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In Virginia, stands of merchantable size are generally confined to 
fertile valleys. The Shenandoah Valley, on account of its fertility 
and its limestone soils, originally contained large amounts of excel- 
lent walnut timber. This timber has been very largely removed, 
because it was accessible to the railroad, and only an occasional tree 
remains. The valley is now worked largely for veneer logs, because 
walnut is not found in sufficient quantity to warrant its being cut 
for saw timber. The best walnut region extends from Winchester 
to Staunton, and the best supply is now being obtained from the 
southern part of this area. South of Staunton the land is more 
rugged and walnut is scarce. In extreme western Virginia walnut 
is seldom found, because of the high altitudes and the barren soils. 
East of the Blue Ridge Mountains commercial stands are generally 
confined to stream valleys. Scattered trees are the rule in this area. 
NEBRASKA-KANSAS REGION. 
[Estimated stand, 45 million feet.] 
In Kansas and Nebraska, walnut is limited to the eastern parts, 
and the principal commercial stands are in southeastern Xebraska 
and eastern Kansas. It is usually found along the streams and in 
alluvial river bottoms, where comparatively large amounts are avail- 
able, the walnut making up a large percentage of the total timber 
stand. The walnut timber has been exploited in this region probably 
less than in any other in proportion to the existing supply, and this 
section is one of the best sources, if not the best source, of this wood 
at the present time. 
NEW YOEK-PENNSYLVANIA-MARYLAND-NEW JERSEY-DELAWARE REGION. 
[Estimated stand. 36 million feet.] 
In Xew York, Pennsylvania, Maryland. Xew Jersey, and Delaware, 
walnut is very much scattered and the supply is small in proportion 
to the total area, because walnut and other species have been taken 
out for many years. Some good forest-growth walnut is still found 
in southwestern Pennsylvania, in valleys and well-drained bottom 
lands of agricultural areas near the Ohio and West Virginia State 
lines. In central Maryland, also, some walnut of good quality is 
obtainable. For the most part, however, the walnut in these States 
is of the shade-tree kind. It is very limby, and the timber, conse- 
quently, is defective. 
In Xew York State commercial stands of walnut are confined to a 
small area of scattered growth in the southeastern part. 
In Pennsylvania commercial amounts are located only in the south- 
eastern and southwestern parts of the State. These stands are found 
in rich agricultural valleys in which the soil is deep and moist, and 
