on of the hardiness of the English Walnut, there
is a tree at Red Hill, Virginia, which was brought from
Edinburgh, Scotland, when six months old, planted in New York,
where it remained three years, then removed to Staunton,
Virginia, and after two years taken to Red Hill. In consequence
of so many changes, the tree at first died back, but is now
thrifty--twenty feet high; trunk, eight inches in diameter at the
ground.

During several severe Winters, the thermometer fell so low that
some peach trees and grape vines growing near English Walnuts on
the Pomeroy farm near Lockport, N.Y. were killed, while the nut
trees were not in the least injured.

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_The English Walnut at its Best._

A smooth, soft-shelled nut.

Meat full, with sweet, hickory-nut flavor.

Nuts fall clean and free from outside shuck.

Frosts harvest the nuts--in October.

They are self-pruning.

Require no care after arrival at bearing age.

An alkali sap keeps scales and pests from the trees.

Blossoms immune from late frosts, as they start late.

Pistillate and Staminate blossoms mature at same time in
the best varieties, insuring perfect fertilization and
productivity.

Bears more regularly than other nut trees.

Bears heavier crops the older it becomes, unlike other
fruit trees the size and quality of whose fruit
degenerates with age.

_Interesting Figures about the English Walnut._

In Spain and Southern France there are trees believed to
be more than 300 years old which bear from fifteen to
eighteen bushels of nuts each, annually.

In Whittier, California, is a famous tree which has been
leased for a term of years at $500.

Orchards seven and eight years old bring all the way from
$1,000 to $2,000 per acre and are a fine investment,
yielding from 15 to 125 per cent. according to age.

The total cost of producing and harvesting an English
Walnut crop is about one and one-half cents a pound.

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_Kernels of Fact about the English Walnut._

The United States consumes more than 50,000,000 pounds a
year.

The United States imports about 27,000,000 pounds a year.

The price is advancing steadily with the demand.

Besides being profitable, the English Walnut is a clean,
highly ornamental shade tree.

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