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J. F. .TONES NURSERIES, LANCASTER, PA. 
shell of any of the hickory hybrids and can easily be cracked by 
crushing two nuts together in your hand. 
Marquardt 
Pleas 
THE HYBRID HICKORIES 
Beaver and Fairbanks, being hybrids of the shagbark and bitter- 
nut, adapt themselves readily to a great variety of soils and climatic 
conditions. The bitternut hickory, one of the parents, is the most wide¬ 
ly distributed of all our hickories. It is found growing naturally from 
the St. Lawrence River on the north, to Florida on the south, and west¬ 
ward to Northeastern Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. The pure 
shagbark is strictly a northern species and does not grow very far 
south except along the mountain ranges, but these hybrids should 
succeed well into the Cotton Belt at least, if not to the Gulf Coast. Many 
people have tested these nuts here and they have been practically 
unanimous in saying that the flavor of the nuts was extra fine. The 
trees come into bearing much sooner than the pure shagbark. 
BEAVER 
Originated in Central Pennsylvania. The Beaver is one of the 
finest of this type and a very beautiful tree. The tree bears quickly 
and is very prolific. 
FAIRBANKS 
From east central Iowa. One of the best of the type and very pro¬ 
lific. Tree very hardy and ripens its crop early here. 
STANLEY SHELLBARK HICKORY 
This is the big bottom shellbark or king nut. Originated near 
Carthage, Ind. The tree bears well and the large nuts crack better 
