. [Catalogue]. Nursery stock Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. 46 The Franklin Davis Nursery Japan Walnuts. English Walnuts. (See page 45.) WALNUTS, continued Japan. Produces in abundance nuts considerably larger than the common Hickory Nut, which are borne in clusters of 15 to 20. The shell is thicker than the shell of the English Walnut, which in a general way it resembles, but is not as thick as that of the Black Walnut. The meat is sweet , of the very best quality, and ca
. [Catalogue]. Nursery stock Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. 46 The Franklin Davis Nursery Japan Walnuts. English Walnuts. (See page 45.) WALNUTS, continued Japan. Produces in abundance nuts considerably larger than the common Hickory Nut, which are borne in clusters of 15 to 20. The shell is thicker than the shell of the English Walnut, which in a general way it resembles, but is not as thick as that of the Black Walnut. The meat is sweet , of the very best quality, and can be removed entire. The tree grows rapidly, and attains a very large size, with a magnificent spreading top. The leaves are of immense size, of a charming shade of green, and very handsome. PECANS The common wild native variety found in the South, produced from the seed; bears regular crops of me- dium size ; very salable nuts and good ; the tree is rapid-growing and handsome. Paper-Shell Pecan. This is indeed the most valu- able nut yet introduced; large, often 1% inches in length; thin shell; the kernels are very large, rich, pecaili sweet and delicious ; enormous profits have been re- ceived from the culture of this nut; many thousand trees are being planted, and soon the nut industry, especially of the South, will be very large ; hardy in the Middle states. FILBERTS, OR HAZEL NUTS We have the best English varieties ; the nut is medium size, oblong, very sweet ; the tree is of bushy habit, growing from 6 to 8 feet high; very hardy almost everywhere ; early and abundant bearer; very satisfactory. BUTTERNUTS A handsome, rapid-growing, luxuriant tropical looking tree ; very ornamental and pro- ductive ; the nuts are something like black walnuts, but longer and flat; the kernel is much sweeter and rich and more delicate ; fine flavor. ALMONDS Hardshell, Softshell or Ladies'.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhan
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