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  budded 
  fourteen 
  months 
  ago 
  setting 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  sixteen 
  nuts 
  this 
  

   year. 
  That 
  is, 
  the 
  second 
  summer 
  after 
  they 
  were 
  budded. 
  If 
  the 
  

   trees 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  varieties, 
  well 
  cultivated, 
  in 
  good 
  soil, 
  and 
  if 
  

   you 
  care 
  enough 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  throw 
  some 
  fertilizer 
  around 
  them, 
  

   they 
  will 
  please 
  you 
  by 
  their 
  growth 
  and 
  soon 
  become 
  very 
  profit- 
  

   able. 
  

  

  Now 
  suppose 
  one 
  wants 
  an 
  orchard 
  of 
  English 
  walnuts. 
  Almost 
  

   identically 
  the 
  same 
  instructions 
  hold 
  true. 
  If 
  you 
  have 
  wild 
  black 
  

   walnut 
  seedlings 
  on 
  your 
  farm, 
  by 
  all 
  means 
  have 
  them 
  top-worked 
  

   to 
  fine 
  varieties 
  of 
  English 
  walnut, 
  for 
  the 
  black 
  walnut 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  

   root 
  for 
  the 
  English 
  walnut. 
  If 
  you 
  have 
  no 
  seedling 
  trees, 
  go 
  to 
  

   some 
  reputable 
  nurseryman 
  and 
  buy 
  known 
  varieties 
  of 
  hardy 
  

   English 
  walnuts 
  budded 
  on 
  hardy 
  black 
  walnut 
  stocks. 
  Set 
  them 
  

   not 
  less 
  than 
  fifty 
  feet 
  apart 
  and 
  cultivate 
  and 
  care 
  for 
  them. 
  Mr. 
  

   Rush 
  reports 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  budded 
  Rush 
  trees 
  four 
  years 
  old 
  bearing 
  

   fifty-seven 
  walnuts 
  this 
  year. 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  Rush 
  in 
  Washington 
  City 
  

   the 
  other 
  day, 
  two 
  years 
  old, 
  carrying 
  about 
  a 
  dozen 
  walnuts; 
  also 
  

   a 
  Hall, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  age, 
  carrying 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  number. 
  Both 
  

   trees 
  were 
  thrifty 
  and 
  not 
  much 
  over 
  waist 
  high, 
  and 
  every 
  ter- 
  

   minal 
  twig 
  had 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  nuts 
  on 
  it. 
  

  

  If 
  you 
  have 
  wild 
  hickory 
  trees 
  growing 
  on 
  your 
  farm, 
  have 
  them 
  

   top-worked 
  by 
  the 
  slip-bark 
  or 
  budding 
  method 
  to 
  fine 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   shagbarks. 
  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  wild 
  hickories, 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  future 
  

   will 
  prove 
  that 
  the 
  next 
  best 
  method 
  of 
  starting 
  an 
  orchard 
  of 
  budded 
  

   shagbark 
  hickories 
  is 
  to 
  buy 
  them 
  budded 
  on 
  hardy 
  northern 
  pecan 
  

   stocks. 
  The 
  hickory 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  best 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  pecan 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  

   of 
  slower 
  growth, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  reason 
  the 
  pecan 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   better 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  hickory. 
  But 
  the 
  hickory 
  does 
  not 
  grow 
  as 
  

   rapidly 
  as 
  does 
  the 
  English 
  walnut 
  or 
  the 
  pecan 
  and 
  requires 
  more 
  

   patience. 
  

  

  The 
  hazels 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  afford 
  a 
  great 
  field 
  for 
  the 
  nut 
  grower, 
  as 
  

   they 
  are 
  native 
  to 
  a 
  wide 
  territory 
  embracing 
  the 
  Middle 
  West, 
  the 
  

   North 
  and 
  the 
  East, 
  and 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  profitable. 
  A 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  

   I 
  found 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  large 
  hazel 
  growing 
  on 
  my 
  farm 
  in 
  Warrick 
  

   County, 
  Indiana. 
  I 
  dug 
  up 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  this 
  bush 
  and 
  planted 
  

   them 
  in 
  my 
  garden 
  at 
  Boonville, 
  and 
  in 
  three 
  years 
  they 
  were 
  bear- 
  

   ing 
  fine 
  clusters 
  of 
  hazels 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  parent 
  bush. 
  

   I 
  think 
  farmers 
  would 
  find 
  it 
  profitable 
  to 
  set 
  out 
  hedges 
  of 
  native 
  

   hazel 
  bushes 
  around 
  their 
  fields 
  and 
  fences 
  and 
  on 
  hillsides. 
  

  

  Butternuts, 
  black 
  walnuts 
  and 
  beech-nuts 
  also 
  offer 
  a 
  fertile 
  

   field 
  for 
  experiment. 
  Any 
  varieties 
  of 
  butternut 
  or 
  black 
  walnut 
  

  

  