THE WALNUT 



Great Demand for Walnuts 



California produces about half of the walnuts 

 grown in the United States, and our imports equal 

 our products. As an article of food it is growing 

 into favor, hence the supply does not keep pace 

 with the demand. The crop of the United States 

 for 1909 was nearly twelve thousand tons, California 

 producing about half. Suppose our imports equalled 

 our production/we would then have had forty-eight 

 million Ibs., about one-half Ib. for each inhabitant. 



Is it not time that the cultivation of the walnut 

 was receiving greater attention? How to grow it 

 is 1he mission of this handbook. 



How to Prepare Nuts for Planting 



"Countless forests slumbered in a shell." 

 Mother Nature, ever alert to care for her off- 

 spring, has carefully stored away into the protect- 

 ing shell of the nut a germ of life which may be 

 made to grow into a tree, a "Thing of beauty, a joy 

 forever," which gives shade, comfort, and food to 

 men. 



In growing walnuts for commercial purpose, the 

 California black is the best root stock known. It 

 is very hardy, makes rapid growth, thrives under 



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