Keywords: Maryland Nut Nurseries, Bowie, Maryland (16456049534).jpg BOWIE MARYLAND <br> N I BLACK <br> This nut like the Greenriver is one of the <br> smaller of the northern varieties but one <br> of the very finest The tree grows upright <br> and the foliage somewhat resembles the <br> hickory The nut itself has some of that <br> fine delicate hickory flavor and the kernels <br> come out in whole halves <br> Posey <br> This is one of the largest of the northern <br> varieties and is one of the best cracking <br> pecans grown in the United States It is <br> possible to get out almost a hundred per <br> cent whole halves The tree has beautiful <br> foliage and is a rapid grower This prom- <br> ises to become one of the best commercial <br> varieties <br> Indiana <br> The Indiana tree grows a few hundred <br> yards from the Busseron and is probably a <br> seedling of it The nuts resemble the <br> Busseron so closely they can hardly be <br> distinguished This variety has been heav- <br> ily propagated and was one of the first <br> put on the market <br> Busseron <br> Mason J Niblack says the parent tree has <br> the best bearing record of any tree he <br> knows The nut is large thin-shelled and <br> of high quality The young trees are rapid <br> growers and make long spreading branches 43826235 149287 78056 Page 9 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43826235 ca 1917 10 5962/bhl title 78056 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Maryland Nut Nurseries Biodiversity Heritage Library Maryland Nut Nurseries Bowie Maryland Bowie Catalogs Maryland Nurseries Horticulture Nut trees U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43826235 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43826235 bhlGardenStories nurseries horticulture u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-04-08 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16456049534 2015-08-23 19 51 02 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Maryland Nut Nurseries Bowie Maryland Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |