NORTH DAKOTA— NUTMEG 



1427 



' Expressed in bushels for orchard fruits and pounds for grapes and nuts. 



2 Included with "unclassified." 



' Consists of products not separately named by the enumerator, but grouped under the designation "all other." 



* Includes pecans, chestnuts, butternuts, black walnuta, and hazelnuts for 1909 and miscellaneous nuts for 1899. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 5,685 bushels, val- 

 ued at $9,688, while that of grapes and 

 of nuts was entirely insigniiicant. 



The following table shows the quanti- 

 ties of the more advanced products man- 

 ufactured by farmers from orchard 

 fruits and grapes. Values were not 

 called for on the schedule. 



3 than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



NoBTHEEN Spy Apple fob Massachu- 

 setts. See Massachusetts. 



NOBTHWESTERN PrDIT EXCHANGE GRAD- 

 ING Rules. See under Apple Packing. 



Northwestern Soils, Needs of. See 

 Apple Orchard Cover Crops. 



Nursery Stock, Inspection, Cbbtifi- 

 cation and transportation of. see 

 under Law. 



Nursery Stock Selecting. See Apple 

 Hursery. 



Nutmeg 



Myristica fragrans 

 Nutmegs are grown in the East In- 

 dies, West Indies, Brazil and Spice 

 islands. They grow best in a rich soil 

 in the valleys protected from the cold 



winds. The tree grows to a height of 

 about 25 feet and bears a yellow pear- 

 shaped fruit, which splits in lialf, ex- 

 posing a single kernel surrounded by a 

 false aril which forms the mace of com- 

 merce. The fleshy lialves of the fruit 

 are used as preserves in the countries 

 where the trees are cultivated, and the 

 mace is one of the most important spices 

 of commerce. 



The kernel with the aril is dried for 

 several weeks. Then the aril is pounded 

 off, leaving the kernel or nutmeg, which 

 is then dusted with lime and sent to 

 market. The poorer nutmegs are sorted 

 out and a heavy oil, called oil of mace, 

 is expressed from them. 



Granville Lowtheb 



