brief, is the rise of the hardy nut tree nursery business. Now,
what of its extent? There are upwards of two thousand propagating
nurserymen in the country, but those who have made a specialty of
hardy, northern-grown nut trees are few. They include the Vincennes
Nurseries, W. C. Reed & Son, Vincennes, Ind.; the Indiana Nurseries, J.
Ford Wilkinson, Rockport, Ind.; the McCoy Nut Nurseries, R. L. McCoy,
president, Evansville and Lake, Ind.; the Maryland Nurseries, T. P.
Littlepage, Bowie, Md.; J. F. Jones, Lancaster, Pa,; J. G. Rush, West
Willow, Pa.; C. K. Sober, Lewisburg, Pa., and some in the northwest.

As showing the extent of the business, Mr. Reed, of Vincennes, reports
demand for nut trees increasing. He had to return orders unfilled last
spring. His nurseries have 3,000 to 4,000 Persian walnut trees and about
the same number of pecan trees for fall sales; also about 1,000 grafted
black walnut trees. There are growing in the Vincennes nurseries ready
for budding and grafting 50,000 black walnut seedlings and 50,000 pecan
seedlings. Mr. Reed said recently: "Owing to the extreme difficulty of
propagating nut trees in the North, I think the demand will keep up with
the supply."

Mr. Jones sold last year about 8,000 nut trees which went to points all
over the country; not many to California, or to the far South; a good
many to New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, etc. The largest order
was for 600 trees. A number of orders were for 100 to 300 trees. New
Jersey leads in planting, he finds, with Virginia a close second, in
large orders. In small orders, Pennsylvania leads with him.

Mr. McCoy has done a great deal of experimenting with grafts and he is
still at it. He has 40 acres mostly under nut tree cultivation, and has
a considerable number of trees for sale.

Anyone who has seen the handsome nut tree catalogue issued by Mr.
Littlepage, of the Maryland Nurseries, must have been impressed with the
great care taken to produce the attractive trees and nuts there
depicted. These nurseries have been recently established and not a great
number of trees have yet been offered for sale, but Mr. Littlepage has
150,000 seedling nut trees in his nurseries for propagating purposes.

Mr. Sober's nurseries are devoted almost entirely to the cultivation of
chestnut trees. Mr. Rush's specialty is the Persian walnut. Mr.
Wilkinson naturally specializes in India