While there are yet many native grown walnut trees, 
the nuts produced by these generally are poor crackers 
and bring only a small price and will not be wanted at 
all commercially when the better varieties are obtainable, 
as the cost of cracking and picking these out would make 
them expensive as a gift compared with these named va¬ 
rieties even at a fancy price. 
Many are now planting orchards of the named varie¬ 
ties which will in a few years put these nuts on the mar¬ 
ket where their value will become generally known, 
creating a demand for them that cannot be supplied for 
many years. 
There is now much unproductive land that could be 
made profitable by planting a walnut orchard. 
After several years of search and the testing of 
thousands of samples, several varieties have been found 
of superior quality, which are thin shelled, easily cracked, 
and in most cases with little care the kernels can be 
gotten out in whole halves. 
STABLER—Parent tree in Maryland. Nut medium 
size, thin shell and excellent cracker. Quality of kernel 
good. Tree prolific bearer. 
OHIO—Parent tree in Ohio. Nut medium size, much 
the same type as Stabler. Good cracker, with good qual¬ 
ity kernel. Tree good and upright grower. 
Nut Trees Bear During Dry Seasons 
