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Snyder Bros. (Inc.), Center Point, Iowa Nut Trees 

A few trees are available of Creitz, Stabler, Tasterite, Wandra, and Wiard 
at the prices below. Sizes available on application. 
PRICES—of Grafted Walnuts. 6-8 ft 5-6 ft. 4-5 ft. 3-4 ft. 2-3 ft. 
See sizes after each variety. .................... $2.50 $2.00 $1.75 $1.50 $1.25 
Hybrid Walnut Seedlings. These are grown from seed and are crosses of the 
Japanese Walnut and Butternut. The tree grows very rapidly, is wide spread- 
ing, has light colored bark, very large leaves and nuts which resemble butter- 
nuts in appearance and flavor but grow in very large clusters. 6-8 ft. trees, 
$1.50 each. 
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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 
Hitans, 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 be- 
fore 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 procurable are 
quoted. 
Hicans are nature’s own crosses of the Hickories and Pecans and usually 
ripen in central Iowa. They have been found mostly near the Mississippi 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 the varieties 
now available 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 always 
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 chief criticism of the Creager is 
that the nuts are too small but they have a very thin husk and shell, crack 
out nicely, remain sweet a long time, and are produced in great profusion. 
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 
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