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Nut=Bearing 
Pecans. 
The Pecan grows finely all through the South, some of the oldest and most profitable groves being in 
the Gulf region of the Lower South. This is one of the few nuts 
especially well adapted to the peninsula of Florida. They come 
into bearing in 8 to io years, after which they yield abun¬ 
dantly and are profitable. While large trees do not readily sur¬ 
vive removal, small trees are transplanted with safety. The most 
experienced growers prefer to set one or two-year-old trees toi 
planting the seed where the trees are to stand permanently, and 
many of the best groves have been made in this way. The preju¬ 
dice against cutting the tap-root of the Pecan is without founda¬ 
tion ; the absurd claim that cutting the tap-root in transplanting 
the small tree injures its subsequent bearing qualities is abun¬ 
dantly refuted by the many thousands of transplanted trees now Pecan. 
bearing heavily. It is also untrue that it is more difficult to make 
trees live where the tap-root has been cut in the usual way in the process of lifting the trees. The real secret 
in transplanting without loss lies in cutting the top back heavily. In our own planting we cut the top off 
entirely, clear back to the crown, and as a result we do not lose any, and in a year’s time we get by this 
method a larger top than we would have obtained if the top had been allowed to remain or had been simply 
shortened. J 
Paper Shell. Produces a very large r.ut of fine 
quality ; shell very thin, as the name indicates. Our 
trees are grown from the finest selected seed. 
Turner. Trees of this variety on our place have 
been in bearing for years. The nuts are of fine quality, 
of large size, and the trees bear abundantly. 
Walnuts. 
The Japan Walnut is of recent introduction in this part of the country ; a number of specimens have 
been growing in Florida and the lower coast country for some years, however, and so far seem well adapted. 
The trees have been growing in California for a quarter of a century. In that state the trees come into 
bearing in eight years from the seed. Luther Burbank says that it is of easy culture, accommodates itself to 
a great variety of soils and conditions, and grows with great vigor ; it should be multiplied by seed, as it 
reproduces itself perfectly true. It is not a variety of the well-known English Walnut, but an entirely dis¬ 
tinct species. 
California Paper Shell. A variety of the Eng¬ 
lish Walnut or Madeira nut, bearing an oblong 
shaped nut, with a very tender shell well filled with 
a rich kernel. 
English. The well-known Madeira Nut of the 
shops. In regions 
where it is adapted, 
a fine, lofty tree, 
with spreading head, 
bearing crops of ex¬ 
cellent nuts, en¬ 
closed. like our na¬ 
tive Black Walnut, 
in a simple husk. 
Our trees are grown 
from seed, the thin¬ 
nest shelled nuts to 
be had being secur- 
English Walnut. ed for this purpose. 
Japan. Produces in abundance nuts considerably 
larger than the common Hickorynut, which are 
borne in clusters of 15 to 20. The shell is thicker 
than the shell of the 
English Walnut, which 
in a general way it re¬ 
sembles, but is not as 
thick as that of the 
Black Walnut. The 
meat is sweet, of the 
very best quality, and 
can be removed entire. 
The tree grows rapidly 
and attains a very 
large size, with a mag¬ 
nificent spreading top. 
The leaves are of im¬ 
mense size, of a charm¬ 
ing shade of green. Japan Walnut. 
