
ardy in the North 

N OPPORTUNITY to enjoy the remarkable new hybrid nut trees, experimenters have been working on for 
years. Hardy types of both English Walnuts and Pecans are now available for the North. Delicious Black 
- Walnuts with easily opened shells . 
cures .. 
. . Hybrid Hickories with haunting flavor previously unknown even to epi- 
. most amazing of all, these grafted varieties will bear nuts as early as the third or fourth year. More 
meat too: Grafted Walnuts 30% of weight is meat; seedlings only 15%. 
ACTUAL BEARING RECORDS: Trees do not bear well as far north as they will live, but about one zone warmer. 
They bear wherever Peaches will bear: 
Grafted trees are crooked when young. 
They will outgrow this in a few years and 
make straight trunks. 

BLACK WALNUTS: Zone IV (Bears in Zone V) 
North America has more and finer native nut trees than any 
other continent. The Black Walnut is naturally one of our most 
stately and beautiful native trees and produces one of the finest 
nuts in the world. It is hardy in Canada and in Florida, growing 
well in any fertile well drained soil. But the grafted sorts grow 
faster and the nuts thinner shelled, with plump meat that comes 
out readily. The flavor is unique and is not lost in cooking (this 
can be said of no other nut). The new grafted varieties bear 
their first nuts sometimes in the second year after planting and 
commonly in the third to fifth year if the tree is properly fertilized. 
There are two best kinds:— 
Stabler has the thinnest shell. The meat falls out easily in 
halves or:one piece and is of a rich mellow flavor. The tree 
-makes a fine spreading specimen with unusually ornamental 
foliage. 3 to 4 ft. to 6 to 7 ft. sizes only. 
Thomas is a really rapid-growing tree, hardy and easy to 
grow. The meat is attractive and tasty, but does not crack quite 
as easily as the Stabler. All sizes. 
(Each) (12) (Each) (12) 
Spt 14 feet... $1.75 $17.50 6 to 7 feet............62.50 $25.00 
ZSto 5 feet... 2.00 20.00 Sato Olhieet_- 4.50 45.00 
10 to 12 feet... DDO moo 00 
ENGLISH WALNUT—Zone V 
If these be grafted on Black Walnut roots, the wood ripens 
much sooner than otherwise. Hence, such trees can stand much 
colder weather. 
Wiltz-Mayette is perhaps the best variety for all purposes. The 
English Walnut requires a lime soil and where this is not 
natural, it is imperative that lime or crushed limestone be plenti- 
fully added to the planting soil. The first crop may be expected 
in four years. (Each) (12) 
(Each) (12) 
Ant OLneGte $2.50 $25.00 
$2.00 $20.00 
Black Walnut:— 
Sth year—!/, bushel 
6th year—700 nuts 
7th year—] bushel 
9th year—2!/, bushels 
Hardy Pecans:— 
5-7 years—10-14 lbs. 
12th year—3 pecks 
13th year—80 lbs. 
English Walnut:— 
Sth year—100 nuts 
10th year—3 bushels 
Chestnut:— 
2nd year—50 nuts 
BLIGHT-RESISTANT CHESTNUTS 
Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima). Larger nut than the 
American, or fine flavor, and sweet. It is inured to the Chest- 
nut blight. The tree not stately, but large and spreading. 
Good, useful wood. Special prices should permit acreage use:- 
(Each) (10) (100) (1000) 
Chto d 27 1ri 8 ee ees 2 ee . ..-- $15.00 $125.00 
2: tos lS ine =. ae eee . $3.00 22.00 200.00 
PAs tOp lOmin Ko ee eee eS ONES SO 00 
BntOe 4 ieee ae See $1.20 11.00 85.00 
(Each) (12) 
—Liang Schiang—Extra large chestnuts—2-3 ft... $2.25 $22.50 
—Grafted Trees. Very much better nut-bearing. Bear about as 
soon as apples. We strongly recommend these. Varieties 
Carr and Zimmerman. 
(Each) (12) (Each) (12) 
4 to 9) feet $1.75 $17.50 6: ton/eioet = $2.50 $25.00 
Sutow6: feet. 2.00 20.00 7 to 8 feet........ 3.00 30.00 
Japanese Chestnut—Very like the Chinese. Even quicker to bear, 
but lower quality. Shrubby tree. (Each) (10) (100) 
SEO yas fee tae ee hs ee ee $1.25 $9.00 $70.00 
SEtORORtG tee ree ere 2 eee 2.25 16.50 140.00 
HARDY PECANS 
The quality of the nuts in these varieties is in every way the 
equal of commercial Pecans. They will bear in three to five 
years. Mixed grafted varieties (differences are slight): 
(Each) (12) (Each) (12) 
3' to 4 feet. $2.50 $25.00 5 to 6 feet............ $3.00 $30.00 
Hardy Northern Pecan seedlings (1 ft.) $12.00 per 100. 
HICKORY-PECAN HYBRIDS 
Haunting flavors; stately clean trees. Varieties:—Stratford and 
Fairbanks. Zone V. 
ATOM ee ee $3.00 each 6) tol. sfeets $3.50 each 
Notes on Planting and Proper Care of Nut Trees 
PLANTING PRUNING 
SUMMER CARE 
Trees should be soaked on arrival, and 
planted without ever exposing them to the 
air. Keep covered with damp straw or 
burlap. Hand pack soil about roots, then 
fill in partly and flood with water. Do not 
set deeper than they were in nursery. 
SOIL 
Rich bottom land, well drained, is ideal 
for all kinds except the Chestnuts. They 
thrive here, too, but also do well in the 
poorest of soils. No nut tree likes heavy, 
damp clay soil. Pecans and pecan hybrids 
can stand the most moisture, but never 
damp, swampy soils. 
Nut trees arrive heavily pruned, unlike 
ordinary trees. The large, poor root system 
cannot be shipped. Therefore the top must 
be pruned to match. All small side buds 
should be removed, as low branches are 
useless. Nothing below 7 feet. If the trunk 
forks into two upright leaders prune one 
at once and avoid a crotch that may break 
when the limb is heavier. 
SPRAYS 
Caterpillars occasionally attack but do 
not destroy. Only real danger are fungus 
diseases. Standard treatment Bordeaux 
mixture in early June. 
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Keep down weeds and grass for a three- 
foot circle. Water heavily in the least 
drought for first year. Mulch well with hay 
or straw, replaced each winter. 
FERTILIZING 
It pays, but must be done only in early 
spring. Later fertilizing keeps the growth 
soft into fall frosts, and winter losses re- 
sult. Manure-water in late May, or better 
still, ordinary commercial fertilizers. Both 
are quick-acting and all over with by late 
summer. 
