UICKORY NUT. 



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HIC'KOllY NUT. 



It ma}' truly be said that tlic l)(>st native varieties of the Sliagljark 

 species of Hickory have been for a century a leading favorite nut of 

 the Noi'tliern States, especially witli the rural iiojiuhition; yet tlie 

 supply up to tlie present has jjeen mainly from tlie native reserved 

 trees of the pasture, forest, or held. At this time, however, the 

 propagation of select tliin-shelled varieties has been attempted in 

 several Northern States (2S(»). 



SOME DESIRAT^.E A'APJETIES. 



Dover. — Size mediimi, angular, broad at base, with point at l^ase; 

 shell quite thin; meat plump and good. Pennsylvania. 



Eliot. — Medium in size, coiuiiressed, ovate, with angles; shell 

 thin; good. Connecticut. 



Hales {Hales' Pdpcr Slnll). — Large, inclined to be four-angled; 

 cpialitv best; shell very thin. Ijccoming commercial. New Jersey. 



Jackson. — Large, oval, somewliat compressed; quality very good. 

 Ohio. 



Learning. — Large, cpiite thin-shelled, and cracking without lireak- 

 ing the halves. Jlissouri. 



Meriden. — Large, ol;)long, comi)ressed; quality good, with plump 

 kernels; shell not as thin as some select sorts. Connecticut. 



Woodbour 



Milford. — Medium to large, ovate, compressed; shell quite thin; 

 quality ver}' good. Massachusetts. 



Rice.— Jledium to large, ovate; shell thin. Locally highly 

 prized. Ohio. 



