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planted in a small way. Of the flavor and quality of the best varieties 

 Mr. S. B. Heiges, of the Division of Pomology at Washington, says: 

 "In flavor and quality of kernel the butternut is second only to the 

 shellbark hickory and pecan among our native nuts, and is worthy 

 of more attention than it has yet received." This is high praise, 

 as Charles Downing, whose verdict on quality few will dispute, says 

 of the shellbark hickory nut: "We confess, to our taste this nut is 

 much superior to the European walnut." 



As yet we have no selected commercial varieties. 



