Show LOSING APPETITE FOR NUTS writer bemoans the passing of tho the ancient fondness Fend ness that thai made mada winter evenings a joy the old butternut it very rich and fragrant nut of tho the oldon olden time has almost disappeared very few people of tile tho present generation have ever tasted n butteri butternut hit tho the black walnut la is becoming fewer and in a generation fienco it will hardly bo be known and yet it Is a precious nut full of ghou and rare those old patio of cracked walnuts in ili tho the long winter evenings made up a family joy that has haa never be been ell surpassed tho the hickory nuts especially espi dally tho the good old shell barks figured prominently in ili nutty days and tho the chestnuts too including mhd hazel nuts nula and beech nuts but they tire are all growing scarcer and have sadly badly strayed away from tho the human heart the pecan Is becoming the great american nut there are thousands of trees cultivated in the south and the nut has become commercially important por tant trees aro are reported bearing to worth of nuts ver per EMIT acre it la Is a rich nut but quite too hard for tile tho novice to pick out tho the kernels there are however machines that do the work perfectly but after all for rich well flavored and grand mouth fuls of nuts give us ua the english walnut ohio state journal |