NUT TREE SPECIALIST 
3 
MY METHOD OF PACKING is far superior to that used generally in 
packing nursery stock and insures the delivery of trees in good condition to 
the most distant points. I have shipped trees to such remote countries as 
British South Africa and China, as well as all over the U. S. and have 
received many complimentary letters on the condition of the trees on arrival. 
TREES PACKED FOR PARCEL POST are packed light, yet well pro¬ 
tected from drying out by re-inforced, air-tight paper, and small shipments 
up to 300 miles can usually be sent cheaper in this way than by express. 
Unless the trees are cut back, however, we can not send trees larger than 
2 to 3 feet Parcel Post. The postage on Parcel Post shipments is charged 
for when shipment is made where it is not sent with the order. 
Future Crops Will Be Tree Crops 
“Tree Crops” will be the slogan of the future, and the most important 
of these by far, are the nut bearing trees. The apple, peach and other soft 
fruits are good to eat to be sure, but they have little actual food value in 
comparison to nuts. Nuts arc the most concentrated and complete natural 
food product known to man and require* no preparation whatever, being 
ready to serve as the kernels come from the shell, or they may be combined 
with other food elements and made up into various attractive and delicious 
foods. Since nuts arc very rich and have a high protein and fat content, 
they arc admirably adapted to use with other foods, the most of which are 
deficient in these elements, and fit in well in almost any food combination. 
DISTANCE FOR PLANTING. Pecans and black walnuts 50 to 60 feel 
apart; English walnuts 40 to 50 feet apart; filberts and almonds, 15 to 20 feel 
apart. Shagbarks 40 feet apart; persimmon 20 to 25 feet apart. 
Pecans, English and black walnuts do not need all of the room given them 
for 12 or 15 years, and fillers of smaller growing nut or fruit trees may be 
planted between them to good advantage; also any cultivated farm or garden 
crop may be planted between the trees, as they arc little in the way of cultiva¬ 
tion for several years. 
The Demand for Nuts 
The production of nuts has not kept pace with consumption in this country 
and the demand very greatly exceeds the supply. Jf the supply of common 
wild nuts that go to'make up the bulk of our supply at the present time were 
of fine budded or grafted sorts, consumption of nuts would be twenty times as 
great as it is today, provided, of course the supply was available, and at a rea¬ 
sonable price. 
Importation of nuts into the U. S. increased from $8,549,997.00 in 1909, to 
$58,752,801.00 in 1920, as the following statistics show. 
Value of nuts imported into the United States from 1909 to 1920 inclusive 
compiled by the Federal Department of Statistics: 
1909 
$ 8,549,997 
1915 
$16,865,244 
1910 
$12,775,196 
1916 
$20,594,434 
1911 
$14,265,572 
1917 
$33,667,681 
1912 
$15,626,485 
1918 
$49,930,283 
1913 1914 
$13,508,307 $19,815,713 
1919 1920 
$57,499,040 $58,752,801 
Important Information 
The propagation of nut trees is a highly specialized work and one that 
must be learned from the “ground up” if one is to succeed. These trees can 
not be propagated by ordinary methods as employed in the propagation of fruit 
trees, and even with the methods that I. have perfected, results arc always un¬ 
certain and not infrequently disappointing. The general nurserymen arc not 
therefore propagating nut trees by budding or grafting and can hardly be ex¬ 
pected to do so. 
