PROFIT IN NUTS 9 



These and a few other transformations in the 

 nut-bearing trees, brought about by careful 

 selective breeding, have prepared the way for 

 an entire change of attitude of the horticulturist 

 toward the question of producing nuts as a busi- 

 ness, comparable to the business of the fruit 



grower. 



The Food Value of Nuts 



Meantime there has been a marked change of 

 attitude on the part of the medical profession, 

 and, following them, of the general public, as to 

 the value of nuts in the dietary. 



In fact, nuts have most substantial merits as 

 food, and these merits are yearly coming to be 

 more fully recognized. In the older countries, 

 nuts have already assumed — indeed have long 

 held — a position of economic importance, and 

 convincing evidence of their growing recognition 

 in America is found in the reports of experiment 

 stations of the Agricultural Bureau, which in 

 recent years have from time to time urged the 

 merits of various nuts upon the attention of 

 growers. A study of the market reports shows 

 that nuts of many kinds are handled on a com- 

 mercial scale in our cities. 



There should be nothing surprising in this; 

 for, of course, in a wide view nuts are the seeds 

 of fruits, and there is no obvious reason why they 



