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Title: The Cuba review
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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es, however, aremany The horticultural value of the Cuban wal-nut is intrinsic and promises to Ije of economicimportance to the countrj, principally as astock on which to graft imported varieties ofwalnuts, pecans, etc., etc. The nut, in its wild state, compares favor-ably with the black walnut; the kernel ismuch more mild in flavor than that of theAmerican species. One of the most encourag-ing featm-es about the Cuban walnut is thatit covers a wide fiekl of variation in size andshape of the nut; also in the thickness of theshell. This matter of variation shows thatthe species may easilj^ be improved by selec-tion. As a timber tree the Cuban walnut growsto an immense size; we have seen specimensfrom two to three feet in diameter and eightyor more feet in height. The wood is finegrained and is in demand for cabinet work. Juglans Insularis Cinera should be plantetlon an economic scale in the mountain regionswhere it also would make an excellent shadefor the planting of coffee and cacao.
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Caimito tree (at left), loaded w-ith fruit. The Caimito is one of the native Cuban fruits, very common and very much in favor with the natives. Strangers do not take readily to many of the native fruits at first, but some of them improve on further acquaintance. 18 THE CUBA REVIEW Dr. Juan T. Roig y Mesa, botanist of thestation, has the following to say regarding thisvaluable tree: A few cla\s after we found the specimens atTaco-Taco, we received from Trinidad, SantaClara Province, several fruits and leaves of aspecies of walnut growing on the mountainsof that region. The fruits of the walnut fromTrinidad resemble very much those of theTaco-Taco variety, though they are not en-tirely equal, but a little longer and moreacuminate. Moreover, the leaves are lighterin color and with an ashy shade beneath,which is not apparent in the former species. There are probably walnuts in the Provinceof Santiago de Cuba and also in other moun-tain regions of the island; perhaps there ismore than one

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