Show LOSING APPETITE FOR NUTS writer bemoans the passing of tho ancient fondness that made winter evenings a joy the old butternut a very rich and fragrant nut of the olden time has al most disappeared very few people ot the present generation have ever tast ed a butternut the black walnut Is becoming fewer and in a generation hence it will hardly be known and yet it is a precious nut full of good ness and rare taste those old pans ot cracked walnuts in the long win ter evenings made up a family joy that has never been surpassed the hickory nuts especially the good old shell barks figured prominently in those nutty days and the chestnuts too including the hazel nuts and beech nuts but they are all growing scarcer and have sadly strayed away from 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 im trees are reported bearing to worth of nuts per acre it is a rich nut but quite too bard for the novice to pick out 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 the english wal nut ohio state journal |