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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



from the government the name "Hardy English Wal- 

 nuts." Here for nearly half a century have been grown 

 many thousands of trees; orchards have been planted 

 and are still be- 

 ing plan ted, 

 and hundreds 

 of people in 

 New Y o r k, 

 Connecticut, 

 Michigan, Can- 

 ada and other 

 northern points 

 have been sup- 

 pl ied with 

 hardy trees 

 from these or- 

 chards. 



Forrest Cris- 

 sey, the well 

 known writer 

 and authority 

 on farming and 

 economic sub- 

 jects, after 

 touring the 

 United States 

 i n v e stigating 

 Eng 1 i s h wal- 

 n u t orchards 

 and conditions, 

 wrote : "Here I 

 found alternat- 

 ing rows of 

 hardy English 

 walnut trees 

 and peach 

 trees. On every 

 side were peach 

 trees killed 

 out, root and 

 branch, by the 

 severe winter. 

 There was not 

 an English walnut tree in the whole orchard that showed 

 the slightest injury from frost or anything else. They 

 were as bright as new dollars and. as thrifty as any trees 

 I have ever seen. Then 1 saw the older trees with their 



BRANCH NUTS 



This is a typical cluster of hardy nuts, so when you plant another tree, why not choose an English 



walnut? In time it will bring you a perennial crop of delicious nuts with high nutritive value. 



loads of nuts. There was no question about the perform- 

 ance of those trees." 



When you plant another tree, why not plant the English 



walnut ? Luth- 

 er B u r b ank 

 says : "Then, 

 besides senti- 

 ment, shade 

 and leaves you 

 may have a 

 perennial sup- 

 ply of nuts 

 the improved 

 kind of which 

 furnish the 

 most delicious, 

 nutritious and 

 healthful food 

 which has ever 

 been known. 

 Today the con- 

 sump t i o n of 

 nuts is proba- 

 bly increasing 

 among civilized 

 nations faster 

 than that of 

 any other food; 

 and we should 

 keep up with 

 this growing 

 demand and 

 make it still 

 more rapid by 

 producing nuts 

 of uni formly 

 good quality, 

 with a conse- 

 quent increase 

 in health and a 

 permanent in- 

 crease in the 

 wealth of our- 

 selves and our neighbors." And by so doing we will not 

 only be showing our patriotism and doing our "bit" but 

 we will insure to our children and our children's children 

 a better selection of food and a safe means of revenue. 



OUR FEBRUARY COVER 



TIJ'ANY compliments have been received regarding the 

 -'-"-'- beautiful picture shown on the cover of the Feb- 

 ruary issue, which is a reproduction of a painting of 

 Lake Louise, in the Canadian Rockies, made by Mr. 

 Walter Wilcox and used by us through his courtesy and 

 that of the Mathews-Northrup Press, of Buffalo, New 

 York. 



/^APTAIN F. E. AMES, from District 6, United States 

 ^ Forest Service, has been assigned as captain of Com- 

 pany B, 7th Battalion, Twentieth Engineers (Forest). 

 He is now at American University, Washington, D. C. 



HPHE urgent deficiency bill, carrying an item of $775,000 

 * to cover the unusual expenditures of the Forest 

 Service for fighting forest fires, has passed the House 

 and gone to the Senate. 



