Nut 
Department 
FILBERT, CORVI.US AVELLANA 
l I culture in the United States is in its infancy. Great strides are being made both in 
the number of nut trees planted and the improvement in variety and quality. 
I he constant and growing demand for nuts, and the immense quantities of them 
yearly imported to meet it have given a great impetus to the planting of nut-bearing 
trees. So palatable and wholesome are the nut-kernels that they should become a 
staple article of food here, as in Europe. The returns from established nut-bearing 
orchards, as well as numerous experiments, show plainly how successful nut culture 
may be made in America. Most farms contain land that would pay better planted in 
nut-bearing trees than in anything else; the nuts, in many cases, paying better than farm crops 
or fruits, while the trees are growing into valuable timber. 
I util recently little attention has been given to the Nut Fruits. This is unaccountable, con¬ 
sidering the pleasure and profit that may be derived from their cultivation, which is, in fact, 
simplicity itself, requiring only ordinary labor and little expense. Many kinds form excellent shade 
trees in addition to producing valuable crops of nuts. 
Herbert W 
“ Nut growing is a business which I am sure is to be a great feature of future farming’, 
get a good share of our muscle-making food from trees. Prices of meat are soaring, an 
of people learn each year that they can keep up their strength and do more and better 
Collin wood, Editor, Rural New Yorker , in the issue of Dec. 25th, 1909, says: 
We are to 
and thousands 
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they substitute nuts for meat in part or entirely. I am not trying to argue for vegetarianism but merely 
stating facts. 1 he demand for nuts is sure to increase. If you plant a nut grove today, before it 
comes in bearing you will find demand ahead of supply. A few men realize what is coming and are 
interesting themselves in improved varieties of nuts—such as hickories, chestnuts or pecans ” 
From the American Cultivator , Feb. 20, 1909, we quote the following: “ Fortunes are sure 
to be accumulated by growers of nuts who engage largely and intelligently in the business, if they 
follow the best and most progressive methods, which this publication advocates. There is no agri¬ 
cultural pursuit which promises more certain or more profitable crops. No industry embodies to a 
greater degree the elements of safety, profit and permanence as an investment. Thousands of people 
a 1 over our land can make their homes more pleasant and their farm places of increased profit by 
planting the nut trees best suited to their locality.” 
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