THE HICKORY 
Probably no nut holds as high a place in the affections of those 
who have gathered wild nuts and cracked them by the fireside, as 
the hickory, except possibly the American chestnut which is now 
practically extinct. 
THE SHAGBARK HICKORY 
(Carya ovata) 
A good ornamental; while its leaves do not color as well as 
some of the other hickories yet its stately upright growth, with its 
shaggy bark, is an indispensable part of our landscape. In flavor of 
nut it is no doubt the best of any of the hickories. 
THE HICKORY HYBRIDS 
While they should not supercede the shagbark as an orna- 
mental they do supplement it. In stately upright growth they 
strongly resemble the shagbark and are more rapid in growth. The 
foliage colors somewhat better in Fall. But they lack that shaggy 
bark which is so well associated with the hickory. 
We have had many inquiries for hiccan (pecan X other 
hickory) trees. We are testing several varieties of hiccans but have 
not tried to grow any trees for sale as we fear that most of our trade 
is located too far North for the present varieties of hiccans. 
We have several hiccan seedlings growing which we have 
produced by pollinizing some of our native hickories with northern 
pecan pollen; most of them are from Major pecan pollen with a few 
from Busseron pollen. We hope that some of these will mature their 
nuts this far North. 
While we have more than a hundred different named varieties 
of hickory and hickory hybrids growing in our test orchard, we are 
at present propagating for sale only a few of the very best varieties 
which we are sure will mature their crops in this climate and from 
which the nuts crack well, many of the kernels coming out in whole 
halves. 
