HICKORY NUT. 



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HICKORY NUT. 



It may truly be said that the best native varieties of the Shagbark 

 species of Hickory have been for a century a leading favorite nut of 

 the Northern States, especially with the rural population; yet the 

 supply up to the present has been mainly from the native reserved 

 trees of the pasture, forest, or field. At this time, however, the 

 propagation of select thin-shelled varieties has been attempted in 

 several Northern States (289). 



SOME DESIRABLE VARIETIES. 



Dover. Size medium, angular, broad at base, with point at base; 

 shell quite thin; meat plump and good. Pennsylvania. 



Eliot. Medium in size, compressed, ovate, with angles; shell 

 thin; good. Connecticut. 



Hales (Hales' Paper Shell). Large, inclined to be four-angled; 

 quality best; shell very thin. Becoming commercial. New Jersey. 



Jackson. Large, oval, somewhat compressed; quality very good. 

 Ohio. 



Learning. Large, quite thin-shelled, and cracking without break- 

 ing the halves. Missouri. 



Meriden. Large, oblong, compressed; quality good, with plump 

 kernels; shell not as thin as some select sorts. Connecticut. 



Jackson. Woodbourn. 



Milford. Medium to large, ovate, compressed; shell quite thin; 

 quality very good. Massachusetts. 



Rice. Medium to large, ovate; shell thin. Locally highly 

 Ohio. 



