Snyder Bros. (Inc.), Center Point, Iowa 
Nut Trees 
A few trees are available of Lamb, Rohwer, Stabler, Sparrow, Vandersloot, 
and Wiard at the prices below. Sizes available on application. 
PRICES—of Grafted Walnuts 5-6 ft. 4-5 ft. 3-4 ft. 2-3 ft. 18-24 in. 
See sizes after each variety .$2.00 $1.75 $1.50 $1.25 $1.00 
HICKORIES, HICCANS, and PECANS. 
The Shagbark Hickory has an exceptionally rich flavor that is carried 
through the process of baking better than that of any other nut. Their use 
is limited because of the difficulty of separating the kernels from the hulls 
in the ordinary wild nuts. This is overcome in propigated varieties like 
Stratford for example, the entire kernel of which often cracks out in one piece. 
Hickory trees are slow to become established after transplanting and it 
is very important that the top be heavily reduced and good care given them. 
Once well established they are very persistent as early settlers found when 
they attempted to kill out a grove of hickories. 
The Hickories do better on the hills and hillsides and the Pecans and 
Hiccans which are usually grafted on Pecan roots, on the rich bottom lands. 
Pecans grow faster than hickories and require a considerably longer sea¬ 
son in which to ripen and the trees will stand north of where the nuts can 
be expected to ripen. Really, as nut producers they have little value in cen¬ 
tral Iowa, but as shade and ornamental trees they are well worth planting. 
Hiccans are crosses of the hickories and pecans and usually ripen in 
central Iowa. The nuts are larger than the Northern pecans, do not have a 
bitter inner shell, and partake of the hickory flavor, so are better than pecans. 
They grow rapidly, and make a very beautiful tree, but are slow starting to 
bear. 
It takes so long to grow a hickory stock to grafting size and the grafting 
is so susceptible to failure due to uncontrollable weather conditions that 
grafted hickories will always be costly compared to other grafted trees. 
Creager comes from Northern Iowa and is probably a hybrid of the Bit- 
ternut. The tree has dark glossy green leaves, is very rapid growing and one 
of the most beautiful of the hickories. The nuts, which are produced very 
freely, are small, but of splendid quality, crack out nicely and keep sweet 
a long time. 
Fairbanks is a large thin shelled Bitternut hybrid, which someone has 
said has everything desirable in a hickory variety except quality. When 
first tasted one notices a bitterness which disappears if more are eaten or 
in baking. Most people who have them fruiting are pleased with them and 
being such a young, heavy, and regular bearer, it is well worth planting. 
Stratford is the earliest bearing shagbark we have, and it is a heavy pro¬ 
ducer. The smooth, white, thin-shelled nuts crack very easily, the kernels 
often come out whole, and have splendid quality. It is one of the earliest 
to ripen, in early years ripening here in late August. This variety grows well 
on bitternut stocks, and has given some wonderful results top-worked on them. 
Hagen is our most rapid growing pure shagbark, and coming from Northern 
Iowa, we believe it one of the hardiest kinds. The nuts are large and crack 
out over 40% meats, mostly in halves, and are unexcelled in richness and flavor. 
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