PROFIT IN NUTS 17 



associated with their production are confined 

 mostly to the Gulf States and to the Pacific 

 Coast. 



To be sure, the aggregate wild nut crop of 

 the Central and Northern States represents a 

 considerable value. But no official estimate has 

 been made as to the precise figures involved. In 

 general, the nuts obtained from such trees are 

 not looked upon as a commercial crop. They are 

 for the most part consumed on the farm or in 

 neighboring villages. 



Only three kinds of nuts are grown on a com- 

 mercial scale in the United States at the present 

 time, these being the Persian or English walnut, 

 the pecan, and the almond. 



According to the official reports of the Census 

 Bureau, the total nut crop reported for 1909 was 

 62,328,000 pounds. This was 55.7 per cent 

 greater than the crop reported for 1899, and the 

 value, $4,448,000, was 128.1 per cent greater. 

 "California is by far the most important State 

 in the production of nuts, and Texas ranks next. 

 No other State reported as much as $100,000 

 worth of nuts in 1909." 



The Census Report takes note of nuts other 

 than the three just named, but the total value of 

 all the others is relatively insignificant, the com- 

 bined value of the Persian walnuts, pecans, and 



