1909. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1049 
Ruralisms 
TWO NATIVE NUTS. 
The native chestnut shown in Fig. 
570 is the largest I have seen in my 
travels. The tree is young, vigorous 
and prolific. It bears good crops an¬ 
nually. The flavor of this native chest¬ 
nut seems to me to be equal to the 
best I have tasted. The size is not 
quite up to that of the largest Japan 
nut, but the flavor seems far superior. 
In view of this fine native nut, together 
with the qualities of chestnut timber 
for posts and poles, it seems to me it is 
worthy of propagation. 
This native hickory nut, shown in 
Fig. 571, grows on my farm near my 
A FINE NATIVE CHESTNUT. Fig. 570 
home, where I have gathered the fine 
nuts since my boyhood days. It is the 
best nut of the kind I have seen, and 
the flavor is up to that of the best pecan 
I have sampled where grown in the 
pecan country. Of course, the hull is 
somewhat thicker than that of most 
pecans, but the kernel will come out 
easily without any part of the shell ad¬ 
hering to it. The flavor is rich and 
“nutty.” The tree is large and stately, 
bears good crops annually. This nut 
ought to be adapted to a wider area 
than that of the pecan, since it origi¬ 
nated in Virginia. It is well known 
AN EXCELLENT IIICKORYNUT. Fig 571 
that hickory timber is very valuable and 
is rapidly becoming scarcer each year. 
I therefore enter a plea for the preser¬ 
vation and propagation of our best nut 
trees of the Central and Northern States 
especially. r. h. price. 
Virginia. 
R. N.-Y.—The pictures, natural size, 
give a good idea of these nuts. The 
chestnut is larger than the ordinary wild 
nut, and of excellent quality, sweet and 
free from astringency. The hickory nut 
is also of excellent quality. It is well to 
try propagation of any native nut that 
shows marked superiority to its kind. 
in the hot Summer sun when it is small', 
and until it reaches a height of six to 
eight feet, after which time it seems to 
have the vitality to resist the rays of the 
sun and retain the vigor and verdure of 
its beautiful foliage. Trees one year 
from seed are from three to 18 inches 
in height, and are sold very cheap for 
transplanting. When five to six years 
of age they are seldom more than three 
to five feet in height, and if not well 
grown are often crooked and unsalable; 
trees six feet and up to 12 and 15 
feet, straight and well grown, bring 
good prices. The young trees can be 
grown or imported so cheaply that only 
those who are in the general nursery 
business, or grow to supply the nursery¬ 
man, can make any money out of it. 
“Every man to his trade.” is a trite say¬ 
ing, and I doubt whether there is any 
money to be made by the farmer or 
fruit grower out of growing California 
privet or any other nursery stock unless 
he might make contracts with nursery¬ 
men to grow it for them, at a fair 
price to both. The nurseryman knows 
where to dispose of his stock; experi¬ 
ence has taught him the cost of grow¬ 
ing and selling, and advertising, and 
reputation has given him a market. 
None of these things is understood by 
the farmer or fruit grower, and, while 
he might find it cheaper to grow his own 
stock than to buy it, he would find it 
very unprofitable and discouraging to 
market it. _ e. s. black. 
Stock for Plum and Cherry Trees. 
E. L. ./\ Grand Rapids, Rich .—What 
stock should be used to produce standard 
1>1 um trees? Could Lombard seedlings be 
used for the purpose? If nor. why? Would 
they be sufficiently long-lived? Also, what 
stock is preferable for standard cherry trees 
either sour or sweet? 
Ans. —The most popular stock for 
the plum is Myrobalan or the Horse 
plum. The Marianna a few years ago 
was so cheap that it became very pop¬ 
ular, but in my opinion it was a very 
poor stock. The Lombard seedlings, if 
healthy and vigorous, should make first- 
class stock, or the seedlings from any 
good strong-growing kind of the Euro¬ 
pean class of plum. I have tried graft¬ 
ing and budding European varieties on 
stocks grown from seed of the Japans, 
but so far they have been very unsatis¬ 
factory. The Mazzard is the best 
stock for the sweet cherry, as the sweet 
cherry is a large growing tree and the 
Mazzard is of the same family and 
growth, growing into large trees along 
fence rows and other wild places. The 
Mahaleb is a good stock for the sour 
cherry, as they are slower and dwarfer 
growers. The Mahaleb is of the 'same 
habit of growth, and is a natural or 
wild cherry in France. e. s. black. 
White Gladiolus. —In a recent issue 
you speak of a new white Gladiolus 
from M. Crawford, which excels any¬ 
thing you had seen before. The White 
Lady, a perfectly white flower, even in¬ 
cluding the stamens, was introduced by 
a German firm about 10 years ago. It 
has no suggestion of pink or mauve 
whatever, but in common with most 
white flowers, there is a little tint of 
green on the petals. vv. e. s. 
London, Ont. 
How to Start Horse Chestnuts. 
W. 8. T., Sagaponack, N. Y .—Will you let 
me know how to start horse chestnut seed¬ 
lings from the nuts? 
Ans. —Horse chestnuts are as easily 
grown from the nuts or seeds as peas 
or beans. Gather the seed as soon as it 
falls and mix it with damp (not wet) 
sand, and keep in a cool cellar until 
Spring. Ordinary soap boxes are the 
best things to keep them in. Put an 
inch of sand on the bottom of box before 
putting in any nuts, then a layer of 
nuts and more sand, so that the sand 
is worked all through the nuts; when 
box is filled to three inches of the top, 
fill up with sand and put a tight cover 
on it, so that rats and mice cannot 
get at the nuts. Early in Spring plant 
in good, rich loamy soil about two to 
three inches apart in the row; the rows 
three to four feet apart; cover nuts 
one inch deep. If possible, seed should 
be planted where the young seedlings 
would have partial shade, as the leaves 
of this tree are apt to burn and blight 
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