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OREGON WALNUTS 



"For scions select round wood with buds not too far apart. 

 Use upright or horizontal wood and never dropping wood. 

 Avoid terminal buds. Spurs on young trees a foot or less in 

 length make good wood. 



"When possible, leave scion wood on trees until two or three 

 weeks before they show signs of starting, which would be about 

 April first to tenth. Cut in lengths from twelve to fourteen 

 inches and stratify carefully in sand. 



"Before grafting, wait until buds on stock show signs of 

 bursting. If placed in position before the sap starts they may 

 dry out. One can start in earlier on English walnuts than on 

 Blacks, but Blacks will permit a longer grafting season. 



"Bright, extra sharp tools are necessary. Good knives are 

 the IXL, the Henckel, budding knife, large size; Joseph 

 Rogers' iron-handled grafting knife; and a shoemaker's knife 

 is very desirable. For a splitting knife use Rogers' butcher 

 knives. A splitting maul like an old-fashioned potato masher 

 is good, dimensions 11x41/2x3. Hickory or hardwood wedges, 



six inches in length, of different 

 widths, are desirable for split- 

 ting. Have the edges a little 

 thinner than the center. Have a 

 sharp saw. Use oil stones, em- 

 eries, etc., to keep tools always 

 sharp. 



"Never make a concave cut on 

 scion. Choose a piece of wood 

 having two eyes of straight 

 growth. Cut off 2^/2 inches be- 

 low bud, with slanting cut. Turn 

 lower bud upward. Begin with 

 knife on opposite or a little lower 

 than bud. Cut just through the 

 bark to wood. Continue down- 



i u- u ward, very gradually cutting 

 A system of heading back which . . . 



should be avoided. Instead of deeper, until two-thirds of cut is 

 l!mbs aVe at l6aSt ^ completed. The remaining one- 



