The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12

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ida, New Jersey, Michigan, and so on. There
are three varieties Of nuts. one resembling our
S SnlSat. and rn q tEird |. } jS1E form sard q rS.s'H Is
thin shelled. with heart.shhped fruit. and lis
JAPANESE name. Hemi- Knrumi. like It's Latin,
are spoken OF favorably. Some hybrid wal
nut shave also been secured.
As to the black walnut and the butternut.
the latter sometimes called white walnut, they
IRE native over n great part OF the country,
some sections not having them. The bHtternnt
reaches its highest abundance and development
In ths Ohio River basin. bearing best not in
forests, but In open groves and along renee
twelve years, and the largest trees may reach
fifteen to twenty bushels. One In Indiana -
reported 1 at forty forty sG Ss h s s}hcs shH IN G sST@E ib rs
buttcrnut IL declared to be second only TO the
sholi-bark hickory and the pecan, among ma.
variety, could it be produced. would increase
~ The i%' SiaS S%u walnut. one Of the most widely dis
tributed and valuable Of our forest trees, ~ an
oily nut of flavor less liked than many, being.
meats, strong. and greasy. The bad methods
OF gathering this fruit and the habit of So keep
popularity. Paintings Of the black walnut for
the fruit alone have been generally found not
p paiIfarnia w Saii,; II !. n ni1tt ies . mn,GieS't than the the
Eastern black walnut.
Among. the hlckories the poem is the most
OF AN area having at. its four cxtremities
Davenport. Chattanooga. Laredo, and the source
OF the Colorado OF Texas; pr oop Tss the Gon 1mss
well on rich soil, whether vet or dry, but best
IN %alluyial bottoms. Mr.. Robert RidgewG.y. Of
trees Of The forest, With The single exception
OF ses w s.pa s e } Head G 81 an irf tp, has in the prd %Sst
tion TO its size, while in altitude and majestic
appearance, tho largest and finest elms are no
occasionally lie seen reared Conspicuously above
the surrounding tree. tops. some trees being as
much az l75 feet high with a spread of. 100
Get or more. Tie trunk. like that OF the shcg.
bark hckories. Hcorld 0Cdtd and II. irciHt.
9sa, is very long, often measuring more than
feet to the first limb" Mr.. Il. G. Koerber, n
New York dealer in recans, says. that the arg
quantity is quit limited. In Texas the crop
gives a good income to many people. and some
S fi@e fni lea Of It is /" .a EFHa tSd rti IN 1850 w 0vep ! G .s5S.i
Antonio a, five to six cents per pound by the
While largely a southwestern product, the
pecan has been. planted AS far north as New
e : 9rS no SRd in rS I mar TsT1 as sc SHi,iSr" snrpa AZ d
by. the Persian walnut and the almond, and
is believed to lie probably destined to become
This will be duo both to the greater area
adapted to its growth than in the case of the
almond and Persian walnut. and TO its sus-
c,eptibility to T.provement in size delicacy Of
flavor, and thinncss of shell: The fruit is
borne when the tree Is six or
seven years old, but not usually In paying
quantities before it Is ten years old. Then it
steadily to full hearing Mt twenty,
one to twenty bushels. The enemies of the
pecan are exposure to light. water-soaked
sSniur 'n'G perhap yeFm aRe peS sna hs aiS S 8 po F9f a
from It's flavor and tho ease with which the
f fn Gon rs + rsm % % sH of W { rTSeinG.mSgi IN n9 1TSs
says that he always had his pockets full Of
these nuts and was continually eating them,
at the kernels the meats will replace
the whole nuts on hotel tables. Oil is some
The shagbark and shellbark. though they can
hardly yet be classed among cultivated nuts.
are ext to the p,eer4n am3ng the hickories in
Eailroad. there is II row Of shagharks
painted by Andrew torsa at the close of the
dans N cnliivd III SePbs Tt some mot for m%sa f h%i , Pssn
of value, though in most places the children
are allowed to gather the nuts. and relatively
nut, nutmeg hickory. and water hickory are
other varieties.
that, of ali nut bearing trees, i is the one best
suited to garden culture. Six species Of H.
nuts. one growing to q forest tree.
arc native here. but cultivation has been
mostly confined to the European varieties, and
most vigorous on rich land, and a light loan
with dry suhsoll gives the least wood and most
nuts. In the Il fith or oiYth year r. after plant
hazels form a shrubby growth in pas
lures ana fields. and are considered a nuisance.
nrc climatic conditions which promise well for
the production of this frult.
thcstnUts are native over n considerable
area. The American chestnut thriycs best on
'!@h land. and apparently better on dry. rocky.
aud travelly than on richer. and
more compact soil. Contrary to what is said
h. be a popular belief. the chestnut does not APP
pear usually to do very well on limestone land.
In the South. where II was once thrifty. for
unknown reason the native chestnut Is |
greatly declining, and many trees are dying.
" nc itct any Irsd a ITo, ,Rs T tronSio !, In , T9T re cases IT.
In others. to blight. On the other hand. the
number of chestnut trees in cultivation is grow.
from 700 to 200 trees. usually the japanese and
varieties. Other large orchards are
Jersey has i,,ooo grated trees. '"'''
The European ard japanese chestnuts re
the oo AmSrlcan' T ara ere an larger; but nre
from ours about as the Norway maple dif.
from the sugar maple; that IL, branching
.ow and forming a round-headed tree: while the
American j. taller and more spreading. The
fuz2 on the American nut covers more OF the
,rew,n. more more distinctly ribbed, and of Door" p6"rer
quality. Mr.. :. c.. Moon finds that natural
Trees bear AT from twelve to twenty years OF
seven years after grating. The Japanese
is a smaller tree than the European
branches and handsome foliage. is u good orna.
mental tree for small plantations. II bears
ltundHi,l ana large fru1t. |
The Chinkapin Is n dwarf chestnut. found on
sandy knobs and hillsides. and producing a
smaller nut, but making up for this defect by
prnductiveness and early ripening. II is the
irst nut to reach the market in the fall. Cant.
John Smith found that the aborigines in Nir-
yinin had a small fruit growing on little
trees, husS like n chestnut, but with fruit like
, very small acorn. This they called che.
,hinqunmirs, which they esteem a great
dainty IL Is suggested that the chestnut
might well be grated on the stronger chinka-
pin in the South. where It does not auccea ID on
is own roots. The Western chinkapln has for
ts habitat, according to Prof. G. :. Sargent,
he Cascades. the Sierra Nevadas, and tho
California coast ranges. The fruit Ia n round
ri three-cornered nut, closely resembling n
large and plump Eecchnut. The leaf resembles
hat Of the chestnut. An Oregon writer says:
Is our only nut besides the haZelnut. IL
Is Il small evergreen tree. which produces II
rrOp OF nuts every scConl year. No attempt
has been made To cultivate them"
The pirc nut II found on the Pacific slope
and in the Southwest and Mexico. IL has n
rich. marrowN kernel. it, shell varying In thick
ness from that of II chestnut to that Of n hazel
nut. The MeXicans esteem these nuts highly.
aud perhaps they would become popular every
where. They are found in great abundance.
They ARE harvested by Indians. who heat the
zones until they open, when the nuts rattle
nut easily, having been roasted: The nuts in
and near Mexico are called piil0nS, and this
Is extended 10 many pine nuts, about