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 The WALNUT TREE. 



THE Walnut (Juglans), is one of 

 the largeft fruit trees of the nut- 

 bearing kind, and is worthy of culture 

 as common ftandards, in orchards, parks, 

 and any out grounds for the fake of its 

 fruit, which is valuable, both to ufe whole, 

 while young and green, as an excellent 

 pickle, and when ripe, to eat the kernels 

 raw; confiding of feveral varieties, all 

 feminals of one parent, which belongs 

 to the clafs and order Monoecia Potyan- 

 dria, i. e. male and female flowers apart, 

 the males having many ftamina. 



The fpecies of Walnut commonly cul- 

 tivated as a fruit tree, is, according to 

 the botanifts, 



