A TREATISE ON NUT CULTURE. 13 J 



Pecans grown to become unsalable. We have the world for our market, with 

 no competition outside the United States, as the Pecan is grown only on this 

 continent. The term ' ' paper shell ' ' Pecan is misleading, and hereafter we will 

 use the terms "thin shell" and "hard shell," as these names represent the 

 whole. 



We have seen the so-called Mexican paper-shell as thick as our hard-shell. 



Never plant a Pecan tree which has had the tap root cut; if you do, you 

 will be disappointed when the time comes for them to bear; the nut bearing of 

 such a tree is of little or no value, but you have only a handsome and valuable 

 shade tree worth all it cost, for that. 



Experience here with our best growers has taught this lesson, and it is too 

 expensive for others to try. 



Plant the nuts only, from your own trees, and you know what you may 

 expect in fruit " A word to the wise," &c. 



FORT WORTH, TEXAS, October, 1894. 



WALNUT HULLS. 



Referring to the utilization of waste material in the garden and farm, the 

 California Fruit Grower has the following interesting note regarding the 

 husks or hulls of the English Walnut: "A prominent Walnut grower of 

 Ventura county has been requested to put a price on his Walnut husks, and is 

 now drying a few hundred pounds for an experimental shipment. The would- 

 be purchaser expects to use the husks for dyeing purposes. Like the husk of 

 the Butternut and the Black Walnut, the outer covering of the California 

 Walnut stains the hands a rich glossy brown, which is found a very fast color 

 by the enquiring mind pursuing investigation in this avenue of research. If 

 this waste product can be utilized for such a purpose, it will form a notable 

 addition to that class of economic processes which reclaim waste and refuse 

 material and adapt it to new and practical uses. ' ' 



VARIETIES OF THE WALNUT IN EUROPE. 



From Rural Californian. 



The Walnut season is approaching, and a few remarks on their consump- 

 tion in various countries may not be out of place. When about half or three 

 parts grown, the Walnut is used for pickling. There are many varieties of 

 these nuts, such as the oval, round, double, large and small fruited, early and 

 late, tender thin shelled and thick shelled. An almost huskless variety occurs 

 in the north of China. 



Walnuts always command a ready sale at markets in large towns, where, 



