The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States

Castanea, _Tournefort_. The ancient classical name derived either from Castanis, a town in Thessaly, or one in Pontius, as historians disagree in regard to its derivation. The g...

Hicoria, _Rafinesque_. Name probably derived from the aboriginal or Indian word hickery, or hickory, the common name for these nuts among the tribes formerly inhabiting the Midd...

Juglans. The ancient Latin name, first used by Pliny, contracted from _Jovis glans_, the nut of Jove or Jupiter. A genus of about eight species, three or four of these indigenou...

In the following list of plants there are a few that in no way can be considered as related to the true nut-bearing trees and shrubs; but as the word "nut" has been attached as...

Amygdalus, _Tournefort_. Name supposed to be derived from _amysso_, to lacerate, because of the prominent sharp, knifelike margin of one edge of the deeply pitted, wrinkled nut....

Corylus, _Tournefort_. Name from _korys_, a hood, helmet or bonnet, in reference to the form of the calyx or husk enclosing the nut. Order, _Corylaceæ_. Deciduous trees or low s...

No special amount of prophetic acumen is required to foresee that the time will soon come when the people of this country must necessarily place a much higher value upon all kin...

Fagus, _Linn._ The Beech. The Latin name of the genus (_Fagus_) supposed to be an equivalent of the Greek phegos, an oak, or it may be derived from _phago_, to eat; the nuts of...

Castanopsis, Spach. Name derived from _Castanea_, the chestnut. Order, _Cupuliferæ_. A genus of evergreen shrubs and trees, intermediate between the oaks (_Quercus_) and the che...

Fig. Page. 1. A California almond orchard, 18 2. Budding knife, 24 3. Yankee budding knife, 24 4. Prepared shoot, 26 5. Incision for bud, 27 6. Bud in position, 28 7. Hard-shell...