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toba at Burnside, there is a grove of butternut trees that have grown 

 to a fair size and borne several crops of good nuts. These trees were 

 grown from nuts introduced from Bruce County in Ontario, many 

 years ago, and serve to show the hardiness of the species. 



Japanese Walnuts (Jiiglans cordiformis and juglans sieboldianat) 



The Jajjanese walnut is represented in Canada by the common 

 type (Juglans sieboldiana) and the heartnut (Juglans cordiformis). 

 There are also hybrids between the Japanese walnuts and the butter- 

 nut that are erroneously called the Japanese walnut. 



Both species are believed to be as hardy if not hardier than the 

 black walnut, having been grown and fruited in sections where the 

 black walnut does not occur. The Japanese walnut has been planted 

 to a limited extent in Ontario with Ottawa as the northern limit in 

 the east and Clarksburg in the west. There are many fine trees of 

 the common type growing in tlie region extending from Toronto west- 

 ward to Sarnia and southward to the lakes. 



The heartnut and the common ty]Je are also grown quite exten- 

 sively in British Columbia, especially in the interior valleys of the 

 southern section of the province. ^Ir. David Gellatly of Gellatly, 

 B. C, who h?s done more for the nut culture in that province than 

 any other man, has located several fine heartnut trees and is now pro- 

 pagating the best of these by budding and grafting. Mr. Gellatly 

 sent me several good specimens, which are shown in the collection on 

 the table set aside for Canadian nuts. 



The largest and probably the finest heartnut tree in Canada is 

 located at Jordan Station on the farm of Mr. Sylvester Kratz. This 

 tree is 35 feet tall, 2 feet in diameter and spreads about 60 feet 

 across the branches. It is also quite productive, having yielded more 

 than five bushels of husked nuts in its best year and other good yields 

 have been secured. 



I have bought the crop on Mr. Kratz's tree for three years in suc- 

 cession and have distributed thousands of these nuts throughout Canada 

 for trial planting. Some interesting results are exj^eeted, especially 

 in connection with the possibility of some valuable hybrids being pro- 

 duced. 



Another good tree has been located at Scotland, Ontario, which 



