Snyder Bros. (Inc.), Center Point, Iowa 
Nut Trees 
NUT TREES 
TRANSPLANTING. Nut trees are hand-dug and usually have long, deep 
roots. They are not difficult to transplant if the top is cut back, and roots are 
protected from unnecessary exposure, the holes are dug deep enough to avoid 
crowding the roots, and mellow, moist top soil is tamped very firmly about 
them. Painting the cut ends and remaining top with a very thin coat of melted 
paraffine at the time of planting will prevent desiccation and help greatly 
should the tree be slow in starting, as will also a mulching of strawy manure 
about the tree to conserve soil moisture. 
CIONS. Very often young seedling trees are available which can be top- 
grafted to the better varieties, and bearing trees produced very quickly. For 
such work cions of many varieties not listed can be supplied, and a list of them 
will be sent upon application. 
BLACK WALNUTS. For the production of the best walnuts, the trees 
should be spaced widely, 50 to 60 ft. or more apart. Being heavy feeders, and 
much more productive if well fed, they should be planted on rich soil and heavily 
fertilized after they are well established. No other nut, except the hickory, 
carries its flavor so well through the various processes to which it may be 
subjected, such as baking, freezing, etc., and its use is increasing rapidly. 
The grafted varieties not only yield larger crops of nuts which crack out a 
larger percentage of kernels easier than the common black walnuts, but the 
kernels have a superior flavor and more attractive color. The trees also are 
superior for landscape planting, being more thrifty and having larger, darker, 
glossy green foliage. 
Thomas is the best known variety and succeeds over a wide territory. The 
tree is hardy, very vigorous, productive, and a very young bearer, switches one 
year old often bearing the following season. The nuts are large and fairly thin 
shelled. Kernels come out easily and a bushel yields ten pounds or more meats 
of fine quality. 
Ohio has a thin shell, is an excellent cracker and the kernel has splendid 
quality. In shape it is more pointed than Thomas, and sometimes has been 
judged somewhat superior to that variety. 
Stabler is a native of Maryland, and not as hardy as Thomas or Ohio. The 
tree is bushy and comparatively slow growing. The nut is of fair size, very thin 
shelled, and the best cracker. The shell is often not divided, so the meats can 
be extracted in one piece. 
Rohwer scored nine points more than Thomas in the 1926 contest of the 
Northern Nut Growers’ Association. Originating in Northern Iowa, it certainly 
is hardier. 
Besides the kinds listed above, a few trees are available of Stambaugh, 
Galloway, and others more recently discovered, and will be quoted on applica¬ 
tion. 
PRICES all varieties 6-8 ft. 5-6 ft. 4-5 ft. 3-4 ft. 2-3 ft. 
$2.50 $2.00 $1.75 $1.50 $1.25 
CHESTNUTS are the most dependable bearers of the food-producing nut 
trees. They bloom very late, so escape the frost injury which occasionally 
destroys the crop on other nut and fruit trees. Practically all are sold out for 
the spring of 1935. We expect to have more ready in the fall of 1935. 
HICKORIES, HICCANS, and PECANS. It takes so long to get stocks large 
enough to graft, and they are difficult enough to propagate that these trees will 
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