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  tion 
  from 
  the 
  well 
  drained 
  lowlands 
  to 
  the 
  mountain 
  sides. 
  As 
  with 
  

   the 
  shagbark, 
  few 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  walnut 
  have 
  been 
  introduced. 
  

   The 
  same 
  interest 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  shown 
  by 
  leaders 
  in 
  nut 
  culture 
  in 
  their 
  

   efforts 
  to 
  locate 
  and 
  insure 
  for 
  propagation 
  superior 
  varieties 
  of 
  black 
  

   walnuts 
  as 
  with 
  the 
  shagbarks. 
  

  

  THE 
  BUTTERNUT 
  {Juglttus 
  chtcvea) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  butternut 
  or 
  white 
  walnut, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  called, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  neglected 
  of 
  our 
  native 
  nut 
  bearing 
  trees. 
  In 
  the 
  forest 
  it 
  

   abounds 
  under 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  conditions 
  as 
  does 
  the 
  black 
  walnut, 
  to 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  closely 
  related. 
  Its 
  native 
  range 
  within 
  the 
  entire 
  United 
  

   States 
  extends 
  further 
  to 
  the 
  East 
  and 
  North 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  found 
  so 
  far 
  

   to 
  the 
  South 
  or 
  West 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  black 
  walnut. 
  Like 
  the 
  shagbark, 
  it 
  is 
  

   generally 
  less 
  abundant 
  within 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  its 
  native 
  range 
  than 
  is 
  either 
  

   the 
  chestnut 
  or 
  the 
  black 
  walnut 
  within 
  their 
  respective 
  native 
  areas. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  is 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  writer, 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  butter- 
  

   nut 
  has 
  been 
  introduced. 
  

  

  THE 
  PECAN 
  {Hicoria 
  pecan) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  pecan 
  is 
  native 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  under 
  dis- 
  

   cussion. 
  North 
  of 
  the 
  38th 
  parallel 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  native 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  

   bottoms 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  to 
  Daven- 
  

   port, 
  Iowa, 
  Terre 
  Haute, 
  Indiana, 
  and 
  nearly 
  to 
  Cincinnati. 
  

  

  Scattered 
  individual 
  trees 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  rare 
  in 
  Illinois, 
  Indiana, 
  

   Ohio, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  Delaware 
  and 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  the 
  41st 
  

   parallel, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  occasionally 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  parts 
  of 
  Michigan, 
  

   New 
  York 
  and 
  Connecticut. 
  In 
  rare 
  instances, 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  repcn-ted 
  

   near 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  in 
  Masschusetts. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  doubtful 
  if 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  northern 
  trees 
  which 
  are 
  well 
  outside 
  

   of 
  the 
  area 
  included 
  by 
  the 
  native 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  have 
  yet 
  borne 
  

   nuts 
  of 
  good 
  size 
  and 
  quality 
  to 
  an 
  important 
  extent. 
  The 
  efforts 
  to 
  

   carry 
  the 
  pecan 
  beyond 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  its 
  accepted 
  range 
  have 
  thus 
  far 
  

   been 
  mainly 
  by 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  seedling 
  nuts. 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  

   years, 
  intelligent 
  efforts 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  several 
  persons 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  Indiana 
  to 
  locate 
  wild 
  or 
  seedling 
  trees 
  of 
  sufficient 
  merit 
  to 
  justify 
  

   their 
  propagation 
  as 
  named 
  varieties 
  for 
  northern 
  planting. 
  Already 
  

   they 
  have 
  called 
  to 
  attention 
  and 
  are 
  propagating 
  as 
  rapidly 
  as 
  possible 
  

   the 
  Indiana, 
  the 
  Busseron, 
  the 
  Major, 
  the 
  Greenriver, 
  the 
  Warrick, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Hinton. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  varieties 
  compare 
  favorably 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  

   of 
  size 
  with 
  the 
  average 
  pecans 
  of 
  the 
  South, 
  and 
  while 
  none 
  of 
  those 
  

   yet 
  discovered 
  are 
  of 
  extremely 
  thin 
  shell, 
  in 
  points 
  of 
  plumpness, 
  rich- 
  

   ness, 
  bright 
  color 
  of 
  kernel 
  and 
  pleasant 
  flavor 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  

   northern 
  varieties 
  are 
  not 
  excelled 
  by 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  sorts. 
  Scions 
  

  

  