OUR NUT TREES 



and as the shell is so thin the kernel is larger than 

 that usually produced by the Shagbark. The nut 

 of this hybrid keeps remarkably well, and C. Laneyi 

 is probably one of the most valuable of all Hickory- 

 nuts which have been found. The type tree grows 

 in the Riverview Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y., 

 and it is fitting that this interesting hybrid should 

 have been named for the capable Superintendent of 

 the Park system of that city. 



A third species of Carya is C. laciniosa the Kingnut 

 or Big Shellbark. This is essentially a tree of the 

 central states, being particularly abundant in the 

 river swamps of central Missouri and of the Ohio 

 basin. It exceeds loo feet in height by lo feet in 

 girth of trunk. The fruit is solitary or in pairs, 

 about 2 inches long with a hard, woody shell; the 

 nut is compressed, four-to-six-ridged with a bony 

 shell and a light brown, sweet kernel. 



The Shagbark and the Kingnut are, as nut trees, 

 the most important of the fifteen species of Carya 

 now recognized in this country. In several others 

 the kernels are sweet though the nuts are small. 

 Seven natural hybrids have received names and there 

 are probably others yet to be distinguished. In the 

 hands of the hybridist other superior forms will 

 assuredly appear. 



The Hickories and the Pecan are easily raised from 



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