ON NUT GROWING 



of various nuts upon the attention of agriculturists, 

 A study of the market reports shows that nuts of 

 many kinds are handled on a commercial scale in 

 our cities. 



There should be nothing surprising in this; 

 for, of course, in a wide view nuts are fruits, and 

 there is no obvious reason why they should not 

 have dietetic value. Moreover they are for the 

 most part grown on perennial shrubs or trees 

 rather than on succulent and perishable annuals, 

 and thus have close relationship with the fruits 

 of the orchard. 



But the fact that nut bearing trees for the most 

 part receive no attention whatever from the culti- 

 vator of the soil, their product being gathered only 

 casually, has caused them to be regarded as wild 

 products not falling within the scope of the horti- 

 culturist. In most parts of the United States, in- 

 deed, the nut bearing trees have received no atten- 

 tion whatever from the cultivator of the soil, and 

 their product has been regarded as a more or less 

 superfluous luxury, rather than as having dietetic 

 consequence. 



In the Gulf States and in California, in recent 

 years, there has been a radical change of attitude. 

 In these regions the cultivation of nuts is already 

 becoming an industry of importance. More re- 

 cently, the industry has extended to New York and 



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