iew of a seedling Persian walnut orchard in Bucks
county, this state, some twenty or thirty miles north of Philadelphia.
It is now about ten years of age and is owned by Mrs. J. L. Lovett, of
Emilie. Some of the nuts of this orchard are on exhibition over in the
Court House. The orchard was not given any special cultivation at the
time this photograph was taken. The nuts from the trees, of course, are
very ununiform, being seedlings, and the bearing of the trees is not
especially large, but the apparent thrift and vigor of these trees gives
a good deal of ground for looking forward to a walnut industry in the
eastern states.

Prof. Smith: Do you know the origin of the seed?

Mr. Reed: No, sir, we do not. The nuts from which those trees were
planted were obtained and planted by Mr. Lovett who is now deceased.

The Chairman: One of the most important features, it seems to me, of
grafting, is the idea that we can graft from prolific trees. The
majority of trees, of walnuts, hickories, anything you please, are not
remarkably prolific, but in grafting you select a tree that is prolific
as one of the most desirable of its qualities.

A Member: You say that this grove was given no particular cultivation;
are they careful to allow all the foliage to remain on the ground where
it drops?

Mr. Reed: I couldn't answer as to that.

A Member: Mr. Sober, do you do that?

Col. Sober: Yes, sir.

A Member: The point I wanted to make is that that is probably very much
better than any cultivation that could be given.

The Chairman: The matter of cultivation is one we have got to settle in
this country. I have been over the walnut orchards on the Pacific coast,
in the East and in Europe, and I find three entirely separate and
distinct methods of treatment. On the Pacific coast, the rule is to
cultivate every year and irrigate where they can, but to cultivate, at
any rate, whether they irrigate or not. In the East, where people are
supposed to be very industrious, we have adopted the lazier way of
letting the trees grow in sod; but that is not so bad if we follow the
principle brought forward by Stringfellow of letting the leaves all
decompose, and adding more fertilizer and more leaves and taking away
nothing. In France and Germany and England, where the trees are
cultivated, particularly in France, where they are best cultivated, we
find two methods; first, keeping up clean cultivation and adding a
little lime every year and, se