. Guide to hardy fruits and ornamentals. 4^ DWYEKS GUIDE. WALNUTS. Japan Walnut (Sieboldiana).—A native of the mountains of extremely hardy, vigorous grower, bears young, very productive. Japan Walnut (Cordiformis).— Differs from Sieboldiana in nuts are broad, pointed and flattened. The Japan Walnuts are valu-able for both their fine fruit and shade. English Walnut.—It is a profitable tree toplant, as it produces large crops of excellentnuts, and the large quantities of ripe nuts thatare annually imported and sold here, prove theestimation in which they are held for the table
. Guide to hardy fruits and ornamentals. 4^ DWYEKS GUIDE. WALNUTS. Japan Walnut (Sieboldiana).—A native of the mountains of extremely hardy, vigorous grower, bears young, very productive. Japan Walnut (Cordiformis).— Differs from Sieboldiana in nuts are broad, pointed and flattened. The Japan Walnuts are valu-able for both their fine fruit and shade. English Walnut.—It is a profitable tree toplant, as it produces large crops of excellentnuts, and the large quantities of ripe nuts thatare annually imported and sold here, prove theestimation in which they are held for the Filbert, or Hazlenut.—Nut nearlyround, rich and of excellent flavor, admired fordessert. Superior to our native Hazlenut. Inevery way the nuts are larger, fully as goodin flavor. The trees are good strong growers,come into bearing a short time after beingplanted and are annual productive THE STRAWBERRY. Queen of the Small Fruits. My life has been more closely associated with the Strawberry thanwith any other fruit. At this period and after a protracted and uninter-rupted experience of thirty-five years the reference to this fruit alwaysbrings back pleasant memories of my boyhood days; the reader willtherefore, I trust, be considerate and indulgent with me, if I transgresshere, and for the moment lay aside the original purpose of this work torecall some of my early reminiscences. It was in 1865 when I was nine years of age that I first saw a bedof cultivated Strawberries. At that time I was employed grazing cowsalong the public highway, our own cow and any of the neighbors thatwere willing to pay my father twenty-five cents a week per head for myservices. Whilst thus engaged, and sitting on a stone wall in front of thesmall fruit farm of Mr. John Sutherland (long since gone to his reward) I wasattracted by this bed of Strawberries in their early stages of
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