8 BULLETIN 933, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. . 
MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 
New York. — Although the entire State of New York lies within 
the botanical range of black walnut, there are only a few places 
where the species exists plentifully. Sullivan and Orange Counties, 
in the southeastern part of the State, contain commercial amounts; 
but on the west bank of the Hudson, above Newburgh, and from the 
Hudson eastward as far as, but not including, Long Island, it is very 
scattered. In the Genessee Valley, especially in Livingston County, 
walnut is found in amounts sufficiently large to warrant commercial 
exploitation if the demands were similar to those of war time. 
New Jersey. — Walnut is plentiful in the western part of New 
Jersey, especially in Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon-, and Cumberland 
Counties, being, of course, most abundant and of the best quality on 
the better soils. On the sandy soils farther east its growth is slower 
and its quality inferior, although large trees are frequently found.. 
Pennsylvania. — In the northern and central parts of Pennsylvania 
walnut is very rare. West and southwest of this region of scarcity 
lies a belt in which walnut is somewhat common on the good soils of 
the valleys, but is lacking in the mountains. The southwestern and 
southeastern parts of the State contain stands of walnut scattered 
very generally throughout the hardwood forests, particularly in the 
larger valleys. 
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 
Maryland. — Valuable stands are found only in the western part of 
Maryland. The infertile red clays prevailing farther east and the 
sands of the coast belt are not favorable to a good development of 
walnut. 
Delaware. — Only the northernmost portion of Delaware contains 
native walnut of high quality. 
Virginia. — The Shenandoah Valley remains the best walnut region 
of Virginia, although the abundance of walnut there has been 
greatly reduced. Commercial quantities are still to be found 
throughout the whole length of the valley, as well as in the coves and 
valleys on both sides of the mountains. On the east slope of the 
Blue Ridge a considerable amount of walnut is found in small, 
fertile mountain valleys. To a lesser extent it grows on the slopes 
of these small valleys but is of inferior quality. In the Piedmont 
region the river valleys contain considerable walnut, the Potomac 
and Rappahannock basins contain the most, and the York and James 
somewhat less. South of this region walnut is scarce, and is found 
in carload lots only in the broadest of the bottom lands, the poor 
red soils of the uplands being unfavorable to its development. On 
the coastal plain of Virginia walnut is rare. 
