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be used, tree and stump. The butternut is in some places 

 called the white walnut. It is usually a very much poorer 

 tree in its development, forming a low, wide-spreading 

 tree or frequently having a number of stems from the same 

 root. The fruit of both species is valuable for food, and 

 every farm boy knows walnuts and butternuts. For farm 

 planting the walnuts are not the most desirable trees, 

 since they require such good soil that the land is worth 

 more for agriculture or horticulture than for tree growing. 

 To be sure they will grow in poor soil, but so slowly that 

 other trees are more valuable. For the farm the walnuts 

 are better as individual trees planted about the farm or 

 home grounds where such trees are desired. As individual 

 trees, the walnuts bear large quantities of fruit and they 



THE KINDS OF WALNUT 



