Fruit Department— Nut-Bearing Trees 
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WALNUTS, or MADEIRA 
NUTS 
Prices: 25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
Thin-Shelled. Nuts large, oblong; shell very thin; 
of excellent quality, and keeps sweet a long time. 
JAPAN WALNUT 
(Jugl&ns Sieboldii) 
Prices: 1-year-old trees grown from Georgia seed, 
25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
A native of the mountains of Japan. Extremely 
hardy and vigorous grower. Of symmetrical and 
beautiful form. Three-year-old trees in our nursery 
have produced nuts. Wonderfully productive. Nuts 
produced in clusters. Shell thicker than that of the 
English Walnut, but not as thick as that of the Black 
Walnut. Meat is sweet and of the best quality. 
When known it is destined to become a valuable nut 
for market. The trees having an abundance of 
fibrous roots, transplant readily. 
BLACK WALNUT 
Our Native Species 
Trees 2 to 3 feet, 25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
This is becoming very scarce. Many young groves 
are now being planted for timber purposes. You will 
make no mistake in planting a few hundred of this 
valuable timber tree. 
Note.—T he best soil for Walnuts is a strong clay, rich and some¬ 
what stony; hence, many acres of land which are difficult to cultivate 
in ordinary crops are available for Walnuts. 
FILBERTS 
Three years old, 25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
Of easy culture, growing 6 to 8 feet, bushy habit. 
Will grow in almost any soil, and requires but little 
space. Nut oblong, very sweet. Suited to the Pied¬ 
mont section. 
PECANS 
All our tzvo-year-old trees hav*. been once trans¬ 
planted , and have an abundance of lateral roots. 
Prices of trees : Extra large Louisiana Paper-Shell, 
grown from nuts averaging from 50 to 60 to the 
pound. Two years, 12 to 15 inches high, 15 cents 
each, $1.25 for 10, $8 per 100; two years, 18 to 
24 inches, transplanted, 25 cents each, $2 per 10, 
$12 per 100. 
Pecan culture is rapidly increasing, there being few 
trees that yield as regular and large income after they 
attain the bearing age, which is at 7 to 10 years after 
planting. Any soil where the hickory grows is suit¬ 
able to Pecans, but trees grown in rich alluvial soils 
produce larger crops. All our trees are grown from 
very large paper-shell nuts gathered from two trees 
isolated from all others. Their flowers, being thus 
self-fertilized, may reasonably be expected to repro¬ 
duce identically at the rate of from 60 to 80 per cent. 
Seedlings grown from nuts gathered in groves where 
many forms are found, vary greatly in the size and 
shape of their products. The usual market price for 
large seed nuts, ranging from 50 to 60 to the pound, 
is from 50 to 75 cents per pound. The small hard- 
shelled nuts can be purchased at from 5 to 6 cents 
per pound. Nuts may be planted in the place where 
trees are to grow permanently, but experienced Pecan 
growers of Louisiana advise raising the trees in nursery 
1 to 2 years before planting in orchard. It is claimed 
that whenever the tap-root is cut in transplanting, the 
tree never bears fruit. A more ridiculous assertion 
was never made, as it is contrary to all past experi¬ 
ence, and the fact is that most of the thousands of 
bearing Pecan trees have had their tap-roots sometimes 
reduced to a few inches in length. Four-and-5-year- 
old trees seldom survive transplanting, if their tap-root 
has not been reduced when 1-year-old seedlings in 
nursery rows. Lateral roots are produced, and trees 
thus treated seldom fail in transplanting. But as the 
price of trees increases with age, and 1- or 2-year 
seedlings cost less, and transplant readily, we advise 
securing the latter sizes, and if the tap-root is too long 
to suit the depth of the hole it can be reduced without 
endangering the future fruitfulness of the tree. Plant 
trees 30 to 40 feet apart. 
Japan Walnut (Juglans Sieboldii) at Fruitland 
