Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10
Forest Fruits.

Mr.. George May Powell. chairman of
tie Forestry committee. read the follow
| inc paper on nuts:
= Among the most interesting and pr,c-
teal questions connected with Dendrolo~v
| i the cultivation of nuts. These delicious
f rest fruits have long been e, very imror-
tant element in home consumption. They
are destined to be with u as they are
with nciThborinT nations, IN important
element of export trade. Nearly all the
nut bearing trees are among the most val
uabie ft / timber on account of beauty OF
color and ii rr. rs well rs size and dur,
bililv. They are also. without exception.
desirable rs ornamental trees or shrubs
The fact that they are al So convenient
to propagate by seed planting. instead OF
transplan,inr. is among the chief reasons
for giving this class of trees The front rank
in The forest creating c'unpai On which is
surely opening before Us Il. II nation
Every step III the march the campaign viii.
pay. The culture of nut bearers will be
Yin to pay with less expenditure of time
than l,hor directed in most other directions
pay rs nut culture, at the same time
that Il wealth of timber for fuel and manu-
featuring purposes is being silently and
surely accumulated. In curroboration of
this point of quick returns. have the tes-
timony of a gentleman who planted nuts
of the tilbcrt and the Spanish chestnut OH
Staten I>l>and. and two Years after moved
them to New Jersey In five years after
transplantiny they began t. bear We
llrrav have adviccs of soft-shrllcd III
mon ds being successfully raised on tn,
Pacific coast; and us far north rs German
town IN Pcnn>y vant, the English wal
nut is also believed to have been proved
to he prof able to cultivate for its fruit
The following weights. measures. IN
prices of several of the nuts in the New
York market seem not inappropriate to
Incorporate i'll This paper:
Hi, korv NUS, - 81 per u>hcl; filberts
l4c. per pound, 40 pounds per bushcl
Italian cheslnutS, l4c, per pound, Sc pounds
per bushel; Grcnoble walnnts, Sc per
pound. 30 pounds per bu>hcl; pecans 12r.
per pound, % pc nds per bushcl; almonds
SOC, per pound, % pounds per bushcl
bLuk walnuts from zoe. to 81 - pei
u>hcl; butternuts from : % to 50 pei
busIrl.
These are wholesale rates. The com
pactness of value is IN important clemens
IN This count. 1t is Il type of others vet t.
rncr into the solution of the vexed trans
portal on question. We put the hickory.
nut ut the head q the list us we believe il
is more emphatically than any other tn,
natio al nut Washington, being s.,
fond Of them rs to keep them among hi.
private camp stores has made them his
toric. Probably no other nut in the worlo
nas more rich and luscious flavor, This
uutitv together with its tirst-cl;.ss quail
les for transportation, has already drawn
It enton 10 it in the markets of Europe
1t only needs producing and sending for
ward to take the place. to II great extent
tt least of hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars worth of nuts of various kinds an
nuE,lIv imported TO Great lrt;tin-;, nation
well and f,vorlbly known us SO good Il
ee Ter that it does not stop for price when
it is pleased We believe that within IL
lalfscure of wears choice varieties of the
hickorv-nut tree will be selected and pro-
,agatcd and called by names. us young
>pilzcnberg, and Grcening and other Sc
lcct kinds of apple trees are now sold by
| nul s,rymen. Tncre are said to be twenty
varieties of this mt now known. If it is
rue that they do not produce in kind. by
seed planting, there is probably IA greater
lumber The best advices we can Secure
Indicate that there is no great difficulty OF
uncertainty il proplTatinS certlln v,rie-
les by budding or grating. BY building
close 10 the ground on two-year-old seed
lingS the most satisfactory results are like
lv to be secured. AS an ornamental tree
The hickory has few equals. The depth of
color anu glossy surface of its lalge lie ives