. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. ice creams andother confections. The pistachio tree is a slow grower, requiring severalmore years to come into bearing than is the case with almond, Persianwalnut or pecan trees. Propagation is by budding and grafting. The Peanut.—The peanut is probably a native of tropical America. 154 SUCCESSFUL FARMING It does well in light-colored, fertile, sandy loanis in the waniior portions ofthe United States. Its |)riritipal coiitcrs of production in this country arein \irginia and the Carohn;us, aithoufiii it is coniinon in t
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. ice creams andother confections. The pistachio tree is a slow grower, requiring severalmore years to come into bearing than is the case with almond, Persianwalnut or pecan trees. Propagation is by budding and grafting. The Peanut.—The peanut is probably a native of tropical America. 154 SUCCESSFUL FARMING It does well in light-colored, fertile, sandy loanis in the waniior portions ofthe United States. Its |)riritipal coiitcrs of production in this country arein \irginia and the Carohn;us, aithoufiii it is coniinon in the entire South,west to California. The peanut is eonunon in the markets both in the shellor shelled and salted. Peanut butter and peanut oil are now among themost valual)le of our common nut products. An average yield of peanutsis about V\ l>ushels an acre. The Pinon (Pin-yon).—The seeds of a niuulter of pines of westernand southwestern United States, variously known as pinons, Indian orPine nuts and pignolia, form a very important article of food for the Indians. Walxut Orchard, near Santa Rosa, C.\uit) ia the famous Vrooman Orchard. and the Mexicans of the Southwest, who gather the nuts in enonnous quan-tities. In this country the pines boarinp; edible nuts are not cultivated;the entire crop lx»ing obtained from the native trees in the mountains, whichusually appear at altitudes of from 5000 to 7000 feet. The home pnxluctis largely consumed by the gatherers, and in tlu^ local markets of the ! nuts are brownish in color, usually mottled with yellow, from an eighthto a quarter of an inch in length and have a thin but strong hard sli(« kernels arc vcr> fine in texture, rich in quality, of ple!u^t flavor andhighly nutritious. The shelled seeds of the stone pine of southern Kuroix*,greatly resembling puffed rice in form and color, form an irniM)rtant prcnluctin the nut markets of our l-lastern cities. The Persian Walnut.—For many
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