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  INTEREST 
  IN 
  NUT 
  GROWING 
  IN 
  THE 
  INTERMOUN- 
  

  

  TAIN 
  STATES 
  

  

  Dr. 
  L. 
  D. 
  Batchelor, 
  Utah 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  

  

  Station^ 
  

  

  The 
  marked 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  interest 
  in 
  nut 
  growing 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  intermountain 
  states 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  numerous 
  inquiries 
  on 
  

   this 
  subject 
  which 
  are 
  directed 
  to 
  this 
  office. 
  There 
  have 
  been 
  very- 
  

   few 
  plantings 
  of 
  commercial 
  orchards, 
  but 
  on 
  every 
  hand 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  

   interest 
  shown 
  in 
  using 
  nut 
  trees 
  for 
  shade 
  trees. 
  The 
  hardy 
  varie- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  Persian. 
  walnut 
  are 
  being 
  planted 
  more 
  each 
  year 
  to 
  ascertain 
  

   the 
  most 
  promising 
  sorts 
  for 
  commercial 
  planting. 
  Larger 
  plantings 
  

   will 
  no 
  doubt 
  follow 
  when 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  varieties 
  have 
  gained 
  the 
  

   confidence 
  of 
  the 
  people, 
  for 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  drawbacks 
  to 
  nut 
  

   planting 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  common 
  belief 
  that 
  a 
  semi-tropical 
  

   climate 
  is 
  essential 
  to 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  such 
  nuts 
  as 
  almonds, 
  

   pecans 
  and 
  Persian 
  walnuts. 
  

  

  The 
  Utah 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  has 
  distributed 
  about 
  

   one 
  hundred 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  to 
  cooperative 
  planters 
  over 
  the 
  

   state 
  the 
  past 
  season. 
  Ninety-five 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  making 
  

   a 
  thrifty 
  growth, 
  while 
  a 
  similar 
  planting 
  made 
  in 
  1912 
  gives 
  good 
  

   promise. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  varieties 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  experimental 
  lot; 
  

   Chaberte 
  (grafted 
  on 
  black 
  walnut); 
  Franquette 
  (on 
  black 
  and 
  

   English 
  walnut); 
  Franquette 
  (Vrooman 
  Strain); 
  Mayette 
  (on 
  

   English 
  Walnut); 
  Parisienne 
  (on 
  the 
  black 
  walnut); 
  Pomeroy 
  

   (seedling); 
  Pomeroy 
  (on 
  black 
  walnut); 
  Rush 
  (on 
  black 
  walnut). 
  

  

  A 
  number 
  of 
  seedling 
  trees 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  throughout 
  the 
  state. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  seed- 
  

   lings 
  are 
  producing 
  a 
  fairly 
  good 
  type 
  of 
  commercial 
  nut. 
  What 
  is 
  

   more 
  important, 
  however, 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  these 
  seedling 
  Persian 
  wal- 
  

   nuts 
  points 
  to 
  the 
  practicability 
  of 
  planting 
  the 
  hardier 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  this 
  nut 
  in 
  the 
  intermountain 
  states. 
  

  

  