The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-10

lands in English walnuts is brought up
from $l5 to $40 per acre. when first plant
eu, 70 that OF $l,9OO per acre When trees
are in profitable bearing. Sales of such
lands were made in California the past
year. What is being done in that state
can be in every other state in the grow
ing of nuts of many kinds, all of which
find ready market.
In importance of profitable culture nuts
come in about this, order: Pecans chest
nuts, English walnuts, shellbark and
black walnuts.
In the first named we have a nut that
is universally liked wherever known, and
millions upon millions of full bearing trees
would find a market for all their product
as the demand would keep pace with the.
The cultivation of this nut has shown
what can be developed by cultivatng the
pecan trees while young. The planting in
groves where trees are about twenty feet
apart, is of great advantage over the trees
of wild growth. Nurserymen and fruit
growers, who practice close planting of
fruit trees, find they are more uniform in
bearing every year, from the fact that
the wind carrying the pollen is more sure
of feritilizing the trees than when far
apart. The pecan tree is fortified often
when far from other pecan trees, as they
have both the male and female flower, the
catkins or pollan, being in proportion to
the female flower, as is one thousand to
one. Another great advantage of close
planting is that by heading in the trees
they do not become so wide spread or so
tall. and the nuts can be gathered with
ease.
All the pecans which come from Texas
are from seedlings, as neither grating nor
budding has been successful so far as to
prove a success, and many doubt whether
it can be done. This has yet to be proved.
AS the planting of the nut is the surest
way of getting best results, it is probable
that from these seedlings choice and bet
ter varieties may be produced, as has
been the case with fruits generally.
To show what has been done by cult
waiting wild trees. it is a known fact that
in Texas there are trees (single ones, that
earn their owners from $50 to $50 per an
mum, as the life of the pecan runs into
hundreds of years. there is no economy in
planting any but the best nuts, no matter
what they cost To plant the common
the demand is now and always will be for
the largest Chestnut culture is also very
profitable, and is now receiving more at
tention than ever before. Even in Penn
sylvania, where the wild trees are in great
abundance, the grade is being improved,
so that their value in market has largely
increased. It is said this industry has al;
ready foothold in Georgia, and will
henceforth become a leading enterprise
The Spanish and Italian chestnuts have
been grown in this country for many
years but they do not equal in value the
Japan chestnuts, which have only lately
been introduced into this country. They
exceed in size all others, and find ready
sale at $40 to SIS per bushel for early ship
ments. They are very hardy and grow as
far north as Northern New York. ESpeci-
ally valuable for growth in the southern
states as they mature so much earlier
than further north, and reach northern
markets long before others are on the
market, and get the cream of the trade,
The Japan walnut is also very desirable,
as they are very hardy and grow large
crops.
The flavor is much the same as our but
TOR MT but more delicate in flavor. As
the climates of Japan and the United
states are so much alike, the product of
either country does well in the other:
so1lthern states, and pay good profits, and
grow in a great variety of soils, although
II is TO be hoped for the general, as well
as Individual good, that the growing of
nut groves on a large scale will become
the leading industry, because OF such
fheV nav.