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  These 
  trees 
  ought 
  to 
  grow 
  and, 
  whether 
  you 
  ever 
  succeed 
  

   in 
  grafting 
  your 
  seedlings 
  or 
  not, 
  you 
  should 
  have 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  

   small 
  orchard 
  of 
  fine 
  nut 
  trees. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  summer 
  with 
  the 
  trees 
  will 
  be 
  something 
  like 
  

   the 
  baby's. 
  Worms 
  may 
  bother 
  them. 
  Look 
  out 
  for 
  bud 
  worms 
  

   and 
  leaf-eating 
  caterpillars. 
  Give 
  them 
  all 
  the 
  water 
  they 
  can 
  

   drink 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  dog 
  days. 
  Nurse 
  them, 
  feed 
  them 
  and 
  watch 
  

   them 
  and 
  they 
  will 
  grow 
  up 
  to 
  bless 
  you. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  may 
  

   bear 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  apple 
  trees. 
  

  

  These 
  trees, 
  and 
  such 
  scions 
  as, 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  you 
  may 
  

   obtain 
  elsewhere, 
  are 
  to 
  furnish 
  your 
  propagating 
  material. 
  

  

  The 
  plan 
  just 
  described 
  may 
  be 
  modified 
  in 
  various 
  ways, 
  

   but 
  the 
  general 
  principles 
  are 
  the 
  same. 
  Instead 
  of 
  planting 
  the 
  

   nuts 
  in 
  their 
  permanent 
  positions 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  put 
  in 
  nursery 
  

   rows 
  where 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  intensive 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  resulting 
  trees 
  may 
  be 
  grafted 
  or 
  budded 
  

   in 
  the 
  rows, 
  or 
  after 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  transplanted 
  and 
  have 
  

   become 
  well 
  established. 
  This 
  method 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  one 
  and 
  

   has 
  distinct 
  advantages 
  and 
  many 
  advocates. 
  

  

  Yearling 
  seedlings 
  may 
  be 
  bought 
  and 
  set 
  either 
  in 
  perma- 
  

   nent 
  positions 
  or 
  in 
  nursery 
  rows. 
  

  

  Of 
  course 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  hurry, 
  who 
  can 
  disregard 
  

   expense 
  and 
  who 
  does 
  not 
  care 
  for 
  the 
  experience 
  and 
  gratifi- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  grafting 
  his 
  own 
  trees, 
  may 
  set 
  his 
  whole 
  plantation 
  

   with 
  expensive 
  grafted 
  trees 
  and 
  replant 
  where 
  they 
  fail. 
  

  

  The 
  technique 
  of 
  budding 
  and 
  grafting 
  you 
  must 
  work 
  out 
  

   yourself 
  with 
  the 
  help 
  of 
  the 
  instructions 
  obtainable 
  from 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  authorities, 
  or, 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  surer 
  way, 
  study 
  the 
  art 
  with 
  a 
  

   master. 
  The 
  essentials 
  are 
  good 
  stocks 
  and 
  good 
  scions, 
  the 
  

   right 
  moment 
  — 
  and 
  practice. 
  

  

  Excellent 
  publications 
  giving 
  instructions 
  in 
  methods 
  of 
  

   propagation 
  are: 
  "The 
  Persian 
  Walnut 
  Industry 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States," 
  by 
  E. 
  R. 
  Lake; 
  Bulletin 
  254, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Indus- 
  

   try, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  1913: 
  "The 
  Pecan," 
  by 
  

   C. 
  A. 
  Reed; 
  Bulletin 
  251 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  department, 
  1912: 
  "Walnut 
  

   Growing 
  in 
  Oregon," 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Passenger 
  Department 
  

   Southern, 
  Pacific 
  Company 
  Lines 
  in 
  Oregon, 
  Portland, 
  Oregon, 
  

   revised 
  edition, 
  1912; 
  and 
  "Nut 
  Growing 
  in 
  Maryland," 
  by 
  

   C. 
  P. 
  Close; 
  Bulletin 
  125 
  of 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Agricultural 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Station, 
  College 
  Park, 
  Maryland. 
  Any 
  of 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  

   had 
  free 
  on 
  application. 
  

  

  The 
  files 
  and 
  current 
  issues 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  journals 
  are 
  full 
  of 
  

  

  