STOCK IMPROVEMENT 



By grafting we are supposed to keep strains 

 pure ; but such superior fruit can be obtained, that 

 the strain appears to have developed into a new 

 variety. Such superior specimen are usually desig- 

 nated "Sports." 



As a rule, from sparse bearing trees we get our 

 choicest nuts. Such trees can be improved by se- 

 verely trimming them. "Be fruitful and multiply." 

 "Bear seed and continue your species," is the fiat 

 of Nature. 



The tree severely pruned concentrates its great 

 sap flow into the few remaining branches and they 

 bend beneath a crop of nuts exceeding one's expec- 

 tation. These nuts are superior in vitality. Plant 

 them and propagate by grafting and note the im- 

 provement. Again select scions from the limbs of 

 the pruned tree that bore the extra nuts, grafting 

 these into other trees and note the results. 



When to Cut Scions 



After the yearly growth of wood has thoroly 

 matured, in early winter, scions should be cut and 

 the ends where severed dipped into melted wax, 

 then put away into a box of cold moist sand and set 

 in a cool cellar. They will keep thus for three or 



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