HICKORY 
The hickory certainly deserves a high place in Northern Nut Grow- 
ing, because of its very fine quality and flavor of the nuts; also its long 
lived, nearly trouble free tree and its ornamental value. 
The hickory is the slowest growing of any of our propagated nut 
species and takes the longest to come into bearing. In most cases it will 
take ten years or more for a transplanted, grafted, hickory tree to begin 
bearing. But when you gather your first hickory nuts and later crack 
and eat them, you will be glad you had the patience to wait for them. 
The hickory 1s nearly as trouble free as is the black walnut, however 
it does have one rather serious insect enemy, the hickory weavil. For 
control of this insect and greater discussion of the hickory in general, we 
refer you to our booklet, “Practical Nut Growing.” 
For prices of hickory trees, see page on prices in the back of this 
catalogue. 
