. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. PlO. 599.—Typical Thin-Shell Shellbark. Fig. 600.—Oval, to be strictly practical, only the shellbark hickory will there- fore be treated of. Perhaps but one variety of this nut has been subjected to cultivation and offered for sale (Hale's Paper-Shell). All others are the product of wild trees. And yet the differences in the sizes of the nuts, the thickness of the shell, the quali- ties of the kernels, the cracking peculiarities, and the freeness with
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. PlO. 599.—Typical Thin-Shell Shellbark. Fig. 600.—Oval, to be strictly practical, only the shellbark hickory will there- fore be treated of. Perhaps but one variety of this nut has been subjected to cultivation and offered for sale (Hale's Paper-Shell). All others are the product of wild trees. And yet the differences in the sizes of the nuts, the thickness of the shell, the quali- ties of the kernels, the cracking peculiarities, and the freeness with which the meats may be extracted are very marked. While size undoubtedly has a large influence in the selling of nuts, it is well known to all who have had any intelligent experience that comparatively small nuts have frequently disproportionately large and extremely high-flavored kernels. The slow growth of the shellbark has and will have a de- terrent effect upon its cultivation, and while a wild two-year- old will often be found four to five feet high, a trans-. 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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