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  which 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  only 
  nut 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  successfully 
  imported 
  for 
  

   growing. 
  Since 
  the 
  earliest 
  Colonial 
  days, 
  seedling 
  nuts 
  have 
  been 
  

   brought 
  from 
  France, 
  Germany 
  and 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  Europe 
  and 
  have 
  

   been 
  planted 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Coast. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  

   from 
  these 
  plantings 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  permanently 
  withstand 
  

   climatic 
  conditions, 
  but, 
  scattered 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   North 
  and 
  East, 
  are 
  individual 
  trees 
  of 
  apparent 
  hardiness 
  which 
  

   bear 
  nuts 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  quality 
  comparing 
  favorably 
  with 
  the 
  English 
  

   walnuts 
  we 
  see 
  on 
  the 
  market. 
  Among 
  the 
  various 
  hardy 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  the 
  Enghsh 
  walnut 
  are 
  the 
  "Rush" 
  and 
  "Nebo, 
  " 
  from 
  Lancaster 
  

   County, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  introduced 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Rush, 
  the 
  pioneer 
  

   propagator 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  States. 
  Another 
  is 
  the 
  "Hall" 
  from 
  the 
  

   shores 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  the 
  "Pomeroy" 
  from 
  Lockport, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  a 
  short 
  

   distance 
  from 
  Niagara 
  Falls; 
  the 
  "Rumford" 
  from 
  Wilmington, 
  

   Del.; 
  the 
  "Ridgway" 
  from 
  Lumberton, 
  N. 
  J.; 
  the 
  "Holden" 
  from 
  

   Hilton, 
  N. 
  Y.; 
  the 
  "Boston" 
  from 
  Massachusetts; 
  the 
  "Potomac," 
  

   "Barnes" 
  and 
  "Weaver" 
  from 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C; 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  other 
  varieties. 
  The 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  trees 
  just 
  named 
  will 
  

   give 
  some 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  probable 
  hardiness 
  of 
  these 
  varieties. 
  

  

  Shagbark 
  Hickory 
  

  

  The 
  thin-shelled 
  shagbark 
  hickory 
  is 
  a 
  nut 
  that 
  is 
  coming 
  more 
  

   and 
  more 
  into 
  favor 
  and 
  is 
  well 
  worthy 
  of 
  propagation. 
  The 
  first 
  

   shagbark 
  recognized 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  variety 
  was 
  the 
  "Hales," 
  located 
  

   and 
  named 
  by 
  Henry 
  Hales 
  of 
  Ridgwood, 
  N. 
  J., 
  about 
  1874. 
  This 
  

   is 
  a 
  very 
  large, 
  attractive, 
  thin-shelled 
  nut, 
  but 
  has 
  been 
  some- 
  

   what 
  superseded 
  by 
  other 
  and 
  superior 
  shagbarks. 
  Dr. 
  Robert 
  T. 
  

   Morris 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  has 
  been 
  making 
  a 
  systematic 
  search 
  for 
  several 
  

   years 
  for 
  trees 
  bearing 
  shagbarks 
  of 
  high 
  quality 
  and 
  merit, 
  and 
  has 
  

   been 
  very 
  successful 
  in 
  bringing 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  such 
  nuts 
  to 
  public 
  

   attention, 
  including 
  the 
  "Taylor" 
  and 
  "Cook." 
  The 
  "Swaim" 
  

   from 
  South 
  Bend, 
  Ind., 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  shagbark; 
  the 
  "Weiker," 
  

   from 
  Lancaster 
  County, 
  Pennsylvania; 
  the 
  "Kirtland," 
  from 
  New 
  

   England; 
  the 
  "Rice," 
  from 
  Illinois; 
  and 
  another 
  very 
  superior 
  and 
  

   fine 
  shagbark 
  from 
  northern 
  Kentucky 
  which 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  public 
  

   attention 
  by 
  R. 
  L. 
  McCoy 
  of 
  Lake, 
  Ind. 
  

  

  Black 
  Walnuts 
  

  

  Throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  north 
  are 
  tens 
  of 
  thousands 
  of 
  seedling 
  

   black 
  walnuts, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  excellent 
  quality, 
  but, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   is 
  known, 
  there 
  are 
  but 
  two 
  recognized 
  varieties, 
  the 
  "Thomas," 
  

   introduced 
  during 
  the 
  eighties 
  and 
  propagated 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  extent, 
  

   and 
  another 
  from 
  Lamont, 
  Mich. 
  

  

  