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J. F. JONES, LANCASTER, PA. 
A fine specimen of the Black Walnut growing in Mass. 
Facilities for Growing Nut Trees 
I have gathered together here the largest and most valuable collection of 
new and rare varieties of nuts to be found. Owing to the difficulties encountcr- 
ed m the propagation of nut trees and especially in grafting with scions from 
old, bearing trees, working up Mother Blocks and stocks of trees is slow and 
expensive. My Mother Blocks, having been grafted direct from the original trees, 
have taken considerable time and expense to build up, but taking scions for 
propagation from these first generation, pedigreed trees, insures both the genu¬ 
ineness of the varieties and early and prolific bearing of the trees. My soil 
and climablc conditions here are very favorable for the growing of this class of 
stock and I get here a very stocky tree with a well matured and well ripened 
wood growth that may be safely planted anywhere that nuts can be grown. 
