16 BULLETIN 909, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



In Virginia, stands of merchantable size are generally confined to 

 fertile valleys. The Shenandoah Valley, on account of its fertility 

 and its limestone soils, originally contained large amounts of excel- 

 lent walnut timber. This timber has been very largely removed, 

 because it was accessible to the railroad, and only an occasional tree 

 remains. The valley is now worked largely for veneer logs, because 

 walnut is not found in sufficient quantity to warrant its being cut 

 for saw timber. The best walnut region extends from Winchester 

 to Staunton, and the best supply is how being obtained from the 

 southern part of this area. South of Staunton the land is more 

 rugged and walnut is scarce. In extreme western Virginia walnut 

 is seldom found, because of the high altitudes and the barren soils. 

 East of the Blue Ridge Mountains commercial stands are generally 

 confined to stream valleys. Scattered trees are the rule in this area. 



NEBRASKA-KANSAS REGION. 

 [Estimated stand. 45 million feet.] 



In Kansas and Nebraska, walnut is limited to the eastern parts, 

 and the principal commercial stands are in southeastern Nebraska 

 and eastern Kansas. It is usually found along the streams and in 

 alluvial river bottoms, where comparatively large amounts are avail- 

 able, the walnut making up a large percentage of the total timber 

 stand. The walnut timber has been exploited in this region probably 

 less than in any other in proportion to the existing supply, and this 

 section is one of the best sources, if not the best source, of this wood 

 at the present time. 



NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA-MARYLAND-NEW JERSEY-DELAWARE REGION. 

 [Estimated stand, 30 million feet.] 



In New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware, 

 walnut is very much scattered and the supply is small in proportion 

 to the total area, because walnut and other species have been taken 

 out for many years. Some good forest-growth walnut is still found 

 in southwestern Pennsjdvania, in valleys and well-drained bottom 

 lands of agricultural areas near the Ohio and West Virginia State 

 lines. In central Maryland, also, some walnut of good quality is 

 obtainable. For the most part, however, the walnut in these States 

 is of the shade-tree kind. It is very limby, and the timber, conse- 

 quently, is defective. 



In New York State commercial stands of walnut are confined to a 

 small area of scattered growth in the southeastern part. 



In Pennsylvania commercial amounts are located only in the south- 

 eastern and southwestern parts of the State. These stands are found 

 in rich agricultural valleys in which the soil is deep and moist, and 



