. The American fruit culturist. FlG. 603.—Roundish, Compressed. Fig. 604.—Roundish, Oblique. ance of wild nuts. Probably the number might be largelyincreased. 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 shellsand correspondingly smaller kernels. Walnuts. The name walnut is rather indiscriminately used in thiscountry, being perhaps most frequently applied to hickory-nuts (white walnuts, so called), and after them to the Persianor Madeira nut. Two valuable members of this fami
. The American fruit culturist. FlG. 603.—Roundish, Compressed. Fig. 604.—Roundish, Oblique. ance of wild nuts. Probably the number might be largelyincreased. 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 shellsand correspondingly smaller kernels. Walnuts. The name walnut is rather indiscriminately used in thiscountry, being perhaps most frequently applied to hickory-nuts (white walnuts, so called), and after them to the Persianor Madeira nut. Two valuable members of this family areindigenous to America, whose nuts are highiy appreciated andmuch used, the butternut (^Juglans cineria) and the black wal-nut {Juglans nigra). The value of the timber of both thesetrees is well known, and alone should offer sufficient induce-ment for their cultivation. So great, indeed, has been the de-mand for the latter that there has seemed danger it would be-come exterminated wherever within profitable reach of as
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