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position is at all exposed to the east, or the level is low and damp, 
the driest, warmest, and most sheltered part of the property should 
be selected for them. 
As regards soil, the walnut, like other of the large-growing 
timber trees, requires a deep, moist, fertile loam, but will grow on 
clay. But we sometimes find the walnut doing pretty well on poor 
soils, and therefore it has a claim to general consideration as a pro- 
fitable tree. As arule, the best way to begin walnut culture is to 
buy nice young nursery trees; but when any considerable number 
are required, the nuts chould be planted where the trees are to 
stand. Sow in every station three or four nuts, and whichever of 
them takes the lead leave, and by degrees destroy or remove the 
others. When a poor soil is to be planted, prepare it by a good 
digging and manuring, and then plant nursery trees that have had 
the tap root removed. 
One great advantage of growing walnuts in a private garden is 
that a fine sample of young nuts may be secured every year for 
pickling. This may seem but a small matter; but the fact is, you 
can always buy ripe nuts at a low price, butit is quite a rare event 
to see green nuts in the market young enough for pickling; they 
are invariably old and bony; but if you grow your own, you can 
gather them as young as you please. 
As. to sorts, the common form of Juglans regia is the best for 
general purposes. The very large kinds are handsome, but the 
quality is not generally good. There is a beautiful variety called 
the Weeping walnut that answers well for planting in a conspicuous 
position, as in the centre of a paddock or on the margin of a play- 
ground, for example. 
The Welsh practice of making transverse incisions on the stems 
of young walnut-trees to hasten fruitfulness is of no use. It is a 
waste of time, anda disfigurement of the tree, which would come 
into bearing quite as soon without it. 
NOTES ON LATE GRAPES. 
BY J. CALVERT CLARKE. 
= properly finish off a crop of late grapes requires more 
time and attention than some amateurs and young 
gardeners can be persuaded to believe. It is therefore 
hoped that a few plain instructions, which I intend to 
give, will be useful. 
First, let me say that unless all grapes are thoroughly ripened, 
they will not keep well, and the longer they are required to be 
kept, the earlier, to a certain extent, and better should they be 
ripened. No matter what the sort may be, if it is not well ripened 
it will not keep. The present season, so far, has been favourable to 
the ripening of grapes, and likely to reduce the cost of firing con- 
siderably, and every wise cultiyator will make the most of the 
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