ALL STOCK LISTED IN THIS CATALOGUE IS 
GRAFTED — AND WHY? 
You would not think of planting seedling apple 
trees so why plant seedling nut trees? When 
seedling trees of any species are planted there is 
no way of predicting what the fruit or nuts are 
going to be. The trees may bear nuts which are 
worthless so far as good qualities are concerned. If 
you wanted delicious apples you would not proceed 
to get them by planting a seed from such an apple. 
Our grafted nut trees are produced by grafting a 
living shoot of a tested variety upon the stock 
best suited to supply the future tree. Then too, 
grafted trees will bear in about one third the time 
required for seedlings. You may feel sure that 
under proper care the trees will produce nuts as 
described in this catalogue. We graft our English 
walnuts upon black walnut roots as these are 
known to be a hardier stock and somewhat en¬ 
abling the English walnuts to thrive in a wider 
range of soils. 
PROFITS IN NUT CULTURE. 
It has been proven that nut trees will come into 
bearing as fruit trees and the profits may be ex¬ 
pected to compete with those realized from fruit 
trees. Nut crops are much easier handled and 
capable of being held for a longer period of time. 
Insects and diseases seldem molest nut trees. An 
Indiana planter who planted a fruit and nut 
orchard at the same time and adjoining each other 
claims the nut trees are netting him as much as the 
fruit trees and have required nowhere near as 
much labor. Nuts are coming into use more and 
more each day. It will be a period of many years 
before home grown nuts can displace the quantity 
shipped in from abroad. 
A WORD ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF 
GRAFTED TREES. 
People who have been buying budded fruit trees 
but who have never seen a grafted nut tree fre¬ 
quently expect the grafted nut tree to be as 
straight as whips. They expect the impossible. 
All the grafted nut trees I have ever seen have 
more or less of a crook where the graft union took 
place. However, after being planted a few years 
they will outgrow this crook. 
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