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the dietary of the poorer classes. Large quantities 

 of the nuts are also dried and ground to a flour, 

 which keeps for some time without deteriorat- 

 ing, and from which sweet and nutritious cakes 

 are made. It is said that in Korea the chestnut 

 takes a place in the dietary not unlike that which 

 the potato occupies with us, being used raw, 

 boiled, roasted, or cooked with meat. 



PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF NUTS 



Until the chestnut blight came in very recent 

 years, threatening the entire growth of chestnut 

 trees in the northeastern United States, there 

 seemed a good prospect that the cultivation of 

 this nut would become an important industry in 

 the near future. 



Meantime, there is no present indication that 

 the other nuts indigenous to the northern parts 

 of the United States are likely to be extensively 

 cultivated until they have profited by the experi- 

 ments of the plant developer. The thick shells 

 of hickory nuts and butternuts, and of the native 

 walnuts, interfere with their commercial value. 

 We shall consider in another connection the pos- 

 sibility of remedying these defects, but for the 

 moment the nuts that are grown on a commercial 

 scale are almost solely those that will flourish in 

 the warmer climates, and hence the industries 



