Nut Trees The Linn County Nurseries 
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expected to mature at all. Major seems to mature earliest here and in 
the very bad season of 1945 it matured about as well as the standard 
varieties of dent corn did. 
HICANS. Hicans are crosses of the Hickory and Pecan. They grow 
rapidly and make most beautiful trees, but most kinds do not bear young 
nor regularly. They ripen considerably earlier than pecans and when 
there is a crop of well filled nuts they are prized very highly for the 
nuts are large, crack out well, and have excellent quality. There are 
certainly great possibilities in this group and sometime it may afford the 
best nut trees of all. Some of the varieties with somewhat smaller 
nuts than Burlington, Bixby, etc., promise to fill much better, produce 
better and be as satisfactory otherwise. 
WINKLER HAZEL. This variety has been in greatest demand of 
all nuts in our list and is practically all sold for delivery in the spring 
of 1946. Winkler bushes grow quite compact and 6 to 7 feet high. The 
foliage is attractive and become scarlet and bronze in the fall. The nuts 
are the largest of the native hazels. . 
FILBERT SEEDLINGS. These were grown from seed of the sur- 
vivors of a long list of European varieties planted more than twenty 
years ago, most of which were unable to endure the tough Iowa winters. 
Most of these seedlings should be hardy to central Iowa and produce 
nuts of good size and quality, but will vary considerably. The nuts 
drop free from the pods when ripe. Excellent for tall screens. They 
do not succor like the native hazels and grow much taller. 
A very limited supply is available. 
1 year, heavily rooted plants, 1 to 2 ft. _..000.. $ 4.00 per 10 
THOMAS WALNUT SEEDLINGS. Mixed with a few other good 
named varieties. These can not be expected to truly reproduce the 
parent variety but should be much superior to seedlings from wild trees. 
Some should be almost identical with the grafted variety and cost very 
much less to buy. 
1 year, heavily rooted plants, 12-18 in. ..$ 50 each $4.00 per 10 
CHINESE CHESTNUTS. Since the Chestnut Blight has practically 
destroyed the American Sweet Chestnut, the almost blight resistant 
Chinese Chestnut is taking its place as a nut producer, and generally the 
nuts are as good in quality, as large, and produced freely. Most of the 
trees however are not as winter hardy as our native species and should 
be planted in favored places in a climate like central Iowa has. This 
year we can only offer trees grown from ordinary seed. After this 
year we expect to have some grown from the hardiest strains we can 
find and from our own trees. 
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THE NORTHERN NUT GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION is an organiza- 
tion of progressive people of many different vocations who are interested 
in the advancement of nut culture. An annual report is published which 
contains the most up-to-date practical and scientific information pub- 
lished on the subject and is well worth the $2.00 membership fee. All 
interested in nut trees should join. New members will receive both 
the report of the previous and current year. Memberships may be sent 
to D. C. Snyder, Treasurer, Center Point, Iowa. 
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