Black Walnut
a valuable timber tree (juglans nigra) of the United States and its fruit. The great size often reached by this tree, the richness of the dark brown wood, the unique beauty of the grain sometimes found in burls, knots, feathers and in the curl of the roots, all conspire to make this the most choice and high priced of all our native woods.
About 1870 walnut was extensively used in the manufacture of fine furniture and finishings in the United States. Then quartered-oak grew in favor, but since 1900 walnut has again become a favorite. Though found to some extent in the Atlantic States from Massachusetts southward, the great source of supply has been the central portions of the Mississippi valley. The walnut is at home in the rich alluvial bottom lands of the Western streams and in the stony limestone soils of the hills and mountains.