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OREGON WALNUTS 



Walnut tree with a nice spread 

 but headed a foot too high 



trees being planted in the North- 

 west at the present time name- 

 ly, the seedling and the grafted 

 trees. The grafted trees are gain- 

 ing in popularity very rapidly. 

 It is hard to find men who have 

 tried both seedling and grafted 

 trees, who do not favor the graft- 

 ed ones. I have found only a few 



men who have tried the grafted trees, who are in favor of dis- 

 carding them and taking up the seedlings, while a great many 

 men now growing both grafted and seedlings say that if they 

 were planting again they certainly would plant grafted types 

 exclusively. 



The statement is often made that the seedling orchards are 

 worthless. This statement is altogether too strong. There is 

 no question, in my mind, that some of the seedling orchards that 

 have the right type of seedlings will prove to be very attractive 

 investments, while, on the other hand, the proper type of grafted 

 trees is without doubt the best investment to make. 



The advantages of the grafted tree are that you will have 

 a more uniform orchard, the trees will come into bearing 

 younger, and the product is very much more uniform than can 

 be expected from the seedling orchards. Many of the seedling 

 trees bloom or come to foliage too late to procure good crops. 

 Others bloom so early that they are invariably injured by the 

 frost. Walnuts will bloom over a period extending from early 



April until the middle of July. 

 The very early trees are general- 

 ly caught by frost, and it is 

 doubtful if trees that come out as 

 late as June 15 will mature their 

 crop. Trees coming out from the 

 ^*^ first to the middle of May are 



Low headed type of Walnut Tree. ver - v desirable. Some trees are too 

 Very satisfactory if tied well, weak physically and are valueless. 



