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Chinese walnuts are sometimes met with very good ones, more 

 over they are hardy and free from insect or fungus attack. They 

 are really worth while to propagate. As I can not get propagate nor 

 scions I am now planting seedling from best nuts. I wish you are 

 doing the same work and finally we can supply the colder world 

 with suitable walnut trees. 



I suggest one plan that I know very big amount of walnuts of 

 best quality are exported from Tientsin to the States. You can se- 

 cure the best ones by selecting from the walnut importers for plant- 



There is another walnut produced in the vicinity of Hangchow 

 Carya Catheyensis, really a hickory, last year I sent to Mr. Jones 

 for 50 lbs. The taste is far below that of Pecan, but just 3 months 

 ago I ate at a friend's house. The hickory kernel was roasted with 

 sugar syrup. It lost all bitterness and has a very good hickory taste 

 with fine hickory flavor. 



Ptero-carya stenoptera grows best among any other trees in 

 this region. It resists drought very well. I like to try to use it as 

 stock for grafting. 



I do not interest in chestnut yet. As far as I know the best 

 chestnut is produced in Lian-Shang near Tientsin. 



Castanopsis from Hangchow is very nice. They said the tree 

 is over 100 feet high and is ever green. 



Hazelnut is from Chili and North. They are not so good as 

 yours. 



Chinese almond is apricot kernel, the best one is from Pekin 

 or Tientsin, 



Ginkgo nuts are never eaten afresh, we eat them sometime^; 

 roasted and most times cooked with meats. In which you will find 

 both meats and nuts of good taste. 



I like Torreya Grandis very much, I think Americans do not 

 like it because they do not use the right way. Chinese roast the 

 Torreya nut until all moisture gone then wait they are cold and 

 eat them. They must be kept dry after roasted otherwise the taste 

 is not so good and a second roast is necessary. 



I hope you will try the above two kinds nuts by the above way, 

 as Ginkgo can live over thousand years and Torreya in this country 

 is also long lived, their nut fat would keep the human tissue less 

 easy to decay. 



The pine seeds kernels are sold here for Mex. $1.60 per pound. 

 If your pine seeds kernel are cheap, it is possible to come over. The 

 pine seeds are Pinus Bungeana ans P. Massoniana. 



