Snyder Bros. (Inc.), Center Point, Iowa 
Nut Trees 
better tree and a strong rival of Thomas for first place. Sizes, 5-6 ft.; 4-5 ft.; 
2-3 ft. 
Cresco is a medium sized nut of good quality which is expected to prove 
hardier than most varieties since it comes from near the Minnesota line. The 
trees are very thrifty and bear early. Sizes, 5-6 ft.; 4-5 ft. 
A few trees are available of Bontz, Galloway, Mintle, Rohwer, Stabler, 
Tasterite, and Wandra 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, HICANS, 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 propagated 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 
Hicans, which are usually grafted on Pecan roots, on the rich bottom lands. 
Pecans grow considerably faster than Hickories. They bloom two weeks 
later and require a longer season to ripen so the nuts very seldom mature 
before being frozen here, and as nut producers they have little value. The 
trees of the most northern kinds are hardy and well worth planting for 
ornamental trees, or for stocks upon which to graft the Hickories and Hybrid 
Hickories. Only ungrafted trees grown from the most northern Iowa seed pro¬ 
curable are quoted. 
Hicans are nature’s own crosses of the hickories and pecans usually ripen 
in central Iowa. They have been found mostly near the Mississipi river north 
from St. Louis. 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 require several years 
to start bearing nuts. 
It takes so long to grow hickory stock to grafting size and the grafting 
is so susceptible to failure due to uncontrollable weather conditions that hickory 
grafting is not attempted by most nurserymen, and grafted hickories will al¬ 
ways be costly compared to other grafted trees. 
Creager comes from northern Iowa and is probably a hybrid of the Bitter- 
nut. The tree has dark, glossy green leaves, is very rapid growing and one 
of the most beautiful of the hickories. The nuts are small, have a very thin 
husk and shell, crack out nicely and remain sweet a long time. 
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