6 TABLE OV CONTENTS. 



The walnuts Continued. Page. 



Hybrid walnuts ' 43 



Vilinoriu walnut 43 



Butternut (Juglans cinerra L. ) 44 



Black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) 45 



Harvesting the wild nuts 45 



Profits from planting 45 



Propagation 46 



Choice wild varieties 46 



California walnut (JugJans Calif arnica Watson) 47 



Juglans rupestris Englemann 48 



The hickories 48 



Pecan ( Hicoria pecan Britton) 49 



Variation in size of % tree and in size and quality of fruit 49 



Extent of cultivation 50 



Area probably adapted to pecan culture 52 



Dieeceons varieties 52 



Pomological importance of the pecan 53 



Changing pecan forests to pecan orchards - 53 



Propagation 53 



Soil 58 



Transplanting 58 



Cultivation 59 



Fertilizers 59 



Distance 59 



Age of bearing and the yield 59 



Harvesting 60 



Cleansing and polishing 60 



Marketing 60 



Dessert pecans 61 



Pecan meats 61 



Nut oil 61 



Enemies of the pecan 62 



Twig blight 62 



Named varieties 63 



The shellbarks 65 



Grafting the hickory 65 



Shagbark (Hicoria ovata Brittou ; < 'arya alba Nuttall) 65 



Named varieties 67 



Shellbark (Hicoria laciniosa Sargent ; Carya sulcata Nuttall) 68 



Other hickories 68 



Mocker nut (Hicoria alba Britton; Carya tomentosa Nuttall) 68 



Pig nut ( Hicoria gldbra Britton ; Carya porcin a Nuttall) 69 



Nutmeg hickory (Hicoria myrigticatformis Britton; Carya nyristic&formis Nuttall) 69 



Bitternut ( Hicoria minima Britton ; Carya amara Nuttall) 69 



Water hickory (Hicoria aquatica Britton ; Carya aquatica Nuttall) 69 



The hazels ( Corylus L.) 70 



European hazels (C. arellana L., C. tubulosa. Willd.) 70 



Propagation 72 



In the orchard 72 



Harvesting and marketing 72 



Notes from correspondents 73 



Varieties 73 



American hazels (C, Americana L. ; C. rostrata Michx. ; C. CaUfornica Rose) 74 



Notes from correspondents 75 



The chestnuts (Castanea Tourn.) 76 



American chestnut ( C, dentata Marsh. ) 77 



Geographical distribution 77 



Decline of vigor in the chestnut 78 



Productiveness 78 



General interest in chestnut culture 79 



Propagation 80 



Preserving chestnuts for seed 80 



Budding and grafting 80 



