Show America One of Worlds World's Big Market for Nuts Nut In the pen peanut nut crop Americans have evinced an aptitude for tor production and consumption that Is applicable to few tew other foods In some years the total crop of ot the southern and south southeastern eastern states has been more than a billion pounds and yet many million more pounds lounds have been Imported In 10 Inthe inthe the same years to fill nil the demand for I roast roasted Id I'd salted alted and ond candled peanuts and for the use use usef of peanut oils and by products Almost the one nut crop In which American growers have been blen able to keep p up with the pace set hy by American Amen Ameri can appetites Is the pecan Southern nut farmers have guarded seedling plantings and In addition have nurs nursed d along the cultivated or so called Improved improved Im im- proved Iro varieties until Imports have decreased de de- decreased creased M 54 per cent from war pre but with consumption Increasing China Is the source of ot our largest supply of ot Imported peanuts China and Italy as well send us large quantities quan quan- titles of both shelled and unshelled walnuts while our largest stocks of ot shelled walnuts walnut come from France the home of ot the l English walnut Spain Italy and Turkey furnish us with filberts Brazil nuts are produced produced produced pro pro- year after atter year by hy Dame Nature Sown down on the fringe of ot the wilds wild along the Amazon |