LUTHER BURBANK 



shrub makes it suitable for waste lands, or as an 

 adjunct to the chestnut orchard, even far to the 

 north. 



The hickory, the black walnut, and the butter- 

 nut, already referred to as of doubtful commer- 

 cial value, are nuts that may well appeal more 

 confidently to the amateur. They grow wild in 

 many regions of the Middle West where the chest- 

 nut is not indigenous, and the black walnut and 

 hickory in particular are widely famed for their 

 lumber or were before the vandelism of the early 

 settlers practically exhausted the supply. As to 

 palatability, there are many persons who would be 

 disposed to place the butternut at the very head of 

 the list of edible nuts; and no one will deny the 

 toothsomeness of hickories and black walnuts. 



All in all, the opportunity for diversion and 

 profit in this unexplored direction seems pecul- 

 iarly inviting; and it is one that is likely to be 

 eagerly seized by an increasing number of votaries 

 as the years go by. The fact that nut-bearing trees 

 add permanent beauty to the landscape gives them 

 an additional claim on the interest of that growing 

 body of city dwellers who are nowadays harking 

 back to the soil for aesthetic rather than for com- 

 mercial reasons. Meantime the further fact that 

 an unfruitful tree may ultimately be valuable as 

 lumber should make additional appeal to those 



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