. The nut culturist : a treatise on the propagation, planting and cultivation of nut-bearing trees and shrubs, adapted to the climate of the United States ... Nuts. THE BEECHNUT. 51 nuts, or search our forests for precocious and superior varieties, we have to admit that the field remains unex- plored, and as baiTcn of results as it was when our an- cestors first discovered America. Every hunt- er, woodman, farmer and botanist who has roamed through for- ests where the beech trees grow, is well aware of the fact that distinct varieties are not at all rare, some having nuts twice the size of oth
. The nut culturist : a treatise on the propagation, planting and cultivation of nut-bearing trees and shrubs, adapted to the climate of the United States ... Nuts. THE BEECHNUT. 51 nuts, or search our forests for precocious and superior varieties, we have to admit that the field remains unex- plored, and as baiTcn of results as it was when our an- cestors first discovered America. Every hunt- er, woodman, farmer and botanist who has roamed through for- ests where the beech trees grow, is well aware of the fact that distinct varieties are not at all rare, some having nuts twice the size of others in the same woods or groves, and it is possible and probable that some nut culturist in the near future will find time to select these choice wild varieties for cultivation and propagation. It would not, in my opin- ion, be beneath the dignity of our national department of agricul- ture, or some of its numerous costly an- nexes, to occasionally take into considera- tion the natural prod- ucts of this great *'io- 9- beechnut leaf, bub and nut. country, and determine, by a series of experiments, whether or no they were not worthy of 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 Fuller, Andrew Samuel, 1828-1896. New York : Orange Judd
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