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ORTIiAN 



PORTLAND, OREG 



Walnut Industry 



By Ferd. Groner, 



A FEW words about the walnut in- 

 du.stry in the Northwest may be 

 interesting to many who have given 

 this subject some study. This, like 

 most comparatively new industries, has 

 its ups and downs. Some have become 

 discouraged, while others have profited 

 through experience gained by mistakes, 

 and we are more confident than ever 

 that walnuts are an unqualified success 

 here in the Northwest. 



A few conclusions have been reached 

 which are fairly well decided. That is 

 that many have planted walnuts on 

 land that was too wet, and that they 

 bear better on rolling foothill land than 

 on the level valley, even though it has 

 good drainage, as these higher loca- 

 tions are less likely to damage by frosts 

 in fall or spring. It has also been 

 proven that English walnuts topgrated 

 on a black walnut that is growing on 

 wet land will not succeed any better 

 than planted English walnuts, though 

 the black grows perfectly. It has also 

 been proven that the so-called "late 

 starter" can be successfully grafted to 

 normal starting varieties. Quite a large 

 number of these have been grafted and 

 the older ones are now in bearing. 

 One very late one which last season did 

 not start to leaf out until about August 

 10th was grafted this season about the 

 middle of May. At the present writing 

 (July 21) the grafts have made a growth 

 of from twelve to twenty-four inches 

 in about two months from date of 

 grafting. 



in the Northwest 



Hillsboro, Oregon 



More interest is being taken in top- 

 grafting. Many blacks and poor seed- 

 lings have been worked over in the 

 last few years, of which there are many 

 thou.sand in the Williamette Valley. 

 Some seedling growers are working 

 over their poorest trees, while others 

 are top-grafting their whole orchard. 

 Very few seedling trees are now being 

 planted in orchards, though quite a few 

 are still being planted for shade trees 

 and around the farm yards by those 

 who do not know the difference. 



The production of walnuts is in- 

 creasing rapidly by reason of the older 

 orchards increasing their crops and 

 new ones coming into hearing. 



There has been considerable argu- 

 ment in regard to whether a walnut 

 orchard should be treated as our well- 

 cared-for-fruit orchards or treated as 

 forest trees after the trees have reached 

 considerable size. While most of us 

 cultivate our walnut orchards we know 

 of many large trees bearing heavy 

 crops annually which receive no culti- 

 vation at all; some of them in barn- 

 yards, along roadsides, where the stock 

 has tramped the ground as hard as the 

 road. We also have some rocky ground, 

 unfit for cultivation, that is giving good 

 results by mulching, even while the 

 trees are young. It might be well for 

 some of us to try some of our older 

 orchards by this method and compare 

 results. 



Considerabe interest has been taken 

 in the last few years in walnuts as 



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shade trees and no doubt this interest 

 will increase, as they make a good 

 shade tree, besides being ornamental 

 and bearing a useful croj). Last fall a 

 resident of McMinnville exhibited nuts 

 gathered from six trees on a city lot. 

 Two trees grew inside the lot and four 

 along the curb. The street is asphaltum 

 pavement and the sidewalk is cement, 

 and (mly a very narrow strip of earth 

 was left for the trees. Yet the market 

 value of the crop was sixty-eight dol- 

 lars. Instead of these trees detracting 

 from the beauty of the place they add 

 much to the attractiveness of the home. 

 Curb trees should be headed high so 

 the branches will not interefere with 

 travel. 



There is a wide difference in opinion 

 as to how high a walnut tree should be 

 headed in a commercial orchard. Some 

 favor as high as seven or eight feet, 

 while others insist that three or four 

 is better, by training the lower 



Farm For Rent 



After this season I will rent my ranch 

 near Hood River, Oregon, on shares. 100 

 acres of bearing commercial fruit and 

 75 acres of grain land; everything in 

 first-class running order. Applicants 

 must give full particulars of themselves 

 and of their past experience as a guide 

 for me to determine their ability to handle 

 the property in a safisfactory manner. 



Address 



E. SCHOENECK, Hood River, Oregon 



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