

CHAPTER VIII. 



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NUTS. 



These fruits are certainly deserving of notice. 

 Among those which are perfectly hardy in 

 our climate we enumerate the Shell bark, Oil- 

 nut or Butternut, Chestnut, Black Walnut, 

 Beach nut, Hazle nut, and what is not gen- 

 erally known the Filbert. It is said that all 

 these nuts may be propagated by the ordinary 

 modes of grafting ; and, doubtless, they are 

 in this way susceptible of as much improve- 

 ment in size, flavor, &c., &c., as has been 

 effected with the apple, and other cultivated 

 fruits. 



The European Walnut. This is better 

 known by the name of the Madeira nut. 

 The tree is of a fine lofty form, resembling 

 that of the common Butternut or Oilnut. It 

 is perfectly hardy, on Long Island and to the 

 south of New York. And, as far north as 

 the city of Charlestown in this state, there 



