The male and female FLOWERS blooming in February or March, are at the end of minute twigs on separate trees.
The “[FRUIT]” which matures in one season is pale blue, ¼ inch in diameter, and berry-like, the sweet flesh enclosing one or two seeds.
EASTERN REDCEDAR ([Fruit] and leaves, three-fourths natural size)
The [HEARTWOOD] is distinctly red, and the [sapwood] white, this color combination making very striking effects when finished as cedar chests, closets, and interior woodwork. The wood is [aromatic], soft, strong, and of even texture, very durable in contact with the soil, and in great demand for posts, poles, and rustic work.
Since redcedar spreads the cedar-rust of apples, it is inadvisable to plant this tree in or near orchards, or anywhere in regions devoted to commercial apple production.
BLACK WALNUT
Juglans nigra L.
This valuable forest tree occurs on rich bottomlands and moist fertile hillsides as far west as the San Antonio River. It may attain a height of nearly 100 feet with a straight stem, clear of branches for half of its height.
The [BARK] is thick, dark brown in color, and divided by rather deep [fissures] into rounded ridges.
The LEAVES are [alternate], [compound], 1 to 2 feet long, consisting of from 15 to 23 [leaflets] of a yellowish-green color. The leaflets are about 3 inches long, extremely tapering at the end, and toothed along the margin.