THE WALNUT 



a single season. Should the tops of some of 

 the trees be accidentally broken off, as sometimes 

 happens, they can still be made good trees by cutting 

 off all the lower branches, leaving the one nearest 

 the break, which will shoot up and become a new 

 top. When the tree is ready to graft, it should be 

 cut back to a height of from four to five feet. Here 

 the scion is inserted, and there should be no branches 

 below this point. 



The fourth year after planting is the proper time 

 to do this work. It is better to wait until then, even 

 if they appear to be large enough at an earlier time. 

 Nothing will be gained by grafting when the tree 

 has been growing less than four years. 



The accompanying illustrations are from photos 

 giving two views of the same tree. The first shows 

 the growth of the graft set the llth of April, 1908, 

 and the view taken the 1st of October. The second 

 view was taken in October, 1909. The tree bore 

 five Ibs. of nuts that year. This is neither phe- 

 nomenal nor exceptional. It only emphasizes the 

 correct method of propagating the walnut. 



A year's cultivating can be saved by planting in 

 a nursery and then transplanting when the trees are 

 about a year old. This transplanting should be done 

 at the proper season for such work in the part of 



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