WALNUT. 



NOYER. Juglans. 



FROM the circumstance of our having an abundance of 

 the fruit, from the many species of this genus of trees grow- 

 ing spontaneously around us, it is presumed that the culture 

 of the Juglans regia, commonly called English Walnut, or 

 Madeira Nut, has been neglected by many of our citizens, 

 It is a native of Persia, and is cultivated in France, England, 

 and in other parts of Europe, both as a fruit and timber 

 tree. The fruit in England is much used in a green state 

 for pickling, and also as^in adulteration of soy sauce. In 

 France, an oil which supplies the place of that of Almonds, 

 is made from the kernel. In Spain, they strew the gratings 

 of old and hard nuts, first peeled, into their tarts and other 

 meats. The leaves strewed on the ground, and left there, 

 annoy worms or moles, or macerated in warm water, afford 

 a liquor which will destroy them. The unripe fruit is used 

 in medicine for the purpose of destroying worms in the 

 human body. Pliny says, '* the more Walnuts one^ eats, 

 with the more ease will he drive worms out of the stomach." 



The timber is considered lighter, in proportion to its 

 strength and elasticity, than any other, and therefore com- 

 monly used in England for gun stocks. It is used in 

 cabinet work in most parts of Europe ; the young timber is 

 allowed to make the finest coloured work, but the old to be 

 finest variegated for ornament. When propagated for 

 timber, the nut is sown ; but when fruit is the object, 

 inarching from the branches of fruit-bearing trees, is prefer- 

 able. Budding is also practised by some ; the buds succeed 

 best when taken from the base of the annual shoots ; 

 ordinary sized buds from the upper part of such shoots 

 generally fail. 



Walnut trees that have not been grafted or budded, may 

 be induced to produce blossoms by ringing the bark, that is, 

 cutting out a streak of the bark around the body or main 

 branches of the tree. Walnut trees seldom yield much fruit 

 until fifteen or twenty years old ; it is produced on the 



