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lion by taking out any tree that did not 

 come up to the owner's ideal and plant- 

 ing another in its place. In some places 

 three trees have been planted. 



One of three trees in a yard in the 

 suburbs of Brownsville, now twenty- 

 three years old, has produced an aver- 

 age of 150 pounds annually for the last 

 seven years. 1 have visited the tree 

 many times duiing the last five years 

 and believe it is the heaviest bearing 

 tree in Oregon. This tree is of un- 

 known origin, it has a very plump ker- 

 nel and thin shell, but it is not well 

 sealed, and for the latter reason its 

 marketable qualities have been ques- 

 tioned. 



Mr. J. F. Bugcss, superintendent of 

 the Vrooman orchard at Santa Rosa, 

 California, of about 1,000 trees, states 

 that it is sixteen years old next Febru- 

 ary, and that it has average forty-flve 

 pounds per tree for the last four years. 

 This is the mother orchard of all our 

 Vrooman Franquette. 



Mr. George C. Payne, near San Jose, 

 California, has a tree that he topworked 

 about twenty-two years ago, at the age 

 of sixteen years. The last five years it 

 has averaged between 400 and 500 

 pounds, the highest amount being 714 

 pounds, that sold for 199.98. There 

 would be room for about six such trees 

 on an acre. 



I have considerable data on produc- 

 tion in Southern California, France and 

 Italy, but as we are not interested in 

 those countries it would be a waste of 

 time to give it here. A comparison be- 

 tween seedling and grafted trees of the 

 Santa Barbara soft shell variety near 

 Whittier, California, on the farm of a 

 Mr. Scott, may, however, be worthy of 

 consideration. The seedling orchard at 

 twelve years old produced 896 gross, 

 the nuts selling at 14 cents per pound, 

 and the grafted orchard at nine years 

 produced .'?202 gross, the nuts selling at 

 16% cents per pound. While this dif- 

 ference seems too great to believe, it is 

 nevertheless a fact we cannot get away 

 from. 



The price of walnuts has nearly 

 tripled in the last twenty years, with- 

 out any prospect of a decrease in the 

 near future, as the planting is not keep- 

 ing pace with the increased consump- 

 tion. The main reason for this seems 

 tf) be the high price of good reliable 

 trees and the wait of eight or ten years 

 before such returns can be expected. 

 Blight has done more or less damage 

 to the walnut crop, but the net loss to 

 the grower is not as much as is often 

 estimated, for as the crop is reduced, 

 the price is advanced in proportion. 

 In conclusion will say that the produc- 

 tion of the orchards here submitted is 

 higher than my most sanguine expecta- 

 tions. These figures would indicate that 

 large areas of Southwestern Washing- 

 ton and Western Oregon, between the 

 Cascade and Coast Range Mountains, 

 will produce as many and as high 

 quality walnuts as any district or 

 country in the world. 



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