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ticultural pursuits, and once established, a well cared for grove is the 

 best heritage a parent can leave to his family, as they become more 

 valuable and more productive with age. I have in mind now two 

 English walnut trees on a gravelly hill east of Portland, which are over 

 forty years old and bear an average of five to six bushels of nuts each 

 per year, which so far had a ready market of 12 to 15 cents per pound. 

 Unfortunately these trees are of the old English variety, the nuts 

 rather hard shell and not uniform in -size; they were grown from seed 

 sent from England, but are a very good example to show what the 

 walnut will do on good, loose soil. 



The United States imported last year over twenty million pounds of 

 walnuts, and the importations into Oregon amounted to over four hun- 

 dred thousand dollars. Instead of importers, we should be exporters. 

 We have the soil and the climate, hence my earnest advice: plant a few 

 walnut trees, if you do not wish to plant a grove, and your children 

 and children's children will bless you and thank you for your fore- 

 thought. 



CAUTION. 



In conclusion, allow me again to warn and caution you in your selec- 

 tion of either trees or nuts. Don't take any seller's representation for 

 granted; be sure you are right in your selection, and then go ahead, 

 and if you have secured the correct variety and generation you will 

 never regret it. 



As I continue to receive many letters asking me to quote prices for 

 nuts and nut trees, I beg to state again, that I have neither trees nor 

 nuts for sale; my experiments in walnut culture are partly for my own 

 pleasure and partly for the benefit of those who desire to own a good 

 walnut grove. 



TO GROW STRAWBERRIES SUCCESSFULLY AND 



FOR PROFIT. 



By J. W. Grasle, Milwaukie, Oregon. 



There are several impoi-tant matters to be considered. First, soil; 

 second, location; third, kind of plants — varieties; fourth, care and 

 cultivation. 



Any good garden soil is adapted for the growing of strawberries. I 

 do not like the extremes of light sand and heavy clay, but either clay 

 or a sandy loam will do, the latter preferred. The question, do corn, 

 potatoes and garden truck do well; if so then strawberries will flourish. 

 If the land lacks fertility, then put on a good coating of well rotted 

 manure. Tillage is manure; that is, it makes all the food in the soil 

 available and so if the land is not rich, give extra tillage. Low land, 

 that is, lower than the surrounding fields, is not desirable, as it is liable 



