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J. F. JONES NURSERIES, LANCASTER, PA. 
THOMAS 
Originated with the late Jos. Thomas, King-of-Prussia, Pa. One of 
the finest black walnuts yet found. Nut large, kernels large, light col¬ 
ored and of very good quality. The tree is a very fast grower. 
PRICE OF IMPROVED VARIETIES OF BLACK WALNUTS 
each per 10 per 100 
3 to 4 ft. tall . $1.75 $15.00 $125.00 
4 to 5 ft. tall . 2.00 17.50 150.00 
5 to 6 ft. tall. 2.25 20.00 175.00 
6 to 8 ft. tall . 2.50 22.50 200.00 
each 
7 to 8 ft. tall, well branched heads. $3.50 
8 to 10 ft. tall, well branched heads . 4.00 
10 to 12 ft. tall, well branched heads. 4.50 
Trees balled and burlapped for actual cost of material and time. 
COMMERCIAL PLANTING 
The black walnuts offer an attractive proposition to the person 
who is looking for a new crop tree. The trees are planted far apart and 
the land between the trees can be cropped for quite a few years to 
ordinary farm crops or the walnuts can be planted in orchard form 
with filberts or peaches as filler trees and with the apple. A per¬ 
manent planting of black walnuts should be 70 ft. apart. Apple trees 
are planted 35 to 40 ft. apart, making it possible to put one apple tree 
between the walnuts and to use the smaller trees, peach or filbert as 
fillers. 
It is conservatively estimated if one plant, say 1000 good budded 
or grafted trees of the walnuts, and give the trees proper care until 
established, they will return a net profit of at least $3,000.00 a year at 
10 or 12 years of age and the yield will increase rapidly with the 
growth of the trees and should reach at least $10,000 a year when the 
trees are in good bearing. If the nuts are cracked and the kernels 
marketed, the income should be considerably larger than this. It is 
felt the above estimate is very conservative, and I believe that this is 
so, as I know of trees the crop of which sells for $100.00 in a single 
year. The present price range for improved black walnuts is from 
$5.00 to $8.00 per bushel, the higher price being for cracked nuts, 
which run about 10 lbs. of kernels to the bushel. 
