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INDIANA NUT 
NURSERY 
J. F. WILKINSON, Proprietor 
ROCKPORT, INDIANA 
PRODUCER OF 
High Grade Hardy 
Northern Nut Trees 
My nursery is located in the heart of the north, 
ern pecan tree territory in a soil especially adapted 
to growing nut trees where they grow an unusually 
good root system, making them easy to transplant 
and quick to start growth. 
Nut trees are the longest lived of all food produc¬ 
ing trees, and once established require less care and 
attention than fruit trees, as they do not need to be 
sprayed and after the head of the tree is once 
formed little or no pruning is necessary. 
Budded or grafted trees bear early. An orchard 
of them in a few years should come into profitable 
bearing, and will last for a century or more. Plant 
only budded or grafted trees of Hardy Northern 
varieties. 
Planting a nut orchard is not a speculation, if 
the right kind of trees are planted, but an invest, 
msnt; one that will in a few years pay increasing 
annual dividends, not only to the planter but to 
future generations as well. It is just as much a mis¬ 
take to buy the cheapest nut trees you can buy, as 
it is the cheapest article of clothing. 
There are thousands of acres of land in each 
state, not producing enough to pay the taxes, that 
would return handsome profits if planted to nut 
trees. 
As nut trees live so long and attain such a great 
size they should be planted very wide apart, so thay 
may be grown on land that is to be annually culti¬ 
vated to grain crops, and interfere very little with 
cultivation. 
Nut tree planting should not be confined to or¬ 
chards, they may be grown almost anywhere a tree 
is wanted, they make beautiful shade, and a few of 
them planted around the home serve the twofold 
purpose of shade and food. 
Nuts are not perishable, and may be kept 
throughout the year without special care, neither 
do they have to be gathered promptly as do peaches 
or apples. 
Nuts are no longer considered a luxury, but a 
staple article of food, and are used extensively by 
candy manufacturers, bakeries, ice cream compan¬ 
ies, as well as in the home. 
