THE WALNUT TREE. 



Fig. 1428.— a Cluster 

 OF Nuts. 



tree there is de- 

 scribed as 

 smaller than 

 that of the 

 black walnut, 

 but of belter 

 quality, with a 

 flavor very 

 much resembl- 

 ing the butter- 

 nut. As the 

 trees there are 

 still young 

 there is no data 

 yet to be had 

 for a compari- 

 son as regards 

 productiveness between them and other 

 walnuts that will grow in this pro- 

 vince. The authorities at the farm 

 have had little experience withy, cordi- 

 formis as it was only planted there last 

 year. As it is a native of the most 

 northern portion of the Japanese Em- 

 pire, it would very probably succeed in 

 Ontario. It is said to be of less 

 vigorous habit than J. seboldiana. /. 

 mandshtirica is the least valuable of the 

 three forms, having a very rough thick 

 shell. 



Prof H. E. Van Deman who is pro- 

 bably as well posted on the subject as any 

 one in the United States, in a recent reply 



Fig. 1429. — J. Sieboldiana. 



Fig. 1430.— J. 



CORDIFORMIS. 



through the Rural 

 New Yorker to an 

 enquiry by the writer 

 says : — There is no 

 doubt of the produc- 

 tiveness of the Japan 

 walnuts in America, 

 as they are fruiting 

 from New England to 

 the Gulf of Mexico. 

 They are all hardy except in the most try- 

 ing climate of the Far North, and fully as 

 much so as our native walnuts. As to 

 their profitableness, there is doubt. The 

 s^ec\e% Juglans seboldiana, bears a rather 

 small nut with a very thick shell, and one 

 from which the kernel is extracted with 

 difficulty. It is of little value except as 

 a novelty, and as a shade or ornamental 

 tree. J. cordiformis is smaller in nut, 

 but the smooth shell is not very thick ; 

 the kernel is almost round like that of 

 a hazelnut, and comes out very easily. 



Fig. 1431. 



Mandshurica. 



Both are of good quality. It might pay 

 to grow the latter for its nuts. I think 

 these trees would pay to grow for their 

 timber, as they are of rapid and stately 

 growth. They make fine trees for the 

 park or anywhere about the house or 

 farm where they can have plenty of room. 

 Possibly some hybrid of value may 

 be found by crossing this Japan walnut 

 with our native or the European species. 



A. E. MlCKLE, 



Maplehurst, Grimsby. 



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