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In the Niagara fruit district some fine trees have been located 

 in or near the following places: Hamilton, Grimsby, Beamsville, Vine- 

 land, St. Catherines, Port Dalhousie, Niagara on the Lake, Queens- 

 town, St. Davids, Virgil, Fenwick, Niagara Falls and Campden. Out- 

 side of this district thrifty trees have been located at or near Port 

 Dover, Coarkson, London, Windsor, Chatham, Port Colborne, Hensall, 

 Ridgetown, Kingsville, Cottam, Dresden, and St. Williams. 



Under favorable conditions of soil and climate the trees grow 

 quite large and make fine ornamentals. The largest and probably 

 oldest tree in Ontario is located near Vineland Village. It is about 

 five feet in diameter and nearly sixty feet tall and is said to be 

 ninety years old. From this tree fourteen bushels of nuts were 

 gathered in one season and other yields have been occasionally secured. 



Like the Japanese walnut the English walnut has been planted 

 to a considerable extent in British Columbia, particularly in the fruit 

 districts of the mainland and on Vancouver Island. Several good va- 

 rieties nre now being grown and tlie foundations of a valuable in- 

 dustry are now being laid. 



The Chinese Walmd (Juglans regia sinensis) 



The Cliinese walnut is the eastern form of the Persian walnut 

 (Juglans regia) and is considered by some botanists to be practically 

 the same species. It has been grown in China for thousands of years 

 and is said to thrive in regions where the climate is more severe than 

 in North America where the Persian walnut can be grown successfully. 

 For this reason some nut culturists believe that it may prove to be 

 hardier than the Persian walnut, and hence it will be better adapted 

 to the Northern United States and Southern Canada. It has been 

 found to be hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plains, Mass. 

 and should, therefore, be adapted to southern Ontario and British 

 Columbia, provided stock for j^lanting were obtained from the most 

 northern area of its growth in China. 



The Chinese walnut is now being tried at the Vineland Experiment 

 Station and at several other places in Ontario. The majority of these 

 trees were grown from nuts which came from northwest China, but a 

 few were obtained from the Bureau of Plant Industry at Washington. 

 There is also a fine tree .about eight years old growing on the ]iroperty 

 of G. H. Corsan at Islington near Toronto. 



