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

Wandra is a vigorous growing kind with somewhat elongated thin-shelled 
nuts of medium size cracking out a high percentage of kernels of good quality. 
Sizes, 6-8 ft., 5-6 ft., 4-5 ft. 
A few trees are available of Cresco and Rohwer at the prices below. Sizes 
available on application. 
PRICES—of Grafted Walnuts. 6-8 Ite 5-6: ft, °4-5 tts 3-4 ft. 2-3. Ht. 
See sizes after each variety. ............ ....p2i00 ~$2.00 $1.75 $1.50 $1.25 
BUTTERNUT, White Walnut. We have not yet succeeded in growing bench 
grafts of the superior Butternut varieties so again can only offer seedling trees. 
Butternuts have a shallower root system than Black Walnuts and transplant 
easier. 
2-3 ft. 3-4 ft. 4-5 ft. 
Peransplantede seedlings trees mr a.i 7a. knee kn. $0.50 $0.75 $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. Its use is 
limited because of the difficulty of separating the kernels from the shells 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 be- 
fore being frozen, and as nut producers they have little value here. 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. 
Cedarapids is one of the largest pure shagbarks and earliest to ripen, crack- 
ing quite well and having fine quality. 
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. 
They require more age before beginning to bear than most kinds. 
Schinnerling is a pure shagbark of good size, a splendid cracker, and with 
very fine quality. Here it is a young, regular and prolific bearer. We like 
it very much. It is also the favorite variety of the squirrels. 
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