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  The 
  Asiatic 
  chestnut 
  trees 
  are 
  dwarfish 
  in 
  habit, 
  come 
  into 
  

   bearing 
  early, 
  the 
  nuts 
  are 
  generally 
  large 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   of 
  pretty 
  good 
  quality. 
  They 
  may 
  be 
  planted 
  as 
  fillers 
  between 
  

   the 
  trees 
  of 
  larger 
  growth. 
  The 
  nuts 
  may 
  be 
  bought 
  of 
  importers. 
  

   (See 
  circular 
  on 
  "Seedsmen 
  and 
  Nurserymen".) 
  The 
  small 
  

   Korean 
  chestnut 
  has 
  been 
  especially 
  recommended. 
  

  

  If 
  you 
  wish 
  to 
  grow 
  the 
  shagbark 
  hickory 
  {Hicoria 
  ovata) 
  

   plant 
  the 
  best 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  nut 
  you 
  can 
  get, 
  or 
  the 
  bitter- 
  

   nut 
  ( 
  H. 
  minima) 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  superior 
  stock 
  for 
  grafting. 
  

  

  High 
  hopes 
  are 
  held 
  that 
  that 
  other 
  favorite 
  hickory, 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  {H. 
  pecan) 
  may 
  be 
  grown 
  far 
  outside 
  its 
  native 
  range, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Indiana 
  pecan 
  is 
  the 
  nut 
  on 
  which 
  these 
  hopes 
  are 
  

   founded. 
  Seed 
  nuts 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  reliable 
  Indiana 
  

   dealers, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  not 
  reliable. 
  

  

  The 
  hickories 
  may 
  be 
  budded 
  and 
  grafted 
  on 
  one 
  another 
  

   so 
  that 
  one 
  kind 
  of 
  stock 
  may 
  serve 
  for 
  both 
  shagbark 
  and 
  pecan. 
  

  

  If 
  you 
  want 
  to 
  grow 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  {Juglans 
  regia), 
  

   often 
  called 
  the 
  "English" 
  walnut, 
  the 
  black 
  walnut 
  (/. 
  nigra), 
  

   seems 
  to 
  afford 
  the 
  most 
  promising 
  stock, 
  though 
  /. 
  rupestris, 
  

   native 
  in 
  Texas 
  and 
  Arizona, 
  has 
  been 
  recommended 
  and 
  /. 
  cor- 
  

   diformis, 
  the 
  Japanese 
  heart 
  nut, 
  is 
  also 
  promising. 
  This 
  nut 
  

   can 
  be 
  recommended 
  for 
  planting 
  for 
  its 
  own 
  sake 
  as 
  the 
  tree 
  

   is 
  hardy, 
  a 
  rapid 
  grower, 
  comes 
  into 
  bearing 
  early 
  and 
  bears 
  

   a 
  fairly 
  good 
  nut. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  grafted 
  trees, 
  however, 
  so 
  the 
  

   variable 
  seedlings 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  depended 
  upon. 
  

  

  On 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  walnut 
  stocks 
  the 
  black 
  walnut 
  and 
  the 
  but- 
  

   ternut 
  (/. 
  cinerea) 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  propagated 
  if 
  worthy 
  varieties 
  

   can 
  be 
  found. 
  There 
  are 
  none 
  now 
  on 
  the 
  market. 
  

  

  The 
  nuts 
  mentioned 
  are 
  enough 
  for 
  the 
  beginner 
  and 
  the 
  

   three 
  stocks, 
  chestnut, 
  hickory 
  and 
  walnut, 
  will 
  give 
  him 
  all 
  

   he 
  wants 
  to 
  work 
  on 
  and 
  furnish 
  plenty 
  of 
  fascinating 
  occu- 
  

   pation. 
  

  

  The 
  hazel, 
  the 
  almond 
  and 
  others, 
  though 
  offering 
  possibil- 
  

   ities, 
  had 
  better 
  be 
  left 
  to 
  those 
  further 
  advanced 
  in 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  

   nut 
  growing. 
  

  

  Now 
  the 
  nut 
  orchard 
  is 
  started 
  and 
  the 
  owner 
  must 
  push 
  

   the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  by 
  the 
  ordinary 
  methods, 
  cultivation, 
  cover 
  

   crops 
  and 
  fertilizers. 
  See 
  any 
  authority 
  on 
  growing 
  fruit 
  trees. 
  

  

  In 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  five 
  years 
  the 
  trees 
  will 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  bud- 
  

   ding 
  and 
  grafting, 
  they 
  will 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  good 
  growth 
  above 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  a 
  bigger 
  one 
  below, 
  they 
  are 
  permanently 
  placed 
  

   and 
  haven't 
  got 
  to 
  be 
  set 
  back 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  two, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  killed. 
  

  

  