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can find a foothold. It needs only to be well cared for until 

 established, and given room for development, and it will 

 take care of itself. It is said to do best where there is lime 

 in the soil, which, of course, may be added. 



The Walnut. — We must be on the lookout for types of 

 the black walnut and butternut that are worth growing. 

 Both these are native and hardy, the butternut flourishing 

 further north than the other, and if such nuts can be found 

 they will fill a valuable place. Their propagation is sutfi- 

 ciently simple, as all the walnuts can be grafted or budded 

 interchanffeablv. 



The Japanese heartnut has striking characteristics that 

 make it valuable for the north. It is very hardy and grows 

 with extreme rapidity under favorable circumstances, mak- 

 ing a very handsome tree and bearing early a heart-shaped 

 nut of good quality that cracks easily from the shell. This 

 nut is worthy of extended trial, but one should have a guar- 

 antee from the nurseryman that it is not the Siebold walnut, 

 a very similar tree, but one that bears a very inferior nut. 



The Persian Walnut ('' English " or Circassian Walnut, 

 Madeira Nut). — The so-called "English" walnut is at- 

 tracting more popular attention as a nut for northern grow- 

 ing than any other at the present moment. One reason for 

 this is that, while it is not a native nut, here and there a 

 tree is growing and bearing well in almost every State in 

 the Union. Some of the best of these are being propagated 

 and can be bought in quantity, but very probably there are 

 better ones that have never been brought to the attention of 

 nut growers. All such trees should be made known and 

 studied, for it is certain that the nut is going to be one of 

 the most valuable for northern propagation, and some day a 

 great food and revenue producer. 



Recommendations. 



These depend on the tastes and wishes of the man who 

 wants to grow the nuts. If they are strictly scientific, with 

 time and money to back them, let him experiment with the 

 less known kinds, such as the almond, pistache and pine 

 nuts ; let him raise great quantities of seedlings, dii'card the 



