Shade Trees That Bear Nuts 
My Dear Sir: 
I have not heard from you since you got my little catalog, but here are 
some facts: 
1. It takes seven years to get a hickory ready to graft, but when you finally 
get them started on your lawn they come right along, and grass will grow under 
them , and nuts grow on them. 
2. Pecans are about as slow as hickories in getting started in the North. 
You can get cheap pecan seedlings almost anywhere. You can get cheap grafted 
southern pecan trees in the South, but they will not ripen nuts north of the Cotton 
Belt. Ours are Indiana varieties on grafted Iowa stocks. Seedlings are almost 
certain to be worthless for growing nuts. 
3. Our English Walnuts are grafted on black walnut roots. The nuts are 
as good as any in the store. 
4. Our blight resistant Chinese Chestnuts should be in every yard. They 
are the quickest of all. 
Have you a dooryard, a lawn, a lane, or a pasture needing shade that bears 
nuts ? 
Now is a good time to ship and plant. 
J. Russell Smith, Sunny Ridge Nursery, Swarthmore, Pa. 
