his will be like the pecan and hickory,
that some varieties will bear fifteen years after grafting and other
varieties two years after grafting, for instance, as extremes?

Mr. Reed: Probably so, the same as it is with other fruits.

The Chairman: It seems to me that that is what we may fairly anticipate.

Mr. Corsan: Like Northern Spy apples and other apples.

Mr. Reed: This slide is a little bit out of order. It's a native Persian
walnut tree that stands in this county. It is owned by Mr. Harness. Mr.
Rush has propagated it under the name of Geit. That photograph was taken
in the fall of 1911. Last year it suffered greatly during the extreme
weather, but it came out again and made a very good growth. This is the
original Rush tree that we may be able to see this afternoon. And this
is the original Nebo that we had hoped to be able to see but will
probably not succeed. It is some seven or eight miles from Mr. Rush's
home and we will hardly be able to make it this afternoon. The slide
before us shows some European filberts that were planted by Mr. Hales
and up to the present time they are doing nicely although they have
never fruited especially heavily; but there is no blight.

The Chairman: How many years?

Mr. Reed: I think those are ten to twelve years old. Perhaps you have
seen them.

The Chairman: Yes. There are two features connected with the filbert
that we ought to discuss right here. One is the tendency to its being
destroyed by the blight of our American hazel, which extends to Indiana,
and another is the fact that it blossoms so early that the female
flowers or the male flowers are both apt to be killed by the frost. All
the members of this Association ought to get to work to bring out a
variety which will have the blight-resisting features and the later
blooming of the American hazel.

Mr. Reed: This slide shows a filbert we will probably be able to see
this afternoon. It is in Mr. Rush's door yard and is still pretty young.
I believe it has not borne of any account.

Mr. Rush: It has borne a little.

The Chairman: How old is it?

Mr. Rush: I think it's about five years old. It is a Barcelona.

Mr. Reed: The next slide is taken in the orchard of Mr. Kerr at Denton,
Md. At one time he had a very nice orchard of these filberts, but the
blight has gotten in and has about wiped out everything. In a letter
from him this fall he said he had very few nuts of any variety, although
he did have a few. A