Excerpt from The Walnut, From a to Z: Including a Chapter on the Pecan<br><br>Our object in writing this pamphlet is to answer the many ques tions arising in the minds. Of those interested in Nut Culture. Here tofore we have answered these personally by letter. The, work has assumed such magnitude that during the season of 1911-12 we answered over 5000 letters in 200 days - ah average of 25 letters per day - at the cost of over $100 for stamps alone.<br><br>Our information has been gathered from years of patient work, nights and days of study, days of hard work in, the nursery and with the trees, as well as in many orchards. Many dollars have been spent for literature and horticultural papers treating upon this subject.<br><br>We feel this book will save many from the missteps of the amateur, which are costly and often mean failure.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.