THE WALNUT. 211 



tended to the surviving patriots of the Revolution. 

 From 1810 to the time of her death, 1865, Madame 

 Jumel's household always had an abundance of walnuts 

 from the old tree, and one of the workmen on the place 

 informed me that about two cartloads was considered a 

 fair annual crop." 



It cannot be many years before this old tree will 

 meet the same fate that has overtaken many of its 

 younger contemporaries which were once growing in the 

 neighborhood, for with the rush for building lots and 

 the opening of new streets and avenues, trees are usually 

 in the way, and in such cases even patriarchs are not 

 sacred, nor do they command much respect from our 

 urban population.* 



A half -century ago there was quite a large number 

 of walnut trees scattered about on the northern half of 

 Manhattan Island, many of these probably descendants 

 of the old Morris trees, but of this nothing definite is 

 now known. A number of persons whose ages permit- 

 ted them to scan the early days of the present century, 

 have assured me that in their childhood they had often 

 collected walnuts from goodly sized trees on farms, from 

 Harlem northward on the island. The largest number 

 of Persian walnut trees planted in any one place was on 

 the Tieman farm at Manhattanville, these being set out 

 as roadside trees, some of which are still standing, 

 although in the march of improvements they must soon 

 disappear. These trees have always been noted for their 

 productiveness, bearing a full crop every alternate year, 

 and a lighter one in what is termed the "off season." 



While the old Morris walnut tree, and the large 

 number growing on the Tieman estate, and scores of 

 others scattered about New York city and its suburbs, 



*Since writing the above, and while these pages are being put in 

 type, accidentally I learn with regret that the old Morris walnut tree 

 has been destroyed. 



