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walnut is nearly round. The meat of the butter- 

 nut is also somewhat richer in quality, and it is 

 generally regarded as superior in flavor. The 

 meat itself is by many people regarded as 

 superior to that of any other nut. The difficulty 

 is that the shell, like that of the blac^ walnut, is 

 very thick, making it difficult to extract the meat 

 without breaking it. 



The butternut thrives generally where the 

 black walnut does. It makes a more spreading 

 tree, but the wood is softer and far inferior for 

 cabinet purposes. 



There is also an Asiatic species, known as 

 Juglans Manchurica, that may be regarded 

 as intermediate in form between the butter- 

 nut and the black walnut. The trees rather 

 closely resemble the Japanese walnut in general 

 appearance, but bear a nut with rough surface 

 like the butternut, and the meat is also similar 

 in quality and appearance to that of the 

 butternut, being superior to that of the black 

 walnut. 



This tree may be said to form a connecting 

 link between the Japanese walnut, the American 

 black walnut, and the butternut. Without doubt 

 it could be used advantageously in a hybridizing 

 experiment that would ultimately blend the 

 strains of these different species. 



