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J. F. JONES, LANCASTER, PA. 
A threc-yenr budded Pecan Tree ten feet high, in Mr. T. P. Littlepage’s orchard, Bowie, Md. 
Hardiness of Nut Trees 
I grow only hardy, northern varieties of nut trees for northern planting. 
All trees ofTcrcd arc grown here in my Pennsylvania Nurseries and are perfect¬ 
ly hardy and reliable. Much harm has been done the northern nut industry by 
a few northern nurseries selling southern pecan and other unreliable trees. 
The extreme cold winter of 1917-18 was a severe test, but I did not lose 
any trees from frost and none had any protection whatever. Spring, 1918, 
many reports came in from customers expressing surprise and satisfaction with 
the hardiness of my hardy budded and grafted trees. Several customers in 
Michigan and New York reported that their English walnut trees from here 
went through the winter in good condition while apple trees suffered badly, 
many orchards being killed. With the exception of the hard shell almond and 
the Albert, I have always regarded the English walnut as less hardy than any 
pther nut that I propagate, and their proving hardier than the apple in these 
instances more than fulfils my claims for them. 
