Walnut Culture in Western and 

 Southern Oregon 



The culture of English walnuts is increasing to such an 

 extent it bids fair to become one of the principal horticultural 

 activities^of the state. Walnuts have been grown in the state 

 now for about twenty-five years, there being one commercial 

 orchard of fifteen acres, twenty-one years old, and numerous 

 scattered trees throughout the state of about the same age. 

 The industry, however, during these twenty-five years has had 

 rather a checkered career. Many of the early trees were of 

 types that were not suited to our climatic conditions. Many 

 trees of the California soft shell, or Santa Barbara, type were 

 planted. Nuts were often bought at grocery stores and planted 

 by interested parties. While many of these trees grew, rela- 

 tively few of them ever bore commercial crops of fruit, at least 

 not regularly. 



About ten years ago, walnut planting assumed almost boom 

 proportions and, consequently, many of the trees planted were 



Rolling land best for walnut growing. 



