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Ndithwe.st. This varielx lias been 

 bearing here for the last five years on 

 a number of large top-worked trees 

 wilhoiit a failure, and the qualily (an- 

 nul be exeelled. 1 have eight oilier 

 varieties, but if I were to plant more 

 walnuts I would plant 93 per ecnl 

 Franquettes. The Meylan and (dady 

 are good bearers, but I will not recoin- 

 iiiend them; I am not salislied with the 

 Mayetle, as it has been a shy bearer 

 with us and il not as go<id a nut as the 

 Franpuelle, though 1 found a seedling 

 near Vancouver, Washington, that bore 

 heavy crops of nuls of large size and 

 fine appearance, but the (piality was 

 not eipial lo the Frampielte. 



The question of bringing the xoung 

 orchard into bearing at the least pos- 

 silile expense is worlh considering. By 

 cidlivating clean along llie rows from 

 one-third to one-half of llie ground, the 

 rest can be used for crops such as peas, 

 vetches, jjumpkins, corn, kale or tur- 

 nips, and possibly a crop or two of 

 potatoes might be raised, but Ibex rob 

 the soil of potash which would bring 

 more money in nuts at a later date. I?> 

 handling this crop to an advantage 

 with general farming, more than the 

 expense of cnltivation can be secured. 

 The cropping should cease at six or 

 seven years, as it will not pay to give 

 the orchard poor cultivation or crowd 

 (he trees with other crops, as I estimate 

 that an orchard of first-class grafteil 

 trees of Ihe right variety, projierh 

 care for, will increase in value al Ihe 

 rate of !f,30.(IO per acre per year for the 

 lirst ten years. 1 find very few walnut 

 orchards kept in perfect condition, and 

 il is an easy matter to lose a year's 

 growth by poor cultivation. 



The (|ueslion of how much income a 

 walnut orchard will bring is the most 

 important one, and it is to (his I have 

 given the most study. In Southern 

 California we tind Ihe highest produc- 

 tion tier acre, about one ton, with an 

 average of less than one-half ton. 

 The \'rooiiian I<"ran(|uette orchard near 

 Santa Hosa, from 12 to Iti years old. 

 averaged about cSOO pounds, set .50 feet 

 apart; had this orchard been set 40 feet 

 apart its yield would have been in- 

 creased .50 per cent at Ihe above ages, 

 l". S. Leebe & Sons have a large 

 orchard near San Jose that has been 

 well cared for, now coming into bear- 

 ing. They are mostly Vroonian Fran- 

 (luetle. ("leorge C. Payne, who has done 

 valuable work in developing the wal- 

 nut industry of Central California, is 

 also located near San .lose. He has the 

 largest and best bearing tree I have \el 

 found, producing as high as 714 pounds 

 of nuts; six of such trees would practi- 

 cally cover an acre. This tree is ;i.S or 

 .'59 years old. There are no grafted 

 orchards in this locality old enough to 

 prove just what can be produced, bill 1 

 consider this district ipiite promising. 



Ill Ihe Northwest we have a few 

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 showing; one of these .55 ti'ces, aver- 

 aging 17 years old, set 30 feet apart, on 

 I ' I acres, last \ ear produced 3,700 

 pounds of nuls that sold for an average 

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