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T II E (i A R D E N MAGAZIN E 



February, 1918 



IT'S so easy to have 

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Most deilers sell the Pull- 

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 Literature on re- 

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DAHLIAS 



OF DISTINCTION 



You want the new mammoth kinds 

 that will win the prizes. I have lately 

 originated over 200 gorgeous new dahlias 

 which I am offering in my new catalogue. 

 Stillman's dahlias are world known. Get 

 a copy of my new descriptive catalogue 

 and guide, free. Over 1400 kinds grown 

 last season. 



GEO. L. STILLMAN, Dahlia Specialist 



Westerly, R. I. Box C-8 



Remembering Our Native Nuts 



WITHOUT declaring myself a vegetarian, 

 I may say that nuts are the only genuine 

 substitute for meat. Moreover, being of purely 

 vegetable origin, they are very wholesome. 

 Some people claim that they cannot digest 

 nuts. 1 hey are easy to digest if properly 

 eaten; they should not be taken as a duck takes 

 corn. Any food taken by the vacuum-cleaner 

 method is difficult to digest. 



At a time when the conservation of our 

 national food supply is of acute import- 

 ance, we must consider our natural as well as 

 our cultivated sources of food. I mean the 

 food which is produced without labor and 

 which can be had for the gathering. Our 

 native nuts are the most important of such 

 foods. In the light of our new needs let us 

 briefly consider the possibilities of our wild 

 nuts, either as excellent foods in themselves 

 or as substitutes for other forms which are 

 not now readily attainable. 



The black walnut is our most widely dis- 

 tributed nut tree, and it may be considered 

 our most valuable nut tree. The black walnut 

 is very democratic; it is one of the most fa- 

 miliar trees of the landscape of every State 

 in the Union. The black walnut alternates 

 light and heavy crops; but of the trees in any 

 locality, some will have heavy crops each year. 

 A mature tree will give an average yield of half 

 a bushel of shelled walnuts; and when one con- 

 siders the vast numbers of walnut trees in 

 rural sections and the high food value of the 

 nuts, one is impressed with the importance of 

 conserving this natural, rich food. 



Both the shellbark and the shagbark hick- 

 ory are excellent nuts. They and the walnut 

 form the great triumvirate of our wild nuts 

 that are worth while. In the South the pecan 

 would take the place of the shellbark. The 

 hickory-nuts are widely distributed over the 

 North, East and Middle West. They prefer 

 highlands and mountain valleys. Commonly 

 these fine trees are found in bottom lands 

 subject to overflow, and along streams and 

 rivers. Their yield is not so commendably 

 regular as is the yield of the walnut, but most 

 trees, during bearing years, yield very heavily. 



What I see happening in Southern Penn- 

 sylvania to the crop of wild nuts is typical, I 

 fear, of what occurs elsewhere. Unless nut 

 trees happen to be on highroads or quite near 

 towns or villages, the crop is usually ungath- 

 ered. It is said that vast quantities are thus 

 allowed to waste because the price does not 

 run more than sixty cents a bushel. But 

 what crop thai costs nothing pays better? The 

 price mentioned is for walnuts; that on shell- 

 barks is usually high — as much as $4.00 a 

 bushel being given for prime nuts. If people 

 knew the value of nuts as food, the demand 

 for them would instantly increase. A family 

 of five or six members can readily make 

 use of three bushels of hulled nuts between 

 November and the following summer. In a 

 dry, cool place shellbarks will keep a full year. 



A few suggestions are offered as to the prac- 

 tical uses of nuts: I. They form a rich garnish 

 for leaf-salads. They may also be used in 

 fruit salad, grape salad, and the like. 2. 

 Nuts minced fine are an excellent filler for 

 sandwiches. Nut sandwiches for lunch supply 

 that staying quality that one needs who faces 

 an afternoon's work. 3. Nuts are one of the 

 chief "finishers" of certain types of cake and 

 candy. 4. Nuts may be served in the place 

 of a regular dessert. It is a boon to a house- 

 keeper to have a ready resource of this sort. 

 Archibald Rutledge. 



Mercersburg, Pa. 



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