. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. 6oj.—Roundish, Compressed. Pig. 604.—Roundish, Oblique. ance of wild nuts. Probably the number might be largely increased. Fig. 599 represents the typical form of the thin- shelled shellbark; any very wide departure from this shape, as Figs. 600 to 604 inclusive, usually indicates thicker sh-ells and correspondingly smaller kernels. Walnuts. The name walnut is rather indiscriminately used in this country, being perhaps most frequently applied to
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. 6oj.—Roundish, Compressed. Pig. 604.—Roundish, Oblique. ance of wild nuts. Probably the number might be largely increased. Fig. 599 represents the typical form of the thin- shelled shellbark; any very wide departure from this shape, as Figs. 600 to 604 inclusive, usually indicates thicker sh-ells and correspondingly smaller kernels. Walnuts. The name walnut is rather indiscriminately used in this country, being perhaps most frequently applied to hickory- nuts (white walnuts, so called), and after them to the Persian or Madeira, nut. Two valuable members of this family are indigenous to America, whose nuts are highiy appreciated and much used, the butternut {Juglans cineria) and the black wal- nut {Jfuglans nigra). The value of the timber of both these trees is well known, and alone should offer sufficient induce- ment for their cultivation. So great, indeed, has been the de- mantJ for the latter that there has seemed danger it would be- come exterminated wherever within profitable reach of a shipping-point, and the use of the former is rapidly increas-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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