NUTS. 215 



By the Editor 



The Nuts Nos. 1, 2, and 5, are large fine nuts, generally 

 of a round shape, with short calyxes. 



No. 3. The Cosford JYut is thus described in the Pomo- 

 logical Magazine : " This variety is highly deserving of 

 cultivation, bearing abundantly, and having a remarkably 

 thin shell ; and the nut is large and oblong, and the tree 

 grows vigorously, and the branches upright." Pom, Mag. 

 t. 55. 



No. 4. Frizzled Mit. " Of all the nut tribe this is the 

 most deserving of cultivation, beautiful when in the husk, 

 and its flavour not materially differentfrom that of the White 

 Filbert ; it originated at Hoveton near Norwich." Pom, 

 Mag. t. 70. 



No. 7. The Red Filbert nut is much esteemed, and [is 

 an old resident of the gardens ; it differs from the White 

 Filbert in the skin of the nut being of a deep red colour. The 

 habit of the tree is also different, not being so bushy, nor so 

 apt to send up suckers. The nuts are excellent. 



No. 8. The White Filbert nut differs from the last in 

 having a light yellow skin, and the tree more bushy. The 

 shell is thin, and the kernel sweet and fine. Any of the 

 kinds may be budded or grafted on stocks of the two first 

 sorts ; the Cob Nut raised from seed for that purpose would 

 be the best, but they would, no doubt, work very well on any 

 of the sorts. 



WALNUTS. 



JuGLANs Regia, European Walnut, Madeira Nut. The 

 European Walnut, erroneously called here by the name of 

 Madeira Nut, is a valuable tree, as well for the young fruit 

 for making catsup and pickles, which are highly esteemed, 

 as for the ripe fruit when dry ; and the timber is very valu- 

 able. As this tree thrives well in this country, it seems sur- 

 prising that quantities of the fruit should be imported every 

 year from Europe, when they can be produced here with 

 the same facility as hiccory nuts, and might be equally plenty 

 if people would take the trouble to plant them. Young trees 

 from one to four, or at most five feet high, should be select- 

 ed from the nurseries, as larger plants succeed with difficul- 

 ty, if at all, when transplanted : some have pretended that 



