The New Hardy Grafted Nuts 
(Photos are life-size) 
McAllister Burlington Hardy Chinese Stabler Thomas Wiltz-Mayette 
Hickory Hickory Pecan Chestnut Walnut Walnut Walnut 
4T LAST we are able to offer our customers an opportunity to buy and enjoy the remarkable new hybrid nut trees. Hybrid- 
Z\ izers and experimenters have been working on this problem for years. Hardy types of both English Walnuts and Pecans 
-L Jl. are now available for the North. Delicious Black Walnuts with easily opened shells . . . Hybrid Hickories with haunting 
flavor previously unknown even to epicures . . . most amazing of all, these varieties will bear nuts as early as the third or fourth 
year after planting. The varieties we offer here have been thoroughly tested for some years. They are now growing as far north 
as Canada. 
BLACK WALNUTS—IV 
(Juglans nigra) 
North America has more and finer native nut 
trees than any other continent. This Black Wal¬ 
nut is naturally one of our most stately and 
beautiful native trees and produces one of the 
finest nuts in the world. It is hardy in Canada and 
in Florida, growing well in any fertile well drained 
soil. But the grafted sorts grow faster and the 
nuts thinner shelled, with plump meat that comes 
out readily. The flavor is unique and is not lost 
in cooking (this can be said of no other nut). 
The new grafted varieties bear their first nuts 
sometimes in the second year after planting and 
commonly in the third to fifth year if the tree is 
properly fertilized. There are several varieties. 
Stabler has the thinnest shell. The meat falls 
out easily in halves or one piece and is of a rich 
mellow flavor. The tree makes a fine spreading 
specimen with unusually ornamental foliage. 
Thomas is a really rapid-growing tree, hardy 
and easy to grow. The meat is attractive and 
tasty, but does not crack as easily as the Stabler. 
ENGLISH WALNUTS—V 
(Juglans regia) 
If these be grafted on Black Walnut roots, the 
wood ripens much sooner than otherwise. Hence, 
such trees can stand much colder weather and 
are now doing well in extensive plantings in New 
England and even Michigan. The grafted varie¬ 
ties are not only hardy, but the nut is tasty and 
thin-shelled, of large size. 
Wiltz-Mayette is perhaps the best variety for 
all purposes. The shell can be cracked in the 
fingers. The meat is plump, white and not in the 
least bitter. It is a reliable bearer. The English 
Walnut requires a lime soil and where this is not 
natural, it is imperative that lime or crushed lime¬ 
stone be plentifully added to the planting soil. 
The first crop may be expected in three or four- 
years. The nuts will keep prime for two years. 
PRICES OF GRAFTED 
NUT TREES 
Black Walnut 
Thomas and Stabler 
(Each) 
(10) 
4 to 6 feet . 
. . .$ 2.75 
$22.50 
6 to 8 feet. 
... 4.00 
35.00 
*8 to 10 feet 
10.00 
English Walnut 
Wiltz-Mayette 
4 to 6 feet . 
... 3.00 
25.00 
Hybrid Hickories 
McAllister 
4 to 6 feet. 
... 3.50 
*0 to 8 feet. 
5 00 
Burlington (Marquardt) 
4 to 6 feet. 
.. 3.50 
30.00 
*6 to 8 feet. 
... 6.00 
50.00 
Northern Pecans 
Busseron and Butterick 
4 to 6 feet . 
... 3.50 
6 to 8 feet. 
... 5.00 
*8 to 10 feet. 
... 10.00 
*(Can furnish specimens guaranteed to have 
borne nuts last year at 50% extra) 
All trees pruned heavily before shipping—nut 
trees need this. Trees will become shapely again 
after a few years’ growth. 
HARDY NORTHERN PECANS 
(Carya pecan)—Zone V 
The commercial pecan varieties originated in 
the South, but the ones we offer come from 
Indiana and Illinois originally. Some of the varie¬ 
ties are hardy in Canada and will bear in South¬ 
ern New England and the lower Lake region. 
The quality of the nuts in these varieties is in 
every way the equal of commercial Pecans. They 
will bear in three to five years. 
Busseron and Butterick are the oldest and 
best varieties. The differences in growth and 
quality of the nut are slight. It is very advisable 
to plant one of each kind so that they will cross 
fertilize. 
HYBRID HICKORIES 
The Shagbark Hickory is a charming tree but 
the wild nuts are hard to crack and come into 
bearing very slowly. But these excellent hybrids 
inherit all the good points and eliminate the bad 
—for the nut has a thin shell and a flavor w-hich 
must be experienced to be believed: 
McAllister is a unique tree: Nearly as thin 
shelled as any pecan, but its flavor is that of the 
delicious wild shell-bark hickory. The nut is over 
two inches in length and is larger than any 
southern pecan. The kernel is plump and full, 
the largest in the Hicoria genus. It makes a wide 
spreading specimen with foliage resembling the 
pecan—a beautiful tree. V. Irregular bearer. 
Burlington (also called Marquardt) resembles 
the pecan as to the nut. The tree is very easily 
grow-n, a rapid grower and extremely hardy. 
Does well in Minnesota. Very satisfactory tree 
and delicious flavor. Reliable early bearer. 
BLIGHT RESISTANT 
CHESTNUTS—V 
The Chinese Chestnut (Castanea molissi- 
ma) is larger than the American and of fine 
flavor and sweet. It is so inured to the Chestnut 
Blight (which also came from China and is very 
destructive of our native species) that it may be 
planted with safety. The tree is not large— 
seldom growing above forty feet. Now that the 
American Sweet Chestnut cannot be recommend¬ 
ed for many parts of the country, this species 
amply takes its place so far as nut-producing is 
concerned. A steady bearer. 
Chinese Chestnut (Mollissima) 
(Each) 
(10) 
3 to 4 feet . 
.$1.50 
$12.50 
4 to 6 feet . 
. 2.50 
20.00 
6 to 8 feet. 
. 4.00 
New Blueberries (Life-size ) 
The Sensational New Blueberries 
For several years experts have been working on the improvement of the old- 
fashioned Blueberries. The results can no longer be ignored. Blueberries are now 
available up to three-quarters of an inch or more in diameter and the general run 
of the crop is several times as much as ordinary wild berries—to say nothing of 
delightful flavor, fine aroma and pleasant texture. 
Rubel—Most dependable. Cabot—Earliest. Delicious. 
Grover—Finest flavor. Concord—Most beautiful. 
The above 4 varieties 10 to 12 inches high at The above 4 varieties 15 to 18 inches high at 
$1.50 each delivered -$2-20 each delivered 
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