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OREGON WALNUTS 



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Well kept orchard with prune trees as fillers. 



All walnut trees need thorough staking. A good strong 

 post should be set that will stand at least seven feet out of the 

 ground. During the first two or three years of the tree's life, it 

 will be necessary to do considerable tying in order to prevent 



drooping over too much. Tying 

 with broad strips of cloth, bed 

 ticking, or similar material, is 

 preferable and each individual 

 main scaffold branch should be 

 tied to the stake. Care should 

 be taken not to tie the branches 

 so close to the stake as to cause 

 them to grow too upright. 



The tillage of young walnut 

 orchards is very much the same 

 as that practiced in our young 

 apple and pear orchards. Much 

 plowing and harrowing should 

 be practiced in early spring and 



American Black Walnut Tree the ground placed in such condi- 

 topped with English. Poor .. ,, , ., , i j u TJ 



practice to use so old a tree, tion that it can catch and hold 



