GLEN BROTHERS —GLENWOOD NURSERY 
ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE 
Nuts arc now more valual)ie in actual dollars and cents to the 
State of California than oranges, d'o the average i)erson, that state¬ 
ment may appear exaggerated. Hut it is a iact. and it is nothing short 
of astounding when you think of the world-wide fame of California 
()ranges. 
Imagine, it you can. the immense wealth represented in this 
renowned orange crop. It has created many milli4>naires. Vet the 
United States Government Crop Re])orts show that California's crop of 
f’-nglish W'alnuts has a greater cash value than her orange crop. 
Weigh that carefully in your mind. It gives you an idea of the 
tremendous commercial importance and vast pcjssihilities of the nut¬ 
growing industry. 
The State of Oregon, alone, atmually consumes four hundred 
thousand dollars worth of imported luiglish Walnuts. Vet some of the 
most extensive \\ alnut Orchards in this country are in Oregon, and 
she annually produces a very considerable crop of nuts, most of which 
are of a (piality eciually as good as the imported. lUit her own crop 
does not begin to supply the domestic demands, and she is obliged to 
import nearly half a million dollars worth each year. 
United States Nut Imports Nearly Fifteen Millions Yearly 
h.very year, the United States imijorts nearly fifteen million dollars 
worth of nuts and nut i)roducts. h'ew people, in all probability, would 
have believed that the total consumption of nuts for the entire world 
ap])roached anywhere near that enormous figure. And the volume of 
our importations is all the more surprising in view of the assurance, 
given us by noted horticulturists, that our own climate and soil arc 
better adapted for nut growing than those of the countries from which 
we import. 
The existence of a large domestic market is indicated by the quantity 
of nuts imported. Yet we are assured by food experts and scientific 
men that not only is the real development of our domestic market hardly 
begun, but that we can command a very resi)ectable export trade as soon 
as our ]>roduccrs are in a position to supply it. It is to be regretted, 
however, there arc no indications of our being in that i)osition for several 
years at least, and in the meantime, the domestic tlemand is increasing 
each year. 
Increasing Consumption of Nuts 
A very good idea of how rapidly the consumi)tion of nuts is increas¬ 
ing is gained by an insi)ection of the statistics of the Department of 
Commerce and Labi»r which show that in 1902 we imported 11,927,432 
pounds of haiglish Walnuts. In four years these figures hatl more 
than doubled, for in 190() we imi^orted 24,917.023 pounds, valued at 
$2,193,653.00. In the following year. 1907. an increase of more than 
one-third was recorded and the figures were 32,590,000 pounds. 
One of the foremost horticulturists in the world, r.uther Hurbank. 
► "The consumiition of nuts is jirobably increasing among all 
civilized nations today faster than any other food, and we should keep 
up with this increasing demand and make the increase still more rapid 
by firoducing nuts of uniformly good quality. I'his can be done without 
extra effort and with an increase in the liealth. and a rapid and permanent 
increase in the wealth of ourselves and neighbors." 
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