Nat Trees 
The Linn County Nurseries 
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 it fruiting are pleased with it 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 good quality. It is one of the earlier ripening 
kinds. This variety grows well on bitternut stock, and has given some won¬ 
derful 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. 
Des Moines and Burlington (also called Marquardt) Hicans are grafted on 
hardy pecan roots so are adapted to rich bottom soils. 
PRICES—one-year grafts, unbranched 
Burlington . 
Creager . 
Des Moines . 
Fairbanks . 
Hagen . 
Stratford . 
Pecans, not grafted, Iowa seed ... 
5-6 ft. 
4-5 ft. 
.$. 
$3.00 
.. 3.00 
2.50 
3.00 
3.00 
.$ . 
.1.25 
1.00 
3-4 ft. 
2-3 ft 
$2.50 
$ . 
2.25 
2.50 
2.25 
2.50 
2.00 
2.50 
2.00 
.80 
.60 
THE WINKLER HAZEL makes a splendid ornamental shrub 6 to 7 ft. high 
and produces the largest nuts of the native hazels. They have the splendid 
flavor of the wild hazelnut and in good seasons may be over an inch across. 
The bushes bear when two or three feet high and a single large bush has pro¬ 
duced over six pounds of nuts. In severe climates the staminate catkins may 
be winter-killed, in which case there would be no nuts produced unless a wild 
hazel or some kind known to be a good pollinator were planted close by. 
Farther south Winkler is reported as bearing very regularly, and more satisfac¬ 
torily than Filberts. In fall, Winkler foliage is very attractive with scarlet 
and bronze tints. 
PRICES—3-4 ft. transplants .60c each $5.00 per 10 
THE NORTHERN NUT GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION is an organization of 
progressive people of many different vocations who are interested in the ad¬ 
vancement of nut culture. An annual report is published which contains up- 
to-date information on the subject and is well worth the $2.00 membership fee. 
All interested in nut trees should join. Memberships may be sent to D. C. 
Snyder, Treasurer, Center Point, Iowa. 
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