THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
363 
WHAT E. C. POMEROY SAYS ABOUT 
THE ENGLISH WALNUT 
Owners of country estates and orchardists throughout the 
United States are just now devoting more attention to the 
culture of the English or Persian walnut than to any other 
industry. In fact, horticulturists everywhere are tre¬ 
mendously interested in the propagation of this delicious 
fruit, both from a commercial and an esthetic point of view. 
For many years the English walnut has been cultivated 
with more than ordinary success in California, but only 
very recently has a sufficiently hardy variety been found to 
withstand the severe winters of the northern, eastern and 
southeastern states. The circumstances pertaining to the 
steadily, making surprising growths each year until now they 
stand fully 50 feet high, with a spread to their branches of 
40 to 45 feet, and yielding nuts of the finest quality and in 
great abundance. During the 35 years of growth, where the 
temperature has frequently descended far below zero, they 
have not had a single setback, maturing even earlier than the 
black walnut or the oak. 
The elder Pomeroy’s remarkable success has attracted the 
attention of nut culturists, horticulturists and progressive 
farmers in all parts of this country and Europe. Nut 
specialists from California came East and examined the 
English Walnut Trees Planted 40 to 60 Feet Apart. Sm.all Fruit Trees are Often Used as Fillers. 
discovery of an unusually hardy variety, the Pomeroy 
English walnut, may be related as follows: 
The late Norman Pomeroy of Lockport, N. Y., while 
attending the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, 
noticed a species of tree totally new to him. On investiga¬ 
tion, he found it to be an English walnut tree of surprising 
beauty. It was the fall of the year and the ground under¬ 
neath the tree was covered with nuts. These proved to be 
equal, if not superior, to the taste, to any of the imported 
varieties with which Mr. Pomeroy was familiar. 
Being thoroughly versed in arboriculture, Mr. Pomeroy 
propagated young trees from this acclimated variety, feeling 
certain that from these he would ultimately obtain an 
English walnut of superior hardiness, capable of resisting the 
rigors of almost any climate. 
He planted these young trees about his residence in 
Niagara County, N. Y., in the spring of 1877 and they grew 
Pomeroy trees, and were well satisfied that a hardy variety 
for the colder states had at last been found. 
Realizing the value of his father’s discovery, Mr. E. C. 
Pomeroy, a few. years ago, set out several orchards of the 
variety which had thriven so well, and all these trees are 
now in a fine state of healthy growth, and are known by nut 
growers all over the country. Only the other day a promi¬ 
nent physician in Atlantic City, just returned from a tour of 
Austria, told Mr. Pomeroy of the fame whieh his orchards 
enjoyed abroad. As an instance of this, the doctor men¬ 
tioned the name of an Austrian nut grower, who declared the 
Pomeroy nut to be the very best variety in the world. These 
nuts *do not become rancid in warm weather, having been 
kept for several years in perfect condition, without cold 
storage. 
So profitable has the culture of the English walnut in the 
Eastern and Northern states become, that owners of farms 
