove--C. F.
Hostetter 43
Tribute to Mr. Bixby 45
Message to Dr. Morris 46
A Black Walnut Grove and Why--Dr. Frank L. Baum 47
Nut Contests 48
Filbert Pollinization 48
Green Shoot Grafting of Trees--Dr. R. T. Morris 49
Communications from:
Robert T. Morris, M.D. 49
Prof. A. S. Colby 53
J. U. Gellatly 54
Notes on the "Tour," Tuesday, September 12, 1933 55
Notes on the Banquet, Tuesday evening, September 12, 1933 56
Address of Al. Bergstrom 57
Reports of Standing Committees 57
Reports of the Resolutions Committee 57
List of member nurserymen having budded and grafted stock 58
Exhibits at the Convention 59
Attendance 60
Books and Bulletins on Northern Nut Growing 62
Advertisements--"Hobbies Magazine" 63
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
_President._ FRANK H. FREY, ROOM 930, LA SALLE ST. STATION, CHICAGO, ILL.
_Vice-President._ DR. G. A. ZIMMERMAN, 32 SOUTH 13TH ST., HARRISBURG, PA.
_Secretary._ GEO. L. SLATE, STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION,
GENEVA, N. Y.
_Treasurer._ NEWTON H. RUSSELL, 12 BURNETT AVE., SOUTH HADLEY, MASS.
_DIRECTORS_
FRANK H. FREY, DR. G. A. ZIMMERMAN, GEO. L. SLATE, NEWTON H. RUSSELL,
CARL F. WALKER, PROF. J. A. NEILSON.
_EDITOR OF PUBLICATIONS_
DR. W. C. DEMING.
_COMMITTEES_
_Executive._ FRANK H. FREY, DR. G. A. ZIMMERMAN, GEO. L. SLATE, NEWTON
H. RUSSELL, CARL F. WALKER, PROF. J. A. NEILSON.
_Auditing._ ZENAS H. ELLIS, CARL F. WALKER.
_Finance._ T. P. LITTLEPAGE, DR. W. C. DEMING, H. R. WEBER.
_Press and Publication._ DR. W. C. DEMING, KARL W. GREENE, DR. J. RUSSELL
SMITH, ZENAS H. ELLIS, GEO. L. SLATE.
_Membership._ NEWTON H. RUSSELL, MISS DOROTHY C. SAWYER, J. U. GELLATLY,
JOHN W. HERSHEY, D. C. SNYDER.
_Program._ PROF. J. A. NEILSON, DR. W. C. DEMING, C. A. REED, H.
BURGART, KARL W. GREENE.
_Hybrids and Promising Seedlings._ DR. G. A. ZIMMERMAN, PROF. N. F.
DRAKE, MISS AMELIA RIEHL, H. F. STOKE, J. F. WILKINSON.
_Survey._ CARL F. WALKER, DR. A. S. COLBY, H. F. STOKE, J. F. WILKINSON.
_Exhibits._ J. W. HERSHEY, MISS MILDRED JONES, H. BURGART, PROF. A. S.
COLBY.
_DEAN OF THE ASSOCIATION_
DR. ROBERT T. MORRIS, OF NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT.
_FIELD SECRETARY_
ZENAS H. ELLIS, FAIR HAVEN, VERMONT.
_OFFICIAL JOURNAL_
NATIONAL NUT NEWS, 2810 S. MICHIGAN AVE., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS
Arkansas Prof. N. F. Drake
California Will J. Thorpe
Canada J. U. Gellatly
China P. W. Wang
Connecticut Dr. W. C. Deming
Dist. of Columbia L. H. Mitchell
England Howard Spence
Illinois Prof. A. S. Colby
Indiana J. F. Wilkinson
Iowa D. C. Snyder
Maryland T. P. Littlepage
Massachusetts James H. Bowditch
Michigan Harry Burgart
Minnesota Carl Weschcke
Missouri P. C. Stark
Nebraska William Caha
New York Prof. L. H. MacDaniels
New Jersey Lee W. Jaques
Ohio Harry R. Weber
Pennsylvania John Rick
Rhode Island Philip Allen
Vermont Zenas H. Ellis
Virginia Dr. Russel J. Smith
Washington D. H. Berg
West Virginia Dr. J. E. Cannaday
Wisconsin Lt. G. H. Turner
NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
List of Members as of January 1, 1934
Abbott, Mrs. Laura W., Route No. 2, Bristol, Pennsylvania.
Adams, Gerald W., R. F. D. 4, Moorehead, Iowa.
Aldrich, A. W., Route 3, Springfield, Vermont.
Allen, Edward E., Hotel Ambassador, Cambridge, Mass.
Allen, Philip, 178 Dorance St., Providence, R. I.
Andrews, Miss Frances E., 245 Clifton Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
Anthony, A. B., Sterling, Illinois.
Ballock, J. S., 1559 Main Street, Springfield, Mass.
Bartlett, Frances A., Stamford, Connecticut.
Baum, Dr. F. L., Boyertown, Pennsylvania.
Bennett, F. H., 19 East 92nd St., New York, N. Y.
Berg, D. H., Nooksack, Washington.
Betz, Frank S. (Personal), Betz Bldg., Hammond, Indiana.
Bixby, Mrs. Willard G., 32 Grand Ave., Baldwin, N. Y.
Bontz, Mrs. Geo. I., Route No. 2, Peoria, Illinois.
* Bowditch, James H., 903 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Boyce, Daniel, Rt. 4, Winterset, Iowa.
Bradley, Homer, c/o Kellogg Farms, Rt. 1, Augusta, Mich.
Brown, Daniel L., 60 State Street, Boston, Mass.
Brown, Roy W., Spring Valley, Illinois.
Bryant, Dr. Ward C., 31 Federal St., Greenfield, Mass.
Buckwalter, Alan R., Flemington, New Jersey.
Burgart H., c/o Mich. Nut Nursery, Rt. 2, Union City, Michigan.
Caha, William, Wahoo, Nebraska.
Canaday, Ward M., Home Bank Building, Toledo, Ohio.
Cannaday, Dr. J. E., c/o Charleston Gen. Hosp., Charleston, West
Virginia.
Chipman, G. F., "The Country Guide," Winnipeg, Man., Canada.
Close, Prof. C. P., U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Colby, Arthur S., University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.
Collins, Joseph N., 335 W. 87th St., New York, N. Y.
Cooley, Ralph B., Hotel Kimbal, Springfield, Mass.
Crysdale, Stanley A., R. D. 5, Auburn, N. Y.
Curtis, Elroy, Brookfield, Conn.
Deeben, Fred, Trevorton, Pennsylvania.
Deming, Dr. W. C, 31 Owen Street, Hartford, Conn.
* Drake, Prof. N. F., Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Elfgren, Ivan P., 11 Sheldon Place, Rutland, Vermont.
* Ellis, Zenas H., Fair Haven, Vermont.
Ellwanger, Mrs. W. D., 510 East Ave., Rochester, New York.
Ettari, Oscar A., 71 North Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.
Ferris, Major Hiram B., P. O. Box 74, Spokane, Wash.
Fickes, W. R., Route 7, Wooster, Ohio.
Fontaine, Arthur, 21 Highland Ave., Ludlow, Mass.
Frey, Frank H., Room 930 La Salle St. Station, Chicago, Ill.
Gable, Jas. B., Jr., Stewartstown, Pennsylvania.
Gage, J. H., 107 Flatt Ave., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Galbreath, R. S., Huntington, Indiana.
Garber, Hugh G., 75 Fulton St., New York City, N. Y.
Gellatly, J. U., Box 19, West Bank P. O., Gellatly, British Columbia.
Gerber, E. P., Route No. 1, Apple Creek, Ohio.
Graham, J. W., Walnut Orchard Farm, Ithaca, N. Y.
Greene, Mrs. Avice M., 2203 Ridge Rd., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Greene, Karl W., 2203 Ridge Rd., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Gribbel, Mrs. John, Box 31, Wyncote, Pennsylvania.
Hahn, Albert G., Rural Route No. 6, Bethesda, Md.
Hale, Richard W., 60 State Street, Boston, Mass.
Hammond, Julian T., 3rd, D.D.S., Newtown, Pa.
Harman-Brown, Miss Helen, Croton Falls, New York.
Harrington, F. O., Williamsburg, Iowa.
Hartzell, B. F., Shepardstown, West Virginia.
Healey, Scott, R. F. D. No. 219. Otsego, Mich.
Healy, Oliver T., c/o Michigan Nut Nursery, Rt. 2, Union City, Michigan.
Helmick, James H., Columbus Junction, Iowa.
Hershey, John W., Downington, Pennsylvania.
Hilliard, H. J., Sound View, Connecticut.
Holden, Frank H., 56 West 45th St., New York City, N. Y.
Hostetter, C. F., Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania.
Hostetter, L. K., Route No. 5, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
* Huntington, A. M., 3 East 89th St., New York City, N. Y.
Hutchinson, Galen Otis, 691 Main Ave., Passaic, N. J.
Iowa State Horticultural Society, Des Moines, Iowa.
Isakson, Walter R., Route No. 1, Hobart, Indiana.
Jacob, C. M., Stockbridge, Mass.
Jacobs, Homer L., c/o Davey Tree Exp. Co., Kent, Ohio.
* Jaques, Lee W., 74 Waverly Place, Jersey City, N. J.
Jones Nurseries, J. F., Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Kaan, Helen W., Wellesley, Mass.
Kaufman, M. M., Clarion, Pennsylvania.
Kellogg, Dr. J. H., 202 Manchester St., Battle Creek, Mich.
Kelly, Mortimer B., 21 West St., New York City.
Kendrick, Mrs. Jay G., 44 Main St., Shelburne Falls, Mass.
* Kinsan Arboretum, Lang Terrace, North Szechuan Rd., Shanghai, China.
Knox, Loy J., c/o First National Bank, Morrison, Ill.
Lamb, Gilbert D., Woolworth Bldg., New York, N. Y.
Lancaster, S. S., Jr., Rock Point, Maryland.
Leach, Will, Cornell Building, Scranton, Pa.
Lester, Henry, 35 Pintard Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.
* Lewis, Clarence, 1000 Park Ave., New York City, N. Y.
Little, Norman B., Rocky Hill, Conn.
* Littlepage, Thos. P., Union Trust Bldg., Washington, D. C.
MacDaniels, L. H., c/o Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
McIntyre, A. C., Dep't of Forestry, State College, Pa.
Mehring, Upton F., Keymar, Maryland.
Meyer, Dr. R. C. J., 1815 Third Ave., Moline, Ill.
Middleton, M. S., District Horticulturist, Vernon, British Columbia.
Miller, Herbert, Pinecrest Poultry Farms, Richfield, Pa.
Mitchell, Lennard H., 2219 California St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
* Montgomery, Robert H., 385 Madison Ave., New York City, N. Y.
* Morris, Dr. Robert T., R. F. D., Stamford, Connecticut.
Morton, Joy, Lisle, Illinois.
Neilson, Jas. A., c/o Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan.
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y.
Orner, George D., 751 Ridgewood Road, Maplewood, N. J.
Otto, Arnold G., 4150 Three Mile Drive, Detroit, Michigan.
Paden, Riley W., Rte. 2, Enon Valley, Penna.
Park, J. B., c/o Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Peters, E. S., 4241 Folsom Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
Pickhardt, Dr. O. C, 117 East 80th St., New York City, N. Y.
Porter, John J., 1199 The Terrace, Hagerstown, Md.
Pratt, Geo. D., Jr, Bridgewater, Connecticut.
Purnell, J. Eiger, Box 24, Salisbury, Maryland.
Putnam, Mrs. Ellen M., 129 Babson St., Mattapan, Mass.
Reed, C. A., Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Richardson, J. B., Lakeside, Washington.
* Rick, John, 438 Pennsylvania Square, Reading, Pa.
Riehl, Miss Amelia, Godfrey, Illinois.
Rowley, Dr. John C., 1046 Ashburn Ave., Hartford, Conn.
Russell, Newton H., 12 Burnett Ave., So. Hadley Falls, Mass.
Ryan, Henry E., Sunderland, Mass.
Sawyer, Dorothy C., c/o Living Tree Guild, 468 4th Ave., New York.
Sefton, Pennington, 94 Lake Ave., Auburn, N. Y.
Schlagenbusch Bros., Rt. 3, Fort Madison, Iowa.
Schlemmer, Claire D., Rt. 2, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Schmidt, A. G., Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
Schuster, C. E., Horticulturist, Corvallis, Oregon.
Scott, Harry E., P. O. Box 191, Petersburg, N. Y.
Sherer, J. F., c/o C. T. Sherer Co., Worcester, Mass.
Slate, George L., State Agri. Exper. Station, Geneva, N. Y.
Smith, Dr. J. Russell, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
Smith, Leon C., 60 Day Ave., Westfield, Mass.
Snyder, D. C., Center Point, Iowa.
Spence, Howard, The Red House, Ainsdale, near Southport, England.
Spencer, Mrs. May R., 275 West Decatur St., Decatur, Ill.
Stark Bros., Nurseries, Louisiana, Missouri.
Steffee, Jno. G., 317 6th Ave., New York City, N. Y.
Stiebeling, Mrs. Anna E., 1458 Monroe St., Washington, D. C.
Stocking, Frederick N., 3456 Cadillac St., Detroit, Michigan.
Stoke, H. F., 1421 Watts Ave., Roanoke, Virginia.
Stover, Jacob E., Springwood Farms, York, Pa.
Strickland, C. H., Snow Hill, Maryland.
Taylor, C. W., 1723 Eye St., Eureka, California.
Theiss, Lewis Edwin, Muncy, Pennsylvania.
Thorpe, Will J., 1545 Divisarero St., San Francisco, Calif.
Tice, David, Savings Bank Building, Lockport, N. Y.
Turner, Lt. G. H., 932 Prospect Ave., Portage, Wisconsin.
University of Illinois Library, Urbana, Illinois.
Van Meter, W. L., Adel, Iowa.
Von Ammon S., c/o Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C.
Walker, C. F., 2851 E. Overlook Rd., Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Watson, John F., 16 Dumont Apart, Lynchburg, Va.
* Weber, Harry R., 123 East 6th St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Weidhass, William H., Gaston St., Easthampton, Mass.
Wellman, Sargeant, Windridge, Topsfield, Mass.
Went, Robert E., 551 McDonough St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Weschcke, Carl, 1048 Lincoln Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Wigglesworth, Alfred.
Wilkinson, J. F., Rockport, Indiana.
Williams, Dr. Chas. Mallory, Stonington, Connecticut.
Williams, Moses, 18 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Windhorst, Dr. M. R., University Club Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.
* Wissman, Mrs. F. de R., 9 W. 54th St., New York City, N. Y.
* Wister, John C., Clarkson Ave. and Wister St., Germantown, Pa.
Wright, Ross Pier, 235 West 6th St., Erie, Pa.
Zimmerman, Dr. G. A., 32 So. 13th St., Harrisburg, Pa.
* Life Member.
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I
_Name._ This Society shall be known as the NORTHERN NUT GROWERS
ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED.
ARTICLE II
_Object._ Its object shall be the promotion of interest in nut-bearing
plants, their products and their culture.
ARTICLE III
_Membership._ Membership in this society shall be open to all persons
who desire to further nut culture, without reference to place of
residence or nationality, subject to the rules and regulations of the
committee on membership.
ARTICLE IV
_Officers._ There shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary
and a treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting;
and an executive committee of six persons, of which the president, the
two last retiring presidents, the vice-president, the secretary and the
treasurer shall be members. There shall be a state vice-president from
each state, dependency, or country represented in the membership of the
association, who shall be appointed by the president.
ARTICLE V
_Election of Officers._ A committee of five members shall be elected at
the annual meeting for the purpose of nominating officers for the
following year.
ARTICLE VI
_Meetings._ The place and time of the annual meeting shall be selected
by the membership in session or, in the event of no selection being made
at this time, the executive committee shall choose the place and time
for the holding of the annual convention. Such other meetings as may
seem desirable may be called by the president and executive committee.
ARTICLE VII
_Quorum._ Ten members of the association shall constitute a quorum, but
must include two of the four elected officers.
ARTICLE VIII
_Amendments._ This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of
the members present at any annual meeting, notice of such amendment
having been read at the previous annual meeting, or a copy of the
proposed amendment having been mailed by any member to each member
thirty days before the date of the annual meeting.
BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I
_Committees._ The Association shall appoint standing committees as
follows: On membership, on finance, on programme, on press and
publication, on exhibits, on hybrids, on survey, and an auditing
committee. The committee on membership may make recommendations to the
Association as to the discipline or expulsion of any member.
ARTICLE II
_Fees._ Annual members shall pay two dollars annually. Contributing
members shall pay ten dollars annually. Life members shall make one
payment of fifty dollars, and shall be exempt from further dues and will
be entitled to same benefits as annual members. Honorary members shall
be exempt from dues. "Perpetual" membership is eligible to any one who
leaves at least five hundred dollars to the Association and such
membership on payment of said sum to the Association will entitle the
name of the deceased to be forever enrolled in the list of members as
"Perpetual" with the words "In Memoriam" added thereto. Funds received
therefor shall be invested by the Treasurer in interest bearing
securities legal for trust funds in the District of Columbia. Only the
interest shall be expended by the Association. When such funds are in
the treasury the Treasurer shall be bonded. Provided; that in the event
the Association becomes defunct or dissolves then, in that event, the
Treasurer shall turn over any funds held in his hands for this purpose
for such uses, individuals or companies that the donor may designate at
the time he makes the bequest or the donation.
ARTICLE III
_Membership._ All annual memberships shall begin either with the first
day of the calendar quarter following the date of joining the
Association, or with the first day of the calendar quarter preceding
that date as may be arranged between the new member and the Treasurer.
ARTICLE IV
_Amendments._ By-laws may be amended by a two-third vote of members
present at any annual meeting.
ARTICLE V
Members shall be sent a notification of annual dues at the time they are
due, and if not paid within two months, they shall be sent a second
notice, telling them that they are not in good standing on account of
non-payment of dues, and are not entitled to receive the annual report.
At the end of thirty days from the sending of the second notice, a third
notice shall be sent notifying such members that unless dues are paid
within ten days from the receipt of this notice, their names will be
dropped from the rolls for non-payment of dues.
MY BUTTERNUT
The butternut crop is always sure
And raised at easy cost,
There is nothing it will not endure,
It is never harmed by frost.
The hopper and the cabbage worm
Care not to chew its leaves,
Comes weather hot or wet or cold,
This sturdy tree ne'er grieves.
It has no fear of 'tater bugs,
Or cultivation's errors,
The measly scale from San Jose,
And Green bug bring no terrors.
No squash bug races o'er its frame,
Nor caterpillar weaving,
It is never doped with Paris Green,
Yet never found a grieving.
It has no use for bumblebees,
No nodules on its feet,
But when the frost is on the pumpkin
Oft has the hay crop beat.
If you wish a crop that always comes
Without an "if" or "but,"
The surest thing in all the list,
Just plant a butternut.
JAMES H. HELMICK
Columbus Junction, Iowa
[Illustration:
Grand-pa come out to the butter nut tree,
And crack some nuts for Nicodemus and me.]
=Report of the Proceedings=
_at the_
Twenty-fourth Annual Convention
_of the_
=Northern Nut Growers Association=
_Incorporated_
_SEPTEMBER 11, 12, 1933_
_DOWNINGTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA_
The first session convened at 9:00 A. M., September 11th at Minquas Fire
Hall, with President Walker in the chair.
The President: "This is the opening of the 24th annual convention and I
will introduce at once for his address of welcome, Rev. G. Paul
Musselman."
Rev. G. Paul Musselman: "Thank you, Mr. Walker. It is my most pleasant
duty to welcome you to Downingtown. Downingtown is quite an appropriate
place for a convention because it is a place where we try to prepare
beforehand for things we believe are going to happen, and try to get
ready to prevent other things from happening."
Less than a mile from here to the north are stretches through the woods
of infantry breastworks. Occupying that woods and those breastworks was
the regiment under the command of Col. Stewart. The British were down by
the Brandywine to the south, and it was supposed the British would do
the logical thing, which they never do, and come up to take Downingtown,
which was at that time the most important industrial area in the United
States. It was the arsenal of the Revolutionary War. It has continued to
grow in its industrial manufacturing until it is now important in paper
manufacturing.
That we are still trying to prevent nasty things from happening is
strikingly evident in the fact that we have not had to call for help to
take care of the people suffering from the depression. The Community
Chest had, in the beginning, adopted a policy of preparing for an
emergency by creating a fund for this purpose and has been able to do
its work without any other than the usual annual drive for funds.
The first paper mill in America was established by Mr. Rittenhouse and
after that paper mills began to be built in this valley. We have gone
through a great cycle. The farms in this community used to be farmed
for money, later interest was shown in the mills and the farmer farmed
without money. Again they are being farmed with money by the
industrialists and bankers and city men who are coming out and buying up
these old farms for country places. I am happy to state that the farms
are coming into their own again. It is this class of people that are
interested in such things as nut trees as something new and different.
It is Downingtown's faculty of being prepared for what is to come that
makes it a particularly appropriate place for your convention. It is
always a little ahead of the parade. We are proud of our local nut
nursery which, in line with the spirit of the town, is just a little
ahead of the parade. You too are a little ahead of the parade, so in
that spirit I welcome you.
The Burgess has directed me to welcome you to Downingtown. I trust your
stay will be interesting and helpful and we shall count it a privilege
for you to call upon us for any further services you may require. I hope
I shall be able to go on the bus trip with you but I am very busy and
cannot make any promises for the moment. So, welcome!
Dr. Zimmerman: Fellow members of the convention! I am sure that it has
been a pleasure to receive the fine welcome that Rev. Musselman has
given us and I wish to assure him that it is a pleasure to be here. We
are particularly glad to be in this district which is a land of plenty
compared with other parts of the country which have suffered greatly
from the depression. I am sorry that I do not live here.
We nut growers have been in the habit of thinking of growing nut trees
on land which is good for nothing else, so that it is interesting to
find nurseries using this good land and making a success of nut tree
growing. In fact nut culture had its beginning in this district through
Mr. Rush, and Mr. Jones and then Mr. Hershey.
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