Northern Nut Growers Association Annual Report 1915 - Report of the Proceedings at the Sixth Annual Meeting 1915 by Various
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different descent.
It brings up an interesting question, if the flying parents of the parasites from the elm are attracted by the appearance of the hazel leaves, or if they are attracted by the odor or other characteristics. Occasionally the exotic hazels are attacked by various leaf blights but not to any troublesome extent so far as my experience goes, up to the present time. The chief predatory elements which we shall have to meet when raising hazels are squirrels, white-footed mice and the neighbors' children. W. C. REED: May I ask, Doctor, what you bud the Byzantine on? DR. MORRIS: I am budding other things on those for stocks. I bud our American hazels and European hazels on the European and Asiatic trees. MR. RUSH: Do you know anything of the quality of that nut? DR. MORRIS: It is the chief hazel in parts of northern Turkey, and of excellent quality. Hazels form a source of income for some localities like the wheat or corn in other parts of the world, or the olive, as Dr. Smith told us last night. MR. HOLDEN: Do they get these trees from seedlings? DR. MORRIS: Yes, so far as I know. The nuts are called Constantinople nuts. A MEMBER: What kind is it that blooms in the fall? |
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