6 . ; ; I -A : TREATISE ON NUT CULTURE. 



and climate, and then select thrifty growing, productive varieties, the'fruits of 

 which are of large size, attractive appearance, good quality and ripening at the 

 most desirable season to command ready sale at best prices. A safe plan in 

 selecting the species for planting will generally be the productiveness, health 

 and vigor 'of the trees and quality of nut of those planted or growing natu- 

 rally in the neighborhood. And as nut trees cannot be depended on to repro- 

 duce themselves from seed, the only safe plan to establish an orchard of any 

 desired variety is by perpetuation through the buds by budding or grafting in 

 their various forms by rooted layers or cuttings, or by sucke-rs from roots of 

 seedling trees. 



