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Grafting The same methods of grafting as employed with the 

 Pecan are used with the Shellbark and with about the 

 same success. 



Varieties ^ s - e ^ ^ u ^ ^ ew var i e ** es f Shellbark have been digni- 



fied with a name; probably the first to be named was 



Hales' Paper Shell. So named by the late A. S. 

 Fuller. It originated on the farm of Mr. Henry Hales, 

 of Ridgewood, New Jersey, and is probably over one 

 hundred years old; about seventy-five feet high and 

 nearly two feet in diameter; nut very large; shell 

 very thin in fact, much thinner than many Pecans 

 that come to the Northern markets; kernels full, 

 plump, rich and delicious, with the rare feature of 

 retaining their excellent quality for two or more years 

 without becoming rancid. A very valuable variety. 



Jackson. From /. F. Rice, Berlin Cross Roads, 

 Ohio. A large, smooth, compressed, oval nut, with 

 moderately thin shell, and large plump meat; excel- 

 lent quality. 



Learning. From R. G. Learning, Sedalia, Missouri. 

 A large nut of fine flavor and very good cracking 

 qualities, the meat coming out freely in uninjured 

 halves. 



HAIRS' PAPER 



Other There are a number of other species of the Hickory 



Hickories Mocker Nut, Pig Nut, Nutmeg Hickory, Bitteriiut, 



Water Hickory all of which are thick-shelled and 

 of little value commercially. 



