42 THE WALNUT — CULTUEE IN EUROPE, 



A few trees are mentioned as existing at Marietta, Pa., at Red Hill, 

 Va., at Fall Church, Va., in Delaware, Florida, and the Mississippi 

 Valley, with fair and no success. In Michigan but few trees have been 

 planted, and late experiments in a limited way in Indiana are quite, 

 promising, also in Kentucky and Tennessee. In Louisiana a few 

 experiments promise well, but are very limited in scope, and the same 

 is said of Texas. In Arizona the walnut has been planted quite exten- 

 sively, and from specimens exhibited from there, that territory is bound 

 to become a competitor with California in the walnut trade, and the 

 same applies to Oregon, where the industry is now being pursued. In 

 California the walnut finds the conditions for its culture the most favor- 

 able, and the industry is extending annually. 



(17) WALNUT-GROWING IN EUROPE.* 



By Hon. EuaBNB Gkemaik, TJ. S. Consul, Zurich, Switzerland. 



In answer to a letter from the Los Nietos and Ranchito Walnut- 

 Growers' Association of California, of June 4th, requesting information 

 about the foreign walnut crop, I said: 



"Switzerland does not grow walnuts on a large scale, but almost every farmer in the 

 valleys has a few trees scattered on his ranch, and principally along the roadways. The 

 annual output is small and some years not suflScient to supply the home demand. In 

 years of abundance, a good article of salad oil is made from walnuts. The trees are 

 hardy and not subject to scale, blight, or other diseases, the only serious enemy of the 

 walnut being late frosts, of which there were none this season. The principal walnut- 

 growing districts of Europe are France, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. 



"I will at once take the necessary steps to obtain the information you desire, and 

 within two weeks or so post you, if possible, on this season's crop outlook." 



I now beg to inform the association, through the Department, that 

 from reports I have received from the United States Consuls at Frank- 

 fort, Vienna, Naples, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Castellamare, and Sorrento, 

 I am able to report as follows: 



Walnuts are, to a certain extent, as in Switzerland, grown all over 

 Europe, but in most countries, such as Germany, Belgium, Holland,, 

 etc., the yield is small, and some years not sufl&cient to supply the 

 home demand, the deficit being supplied from the more favored walnut- 

 growing countries. Thus it will be seen that France, Italy, and Austria- 

 Hungary are the only countries raising that article in sufficient 

 quantities for export. 



FRANCE. 



The French walnut-growing districts are the departments of Dordogne, 

 Correze, Lot, and the Grenoble district, in the department of Igere. The 

 Grenoble nuts are of especially fine quality, being of the soft-shell variety, 

 large, white meat, and running uniformly. These nuts yield the grower 

 from 93 to 105 francs per 100 kilograms (about 8 to 9.18 cents per 

 American pound). The latter price is for Grenoble nuts. 



The crop in France this year is good. It compares favorably with 

 fornaer years, and is as good as in 1895. The 1895 crop was above the 

 average, and that of 1894 below. 



♦Consular Eeport No. 192, pp. 14&-151, September, 1896. 



