ON NUT GROWING 
solely those that will flourish in the warmer cli- 
mates, and hence the industries associated with 
their production are confined mostly to the Gulf 
States and to the Pacific Coast. 
To be sure, the aggregate wild nut crop of the 
Central and Northern States represents a consid- 
erable value. But no official estimate has been 
made as to the precise figures involved. In general, 
the nuts obtained from such trees are not looked 
upon as a commercial crop. They are for the most 
part consumed on the farm or in neighboring 
villages. 
Only three kinds of nuts are grown on a 
‘commercial scale in the United States at the pres- 
ent time, these being, in the order of their 
productivity, the Persian or English walnut, the 
Pecan, and the Almond. 
According to the official reports of the Census 
Bureau, the total nut crop reported for 1909 was 
62,328,000 pounds. This was 55.7 per cent. greater 
than the crop reported for 1899, and the value, 
$4,448,000, was 128.1 per cent greater. “California 
is by far the most important state in the production 
of nuts, and Texas ranks next. No other state 
reported as much as $100,000 worth of nuts in 
1909.” 
The Census Report takes note of nuts other 
than the three just named, but the total value of 
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