New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-16
THE NUT HARVEST
AN AUTUMN INDUSTRY AMONG THE ALLIE
GHANIES.

OnANlisps
IFRoM Az OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE THnUNE-l
PORT JERyIs, n. Y, Sept. 13.-An industry
OF considerable importance among the farmers OF this
part of the country his is that Of nutsaher
ing Here are chestnuts hickory nuts. black wa.nuis.
hazlenuts and butternuIs; and they have commercial
value respectively Ia the order named
I'm about two weeks chestnuts viii begin 10 come
into the markets. The first nstalmcnt VIII consist o.
but a few quarts. They will probably come from the
farm OF the Widow Cudaeback here and will prob
ably bring twenty-five thirty cents quart The
price carly chesnus varies from 80 TO - per buse
ndIng somewhat their qraliy as well as upon
the prospects OF large or small crop A. prescnt there
ia great uncertainty to what tis crop VII amount
TO. The burrs were plentiful ana hlling nicely
until checked by the drou aud the pTordeted cod Du
rhe nut does not seem be filing well And so the
chances are that the crop will not DO very large nor
good one; in which case the price per 0ushel is not
likely 20 fall much fellow "a. When these nuts pen
tfu the price sometimes falls to 81 ana very rarely to
IL 80 per Dushel
There is popular belief that the chestnut brrs do not
burst until touched Dy sharp frost This error Is 80
easy dssipaed by little Observation that one - sur
prised to farmers calculating upon an early harvest
OF nuts following early frost The burrs crack only
upon maturing There have already been several heavy
fross horeabous the NUT not yet benz rpcned has
not fallen the ground and IL VIII be nearly Two weeks
ere auy will be brought into the markets
Hickory nuts Will be very plentiful this year. They
have oeen scarce for years. and the prices have
ranged from 81 10 50 per bushe. The first nuts this
year will bring probably az bushel in the local naIketF
after that they Will rapidly decline In price, 80 That
It is not unlikely that they cen be purchased for 90
cents a bushel by The middle OF November These nuts
Will come int market about October l.
Black walnuts also comparatively pleptiiul TINS
year. although becoming more scarce every year The
producer rarely gets 70 cents a bushel for
these nuts, and the average price 10 srom 80 10 %
cents, although they are occasionally drug IN the mar
ket az 10 cents.
Butternuts not plentiful as In some former
years. but hs they possess only t1ning mercantile
value Is made Of their scarcity They rarely
bring 10 10 cents busbei. but they possess
pleasant taste. and 10 be found Ia The larder OF
every vell-reguated farmhouse Tor winter USE .
The hazlenut Corpus Americana) u plentiful this
year. Thls Is but tre smaller than the European
nbert tCoryus Aycllana), u nearly delicious Ddt
Possesses tougher she'll IL has mo- standard CONNER
cal value, though IL sometimes brings 30 cents ana
even 81 bushe among those who desire the nuts for
winter use.
In sullivan and Delaware Counties beechnuts are
occasionally plentiful They shaped Ike bucEwheat
kernels aud are very sweethayored While having no
commercial value. they highly priced by TOE inhab
itans many OF whom gather aud eat them during toe
winter. When these nuts are abundant gray squirrels