While there are yet many native grown walnut 
trees, the nuts produced by these generally are poor 
crackers and bring only a small price and will not 
be wanted at all commercially when the better varie¬ 
ties are obtainable, as the cost of cracking and pick¬ 
ing these out would make them expensive as a gift 
compared with these named varieties even at a fancy 
price. 
Many are now planting orchards of the named 
varieties which will in a few years put these nuts on 
the market where their value will become generally 
known, creating a demand for them that cannot be 
supplied for many years. 
There is now much unproductive land that could be 
made profitable by planting a walnut orchard. 
After several years of search and the testing of 
thousands of samples, several varieties have been found 
of superior quality, which are thin shelled, easily 
cracked, and in most cases with little care the kernels 
can be gotten out in whole halves. 
STABLER—Parent tree in Maryland. Nut medium 
size, thin shell and excellent cracker. Quality of ker¬ 
nel good. Tree prolific bearer. 
OHIO—Parent tree in Ohio. Nut medium size, much 
the same type as Stabler. Good cracker, with good 
quality kernel. Tree good and upright grower. 
Nut Trees Bear During Dry Seasons 
