NUT CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. 



CiiAPTEH XXIII of Part I gives an outline of the advance of nut 

 culture within recent j-ears. ^\'liile it is true that nut-orcharding is 

 yet largely in the experimental stage, }'et at this time the production 

 of the Almond, \\'alnut, and Japan Chestnut and its American seed- 

 lings, arc commmercial croi)s in parts of the Union ; and some species of 

 our native nuts, notalily the Pecan and Shellbark Hickory, have been 

 projiagated and orchard-planting commenced, but as yet the market is 

 mainly supplied from the indigenous forest-trees. 



TH1-: ALM(.)ND. 



The Almond is about as hardy in tree as the ])eacli. But as 

 stated in >S(M'tion 2'^2 its period of blossoming is so early that it rarely 

 escapes frost except in favored localities in Southwest Texas, Arizona, 

 and California. Put in a small way certain varieties arc grown in 

 Florida, on the ( lulf coast, and even in jiarts of Oregon. At this time 

 we also have some promise of securing varieties from Turkestan, in 

 Asia ('iS2), that will [lower later and ]irovi> hardier in tree. 



LEADLXi; V,\RIETI1':S XOW IX CULTR'ATIOX. 



Drake. — Large, liroad, Ihin-shelled, with very plump kernels, 

 often doulile. A heading vai'iety in South California and ,\rizona. 



Golden State. — Jfediuni, often large, SDft-shclled, with full kernel 

 that pai'ts readily from the shell. Pipens early and drops if not 

 )ii'omptly gathered when nuiture, 



Harriott. — Large, long, with soft-shell; kernel singl(>, sweet, and 

 good. iJoes well in a dry I'egion, such as .\rizona, with irrigation, on 

 account of its dense foliage. 



IXL. — Lai-,i;e, broad, solt -shelled; hulls easily; i|uality very 

 gooil. Largely grown in .Vrizona and Soutliern California. 



King (Kiiit/ ,S'()// iS'/ic//). — Size medium to large, broad; shell thin 

 and soft; qualit)' best. Crown in Eastern Oregon as well as farther 

 South on west coast. 



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