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liiulted tree is ;iii.\ boltci' than \\\v 

 tiansplanted ti-ec, as I can point to at 

 least two instances where trees have 

 been moved twice that are lietter trees 

 than those that were not moved at all 

 near them. This old-time hobby that 

 the cutting of the tap root of a walnut 

 tree is vital to the growth and bearing 

 quality is absolutely without founda- 

 tion and cannot be proven. The only 

 way to do field grafting is to wait until 

 the trees are from live to seven \ears 

 old and then top-work them, but this 

 increases the expense greatly and sets 

 back the age thex will begin to bear. 



A word about top-working will not 

 be out of place here. We have top- 

 worked trees from foui' inches in diam- 

 eter to thirty-six inches in diameter 

 and linil no trouble in getting from 8.') 

 to 95 per cent of the grafts to grow 

 ( while nursery averages only about 2(1 

 per cent) by using the Payne system, 

 setting the scions in a split through the 

 heart, after cutting them olf at diam- 

 ilers of from 2 to 4 inches, 'IVi to 'A')* 

 preferred, as the larger ones take too 

 long to heal over, and we cannot get 

 as good a per cent to grow in the 

 smaller ones. Most any of the blacks 

 or seedlings, besides the butternuts, can 

 be successfully grafted to our conuuer- 

 cial walnuts. There is a large tield for 

 this work, as there are thousands of 

 black and worthless seedlings scattered 

 over Western Washington, Oregon and 

 (California that would bear good in- 

 comes if grafted to varieties adapted 

 lo their localities. Trees top-worked 

 live years ago last fall bore .50 to 125 

 pounds of fine nuts. I do not consider 

 the system used by Mr. Nell" of .\nna- 

 heim, California, a success, as the 

 branches are cut olf at from 4 to 

 inches in diameter and sidits made at 

 an angle, setting several scions around 

 Ihe stub; fair success has been had in 

 getting the scions to grow, but the 

 wound is too large to heal over and 

 decay causes the grafts, after several 

 \ears' growth, to break or split off. I 

 look note of this in Mr. Xetf's own 

 orchard. 



To describe the different varieties of 

 walnuts grown on the Pacific (<oast 

 would take almost a volume itself to do 

 il justice, but will say that most of the 

 varieties grown in .Southern (California 

 are not adapted to -Middle and Northern 

 California, and most of the varieties in 

 Middle (".alifoiiiia are not adapted to 

 Oregon and Washington. Something 

 Ihat 1 cannot understand is that the 

 Meylan walnut, that ripens and grows 

 successfully here in Oregon, will not 

 ripen in Soulheni (California; and the 

 I'ranquette is a practical failure from 

 Hie same cause, while it is the leading 

 nui in the Northwest and (Central (Cali- 

 fornia. .Santa Bai'bara soft shell seems 

 to be the leading variety in Southern 

 (California. The Eureka is gaining 

 favor with many. The l"ran(|uette is 

 by far the favorite in (Central (Califor- 

 nia. While the Eureka has its advo- 

 cates, some of the leading authorities 

 advise caution in planting it, as it has 

 not been fully tried out yet. The Eran- 

 (|uclte is also the leading variety in Ihe 



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Thf\" are now HuIlintJ for the his'^t^i^t price e\ei- knuwn and ha\c tripled in value in 

 sixteen years. We sold our first crop of 1200 pounds of siafted Vrooman Franquettes. 

 from our 10-acre 6-year-old orchard, for an average of 25 cents per pound. This grade 

 was 9S% of the crop, and we sold the 2% of culls for 15 cents. Do you know that these 

 nuts sold for more apiece than average apples and weighed only one-flftoenth as much? 

 We have trees for sale grown from scions cut from this orchard that have first-class 

 roots as well as tops. Do you know that we have a 17-vear-old walnut orchard here in 

 the Northwest that netted $500.00 an acre last year? Write for prices or booklet on 

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