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NUTS 



kinds of walnuts: the black walnut, white walnut, or 

 butternut, and the Persian or English walnuts. 



Nut trees that are grown on a large scale are 

 the English walnut, almond, and pecan. English 

 walnuts and almonds are raised extensively in Cali- 

 fornia. There are two kinds of almonds; bitter al- 

 monds, used for bitter almond oil, and the sweet almond, 

 used as an edible nut. The pecan is a kind of hickory 

 nut that is grown on a commercial scale in the South. 



i, BUTTERNUT. 2, CHESTNUT. 3, HAZELNUT. 4, HICKORY NUT. 5, PECAN 



Large pecan orchards are planted in Texas, Mississippi, 

 Louisiana, and the South Atlantic states. The nuts 

 are large and have thin shells called paper shells. 



Peanuts are the most common and cheapest nuts 

 found in the market. They are grown principally in 

 the South, but the Spanish peanut may be ripened in 

 the northern states if given proper care. The small, 

 Spanish peanut gives the largest yields, and it grows 

 in the form of a bush pea, instead of having trailing 

 vines. They are usually shelled and sold as salted 



