ENGLISH WALNUTS 



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Native Walnuts. — Black walnuts are grown in nearly all states 

 except the northern tier. They are used chiefly for home con- 

 sumption or are sold in local markets. Few are shipped to distant 

 markets. The large trees are readily grown from seed. They 

 produce a fine quality of dark colored wood from which they 

 derive the name black walnut. 



Butternuts or white walnuts, are similar to the above. The 

 trees have a lighter colored wood. They have a more limited 

 range and the nuts are not so generally used. 



Fig. 189. — Thin shelled pecans of the Stewart variety. (U.S.D.A.) 



Pecans are found native from Illinois and Iowa southward to the 

 Gulf states. In the warmer regions they are grown commercially 

 in orchards. There are a number of very fine varieties that are 

 propagated chiefly by budding on seedling stocks. Large nuts 

 with thin shells are much preferred in the markets (Fig. 189). 



The wide range of soil and conditions under which pecans may be 

 grown, and the prices for the nuts, should cause a more extensive 

 planting of commercial orchards. 



English Walnuts (Fig. 190 ) were early introduced from Persia to 

 western Europe and the New World. The trees are grown for 

 shade and for nuts in all parts of the eastern coast states south- 



