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Sowings could be made where the trees are desired, two or three seeds in a 

 place, all but the strongest plant to be taken out in the fall. In commercial 

 places the sowings are in narrow beds not wider than can be reached over for 

 the purpose of weeding. The work is done as early in spring as the season 

 will permit. The seedlings are transplanted the next spring, or the second one 

 thereafter, not often going to the third year. 



FLORIDA FRUITS. 







By Herbert Post, in South Florida Home. 

 The Japan Walnut. 



The Japan Walnut is clearly distinct from all others, is found growing wild 

 in the mountains of Northern Japan, and is, without doubt, as hardy as an oak. 

 The tree grows rapidly, and attains a very large size with a magnificent spread- 

 ing top. The leaves are of immense size, and of charming shade of green. 

 The nuts, which are produced in extreme abundance, grow in clusters of fifteen 

 to twenty in a cluster, are considerably larger than the common Hickorynut, 

 have a shell thicker than the English Walnut, but not as thick as the Black 

 Walnut. The meat is sweet, of the very best quality, and can be removed 

 entire. The tree grows with great vigor, matures early, bears young, and is 

 easily grafted on the common Walnut, yet it comes perfectly true from the 

 seed. It is more productive than the English Walnut, and next to the Pecan 

 it is bur most reliable nut bearing tree. It has an abundance of fibrous roots 

 and can be transplanted as safely as an Orange tree. It is adapted to Florida 

 soil and climate, and it in surprising that it is not generally grown throughout 

 the State. 



Money in Pecan Culture. 



While there may be money made in Florida in growing of Oranges, Lemons, 

 Pineapples, &c., for which the State is well adapted, they don't begin to pay 

 the profits that are to be obtained in the cultivation of the Texas thin shell 

 Pecan. 



Being of such a hardy nature, of same family as the Hickory and Black 

 Walnut, the Pecan will grow in the high pine lands, sandy lands, moist lands, 

 in fact in any land that will grow any kind of trees-^not only in Florida, but 

 every other State in the Union. No American tree known, which is so free 

 from insect pests or disease of any kind, as the Pecan, n9iie requires so little 

 care, when once well under way. Beginning to bear at six years of age, at 

 eight years they begin to bring in a handsome income and go on increasing 

 until the trees are thirty years old and continuing for generations. 



