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J. F. JONES, LANCASTER, PA. 
Age of Bearing 
One of the big advantages of 
budded or grafted nut trees is early 
bearing. We often have the im¬ 
proved English walnut trees to 
bear nuts the third year and some¬ 
times the second, and they may be 
counted upon to bear by the fifth 
year here. The black walnut is no 
exception, and bears nearly, if not 
quite, as early as the English on 
the average. The heart nut bears 
even younger and it is not unusual 
for the Lancaster to bear a few 
nuts the second year after graft¬ 
ing. A top-worked pecan tree in 
Mr. J. G. Rush's grounds, West 
Willow, Pa., which we grafted for 
him spring 1917, bore a few nut?* 
in the season of 1919. 
Mr. J. F. Wilkinson, a pioneer 
pecan grower in Indiana, says: “Ail 
of my four year budded and graft¬ 
ed pecan trees bore from 20 to 97 
nuts each last fall, and most of 
them bore a few nuts in 1918, at 
three years old. Three trees bore 
a few clusters of nuts each in 1917, 
(Withering Knglish Walnuts from a two-year at two vears old." 
tree in my test orchard. 
Supply and Prices of Trees 
Like other nurserymen, I was obliged to curtail planting during the war, 
K ut at the beginning of the war I had a good supply of stocks in nearly all 
sizes coining on, and have been able to keep up a steady supply of trees up to 
this year, even with short help, but the supply of many trees now is short, and 
as it takes considerable time to grow stocks of most nut trees large enough 
for budding, it will take several years to work up a large stock again. In the 
mean time, those desiring to plant many trees, would do well to arrange ahead 
for their trees by having them grown on contract. When we consider the cost 
of growing and digging this class of stock, together with the skill required to 
propagate them, I am offering the cheapest trees in the whole nursery line to¬ 
day, to say nothing of the incomparable value of the budded or grafted trees. 
Nut Trees on the Farm 
I sell comparatively few trees to farmers and I regret that this is so, 
because every farm ought to have an assortment of nut trees and at least grow 
a plentiful supply of the best nuts for home use. Unlike fruit trees, nut trees 
require little or no attention after the trees are established, and this fact 
should make them appeal especially to the farmer, who often does not have the 
time or the proper equipment to properly care for fruit trees. 
There are many places on the average farm where these trees can be 
planted and where they will add to the attractiveness of the farm and the farm 
buildings, and the supply of nuts the trees produce is practically a clear gain. 
