ON NUT GROWING 



solely those that will flourish in the warmer cli- 

 mates, and hence the industries associated with 

 their production are confined mostly to the Gulf 

 States and to the Pacific Coast. 



To be sure, the aggregate wild nut crop of the 

 Central and Northern States represents a consid- 

 erable value. But no official estimate has been 

 made as to the precise figures involved. In general, 

 the nuts obtained from such trees are not looked 

 upon as a commercial crop. They are for the most 

 part consumed on the farm or in neighboring 

 villages. 



Only three kinds of nuts are grown on a 

 commercial scale in the United States at the pres- 

 ent time, these being, in the order of their 

 productivity, the Persian or English walnut, the 

 Pecan, and the Almond. 



According to the official reports of the Census 

 Bureau, the total nut crop reported for 1909 was 

 62,328,000 pounds. This was 55.7 per cent, greater 

 than the crop reported for 1899, and the value, 

 $4,448,000, was 128.1 per cent greater. "California 

 is by far the most important state in the production 

 of nuts, and Texas ranks next. No other state 

 reported as much as $100,000 worth of nuts in 

 1909." 



The Census Report takes note of nuts other 

 than the three just named, but the total value of 



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