Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-12
POPUL AIRING THE NECI ECTFD NUT

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wASitiNIroN. September Ill
'iurinp the pa$i wcnk ther" rath.red
IN Washingtou = group ~ learned rn"u
from all parts Of Tie country who have
ORGANIZED themselves iu,p .,n .,se"cin e
ton for tn. soie purpose OF pupulariH-
lag the nut. Although IL az ,allad lie
Northern Nut Growers Association.
the membership oi The or.a,:iz.,tIon i'm
dudes men from twen,y-njmv states
ANA Canada Jr j E.ss.li smith. oi
IT,. University OF p.i.nsI lNanin. Is Pics
id"nt al this rul ,!lih. ana Al! oI It's
members m!s practical nru iunul 80
them sVicutir,aly trained. ~ho ar.
Yer! much IN earnest about TIA" revH
Tor pr"m"tius tn" culture ln'f Us, 60!
III" nat - America
Nuts "rNulA II uniHu. place among
American tnpd product. iu mat tl.ir
culture has been largely Ncr!cvt5.d.
Tt" southern pecan wlth!u the !ust
'i-v,dc i'.t~ h.,"ir'- Z, staple inNn prod
Ic'. and iii" i.ngij~h walnut has AL
why's sold well. nut oar oth"v nat H..
nuts Ray" he.u gathered "uiy tu small
quantities ANA poorly distributed. 81, hFi,
Nttit effort has been made &" cultivate
them.
The nut specialists pr".lam that
this Neglect 81 the nut il on. ~ ih-
"a
hundreds OF thousands ~ acres pf iaid
In tniS c"untr! that could br con
N"rtch into nut orchards Iitd produce.
thousands. "f 'ols OF food And th"r,.
is II" d"ub, about the food valu" of
the nut An English walnut in th-
shell contains about $50 per can't
waste. while the "dihi. PORTIONS - i .
l.r cent protein. SOS per cen, iai.
i5I per cent sugar and starch Ju! a
small amount ~ nber and mineral
Compare this WITH hc"fstIkc. which D.
~ per ccut water l:S per cent pro-
,"in and 1876 per cent fat, ANA ynu can
-" ,hat eVcu when S"u buy ticm 10y
"ctrht wito the shell un N"u are get
'ns food valuc out 81 nuts
IL is true that uutS are not rs di-
E"stihlc - meat ct grain. bu; Il eaten
together with other foods especially
with fruits and vegetables. nuts arc
easily "Ssuniiat"d hi most persons.
Tie chief difficulty in ropularizinp
th"ir use - that most PERSONS have
" wrong idea of their place In the
dietary In ;his country nuts are gem
orally eaten at the "nd "f heavy
meal. OF else the! ar. taken - COM
t"rii"n between meals. rhcy are too
substantial food for either - these
VSes They should he prepared in
salads, mad" into pastes or meals.
cooked int" "aScs. ground ana eaten on
bread a. served az q relish piol,lcd or
the.tnmi. NnIunhI- II. Euod.
Til" possibilities Of tho ma, a. q
food Al" shown 10y the fact that in
Tuscany the chestnut Sometimes forms
In" greater part Of th" peasants food
Tor q Year. II is boiled both in tho
hui ana out of il. ground into meal
ANA baked or roasted With Tho ON
ccl'ti"n Of a!moud paste. which is man
Gfacturcd in this country and used
largely IT, the making of Inacar"nns,
and tn" peanut butter. which j. now
produced in ton lots. prepared nuts
arc little known in the Enitcd States
The correct us" Of nuts in general,
however. is rapidly growing.
The pecan is about the only ia
diGcn"us American nut that has been
extensively cultivated: although the
members of tho Northcrn Nut Growers
Association arc studying the hiarlS
walnut. the shaehark hickory. tho b,r :
tcrnut and III" hazel nut with view
I" promoting their cultivation. The
common h'ack walnut is an cspccially
good example Of valuable tree badly
neglected Throughout tho North and
Middle Atlantic States. and Wei in
lard. il grows with The greatest ease
and bears heavy crops Of nuts. Inc
tree itself is also Of the greatest valG"
and Of fairly rapid growth for - hard :
wood. NJ, orchard Of black walnut
seedlings would begin 10 bear nuts in
become u very valuable bit Of timber.
There arc few better trees to plant;
vet they are seldom planted.
The black walnut itself is finely
favored. hui the sHcl is va'y thick.
and often after The nut - crackcS
OPEN it is still almost impossible to
extract the kernel In this regard.
however. tho nuts from the different
trees vary greatly. The men who are
trying 10 develop the black walnut as
an orchard tree seek the wild trees
that bear good. thin shcllcd fruit. and
graft cuttings from them. 50 as 10
propagate tho valuable seed IN this
way, by - system Of selcctivc graft
ing. Il thin-shcllcd black walnut may
be produced in the course nf time.
lust as the famous paper she ii"d''
pecan has hceu developed in the South.
Great Variety I'm America.
Of wild nuts throughout the forc:>tcd
Atlantic States and tho Ailc.hany
Mountains. and most OF the Central
StatcS have share Of native nut trees.
In the South besides the pecan. there
are tho hickory. chinuua pin, beech.
cncstnut and buttcrnui Farther
North arr, found tho larger and better
$haghark hickory and tho hazel nut.
Tho prairie states have practically M
native nuts. In the Southwest there
il single nut. little known, but oi
excellent navor II is locally called
the pinon. and is the seed from the