CONTENTS 



The Walnut. History 



Juglans Californica, Watson 14 



Great Demand for Walnuts .18 



How to Prepare Nuts for Planting 18 



Mystery of Plant Life. Experiments 21 



How to Prepare the Land for Planting 24 



Irrigation 28 



Neither Root-Graft Nor Remove a Grafted Tree 30 



Varieties and Selection of Scions 30 



Fertilize Imperfect Trees 32 



Cover Crops 34 



Crossing 35 



Stock Improvement .36 



When to Cut Scions 37 



The Splice Graft 38 



The Cleft Graft _ 42 



Graft Old Trees by the Cleft Method 47 



Bark Grafting 48 



Side Graft 48 



Saddle Graft 50 



Budding 52 



The Slip Bud 53 



Half Ring Bud _ 54 



Ring Bud 56 



Train Your Grafts 56 



Mingle Varieties in Grafting 58 



Do Not Graft Young Trees 58 



Pruning 60 



Bearing Qualities 63 



Harvesting Bleaching 64 



Value for Timber _ 65 



Value of Nuts 65 



The Analysis of the Walnut 66 



Grafting Wax Formula 68 



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