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value had been sacrificed in the march of this pro- 

 gressive age. 



Varieties of the Western Shellbark. The 

 typical form of the thick or Western shellbark (H. la- 

 ciniosa) has already been shown on a preceding page, 

 but some remarkable and valuable varieties have been 

 found in the Western States, and no doubt others will 

 be, when more attention is paid than at present to the 

 natural food products of our forests. The tendency of 

 this species, in its variations, is usually in the direction 



of an elongation of the nuts, 

 even when there is no decrease 

 in the thickness of the shell, 

 as shown in Fig. 65, taken 

 from one of a number of long 

 varieties collected in the AVest- 

 ern States ; and while they do 

 not possess any special merit, 

 they attract attention, owing 

 to their unusual form. 



NUSSBAUMER'S HYBRID. 

 Several years ago I received 

 a specimen of a very remark- 

 able nut from Judge Samuel 

 Miller, of Bluffton, Mo., un- 

 der the name of "Nussbaum- 

 er's Hybrid Pecan." Judge Miller informed me that he 

 had received it from Mr. J. J. Nussbaumer, Mascoutah, 

 St. Glair Co., 111., who claimed that it was a hybrid 

 between the pecan and the large western shellbark hick- 

 ory (H. laciniosa). I had an illustration made of this 

 specimen, and it appeared, with a brief description, in 

 the American Agriculturist for Dec., 1884, p. 546. 

 Soon after receiving the specimen nut from Judge Miller 

 I opened correspondence with Mr. Nussbaumer, and 

 learned from him that only one tree bearing such nuts 



FIG. 65. LONG WESTERN 

 SHELLBARK. 



