Hardy Grafted Nut Trees NEXT PAGE 
A t last we are able to offer our customers an opportunity to buy and enjoy the remarkable new hybrid 
nut trees. Hybridizers and experimenters have been working on this problem for years. Hardy types 
of both English Walnuts and Pecans are now available for the North. Delicious Black Walnuts with easily 
opened shells ... Hybrid Hickories with haunting flavor previously unknown even to epicures .. . most amazing 
of all, these varieties will bear nuts as early as the third or fourth year after planting. The varieties we offer 
here have been thoroughly tested for some years. 
BLACK WALNUTS—Zone IV (Bears in Zone V) 
North America has more and finer native nut trees than any 
other continent. This Black Walnut is naturally one of our most 
stately and beautiful native trees and produces one of the 
finest nuts in the world. It is hardy in Canada and in Florida, 
growing well in any fertile well drained soil. But the grafted 
sorts grow faster and the nuts thinner shelled, with plump 
meat that comes out readily. The flavor is unique and is not 
lost in cooking (this can be said of no other nut). The new 
grafted varieties bear their first nuts sometimes in the second 
year after planting and commonly in the third to fifth year if 
the tree is properly fertilized. There are several varieties: 
Stabler has the thinnest shell. The meat falls out easily in 
halves or one piece and is of a rich mellow flavor. The tree 
makes a fine spreading specimen with unusually ornamental 
foliage. 
Thomas is a really rapid-growing tree, hardy and easy to 
grow. The meat is attractive and tasty, but does not crack as 
easily as the Stabler. 
Each 
Doz. 
Each 
Doz. 
3 
to 
4 feet. 
...$2.00 $17.60 
6 
to 
7 feet. 
.. .$3.25 
$32.60 
4 
to 
6 feet. 
... 2.25 
22.60 
8 
to 
10 feet. 
... 6.00 
50.00 
5 to 
6 feet. 
... 2.75 
27.50 
10 
to 
12 feet. 
... 6.00 
60.00 
ENGLISH WALNUT—Zone V 
If these be grafted on Black Walnut roots, the wood ripens 
much sooner than otherwise. Hence, such trees can stand much 
colder weather and are now doing well in New England and 
even Michigan. 
Wiltz-Mayette is perhaps the best variety for all purposes. 
The shell can be cracked in the fingers. The meat is plump, 
white and not in the least bitter. It is a reliable bearer. The 
English Walnut requires a lime soil and where this is not 
natural, it is imperative that lime or crushed limestone be 
plentifully added to the planting soil. The first crop may be 
expected in four years. 
Each Doz. Each Doz. 
3 to 4 feet... .$2.75 $27.60 
4 to 5 feet_ 3.00 30.00 5 to 6 feet_$3.25 $32.50 
BLIGHT-RESISTANT CHESTNUTS 
Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima). Larger than the 
American, of fine flavor, and sweet. It is inured to the 
Chestnut blight. For seedling prices see page 14. 
All Grafted Trees. Very much better nut-beai’ing. Bear about 
as soon as apples. We strongly recommend these. 
3 to 4 feet 
4 to 5 feet 
Each Doz. 
$1.75 $17.50 
2.00 20.00 
5 to 6 feet 
6 to 7 feet 
Each Doz. 
$2.25 $22.50 
2.75 27.50 
HARDY PECANS 
The quality of the nuts in these varieties is in every way 
the equal of commercial Pecans. They will bear in three to 
five years. 
Busseron and Butterick are the oldest and best varieties. The 
differences are slight. It is advisable to plant one of each 
kind so that they will cross fertilize. 
2 to 3 feet 
5 to 6 feet 
Each Doz. 
$2.15 $20.00 
3.25 32.00 
7 to 9 feet 
8 to 10 feet 
Each Doz. 
$4.50 $44.00 
14.00 
HYBRID HICKORIES 
Burlington (also called Marquardt). Resembles the pecan as 
to the nut. Delicious flavor. The tree is very easily grown, 
a rapid grower, and extremely hardy. Does well in Min¬ 
nesota. Very satisfactory tree. Reliable early bearer. 
McCallister. Unique tree. Nearly as thin-shelled as any pecan, 
but its flavor is that of the delicious wild Shellbark Hickory. 
The nut is over 2 inches in length and is larger than any 
southern pecan. Foliage resembling the pecan—a beautiful 
tree. Irregular bearer. 
3 to 4 feet 
4 to 5 feet 
5 to 6 feet 
Each Doz. 
$2.75 $27.50 
3.00 30.00 
3.25 32.50 
7 to 8 feet 
8 to 10 feet 
10 to 12 feet 
Each Doz. 
$4.50 $45.00 
6.50 60.00 
8.00 80.00 
CARE OF NUT TREES 
Nut trees have large root-systems. They must be pruned off. 
The tops, pruned to make up for the loss of roots. The first 
two years mulch well with hay or straw and water if drought 
comes. Keep all side buds from developing into useless low 
branches. Branches should not start below 7 feet. Do not plant 
deeper than they were in nursery. 
ACTUAL BEARING RECORDS: Trees do not bear well as far north as they will live. Roughly speaking, 
about one zone warmer; or, figured another way, they bear wherever Peaches will bear. The Black Walnut 
bears even north of Peaches. \ 
Grafted trees are crooked 
when young. They will out¬ 
grow this in a few years and 
make straight trunks. 
Black Walnut:— 
5th year —Vz bushel 
6th year—700 nuts 
7th year—1 bushel 
9th year— 2 V 2 bushels 
English Walnut:— 
5th year—100 nuts 
10th year—3 bushels 
Chestnut:— 
2nd year—50 nuts 
Hardy Pecans:— 
5-7 years—10-14 lbs. 
12th year—3 pecks 
13th year—80 lbs. 
Huge Hybrid Blueberries NE^PAGE 
Two decades of hybridizing and testing and now you can grow Blue¬ 
berries three-quarters of an inch across. Delicious, smooth flavor. An 
acid soil is needed; mulch as for rhododendrons. The year after planting 
remove all flower-buds. The third year you may leave the flowers and 
enjoy the first fruit. 
BLUEBERRY CULTURE 
Blueberries require an acid soil con¬ 
taining peat or other rotted vegetable 
matter. They need a moderate supply of 
soil-moisture, and good drainage so that 
the roots can get air during the growing 
season. 
Set the plants in beds 3 feet apart one 
way and 4 to 5 feet the other way. Two 
varieties should be included in every 
planting, as an exchange of pollen is ne¬ 
cessary to produce good crops of berries. 
The second year remove the flower-buds 
in order to throw the full strength of the 
plants into the top and roots. The third 
summer the flower-buds may be left and 
the plants should produce a good crop 
of fruit. 
VARIETIES AVAILABLE: 
PRICES (Named Varieties) 
Each 10 
3- year, 15 to 18 inches.$1.75 $15.00 
4- year, 18 to 24 inches. 2.00 18.00 
1 year transplants (4 to 7 inch) 
10 of any one kind for $5.00 
(individually wrapped) 
Rubel. Vigorous. Large blue berries in 
July. 
Pioneer. Smaller bush; larger beri'ies. A 
heavy bearer and early. 
Cabot. The earliest. Broad, low bush. 
Delicious berries. 
Rancocas. Slender, upright bush. Berries 
larger than Rubel, a few days earlier. 
Concord. A large bush with huge berries 
of fine flavor. 
Jersey. The largest bush, also the largest 
berries. Vigorous. Light blue. 
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