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Hickories of various kinds, butternuts, and Amer- 

 ican walnuts are rarely cultivated. They all make 

 useful and valuable trees for ornamental purposes 

 or for timber and yield more or less nuts each year. 

 They are rather slow in growth, but are well worth 

 having to beautify the place as well as to add to the 

 variety of fruit for the home table. These nuts all 

 have more or less value in the markets, so that any 

 surplus can easily be disposed of. 



THE PEACH 



In favorable localities the peach may be grown 

 from Connecticut to Florida and westward, except 

 in the coldest locations among the mountains, to 

 the Pacific coast. In cold localities it is generally 

 placed in sheltered situations where the sun will 



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not strike the buds too strongly during winter, and 

 thus make them swell and freeze. The north side 

 of a hill is better than any other exposure in cold 

 localities. Proximity to lakes and rivers is also 

 favorable, provided the trees are not set on low 

 ground. 



The peach does best on light soils, but will suc- 

 ceed fairly well on even heavy ones. The trees, as 



