Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1919 — HICKORY NUTS ON GRAPEVINE [ARTICLE]

HICKORY NUTS ON GRAPEVINE

Missouri Farmer Produces a Wonder of Vegetable Life That Would Astonish Luther Burbank. iM’nriett, Mo.—According to W. T. !?<>>]>iri<» rei’ordar of deeds of I Hinklin icwmffyfTrirrncrlTurbank rms"been oiit* done on tiiv farm of F. M-. McNeil, where a wild grapevine, growing around a hickory tree, has produced hickory nuts in the place of grapes for two consecutive seasmts. The vine was also seen by J. P« Nations and A.’W. Winters, who accompanied Recorder Romine on a search for peaches. It is not claimed that the hickory nuts grow in clusters same -as- grapes, -but many people in the neighborhood will testify to the •t u Uu‘i4ll city. tis. lhe. sLory,.as ..Lt to lie one of tlie peculiarities of nature caused by the “crossing” of the vine and tree.'