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buys a jirafted tree does not guarantee 

 that he is getting a superior tree. The 

 grafted tree will be superior only in 

 acse the tree from which the scions 

 were taken was superior, for it will 

 have the characteristics of the parent 

 tree, whether they are good or bad. 

 The point we wish to make is that a 

 tree is not necessarily a superior one 

 simply because it is a grafted one. A 

 hundred grafted trees may be grown 

 from scions taken from a single tree 

 and the resulting trees will be quite 

 uniform in all respects and will all 

 have the same characteristics as the 

 original tree, but if a hundred seedlings 

 are raised from nuts taken from the 

 same tree the resulting trees will show 

 great variation in every respect. Some 

 of the trees may be the equal of the 

 parent tree, a few may be superior, but 

 a large part of them are certain to be 

 inferior. These inferior trees must be 

 gone over and top worked with scions 

 from good producing trees if the or- 

 chard is to be made most profitable. 



It has been estimated by excellent 

 authority that among the California 

 seedling groves 25 per cent of the trees 

 do not pay their keep, another 25 per 

 cent just do pay and the remaining 50 

 per cent make what profit that is made. 

 Arguments in favor of the seedling 

 orchard are several. The initial cost of 

 the trees is less. The question of pol- 

 lination docs not have to be considered 

 as it does in solid plantings of one vari- 

 ety. There is less chance of a single 

 frost nipping the whole crop because 

 of the fact that the wide variation in 

 blossoming time of the seedling will 

 allow a certain per cent of the trees to 

 escape. 



The Franquette is the most widely 

 planted variety in the Northwest. It is 

 an old French variety that has been 

 grown in California for nearly half a 

 century. It has been more thoroughly 

 tested out untler our conditions than 

 any other variety, and while it is not 

 the ideal nut it is probably the best nut 

 to plant under Western Oregon condi- 

 tions. Without doubt the leadership of 

 tiiis variety will in time be questioned 

 by other varieties, some of which may 

 now be growing as seedlings and others 

 which may be already named varieties 

 but which have not as yet been well 

 tested out here. Our ideal nut should 

 have the superior quality of the Fran- 

 quette but should blight a little less, 

 come into bearing a little younger and 

 yield a little heavier, but in the present 

 state of knowledge, we know of no 

 other variety that we would plant in 

 its stead. 



The Mayeltc is perhaps the second 

 in impoi'tance of the named varieties 

 grown in Oregon. However, Mayette 

 seems to he more of a type than a 

 variety, as sold by nurserymen at pres- 

 ent. Thei'e is too much variation, par- 

 ticularly in yield, in the various trees 

 of liiis variety, although tliere arc some 

 that seem to be of great i)roniise. It 

 will probably not be largely planted 

 until some of the best strain-- of the 



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