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OREGON WALNUTS 



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Walnut Tree with a good spread. 



growing too vigorously that can stand such treatment safely. 



Some men prefer using fillers to inter-cropping. The ideal 

 filler for the young walnut is the Italian prune, a small, com- 

 pact tree which will enable the orchardist to get a number of 

 paying crops before it becomes necessary to take out the trees. 

 After the walnut begins to get large, however, it will crowd the 

 prunes, and it will only be a question of time before the vitality 

 of the prune trees becomes so low that it will be advisable to 

 take them out. 



Walnut culture lends itself to general farming. As the 

 trees require very little spraying and not much unusual atten- 

 tion, the average farmer should be able to meet with a fair 

 degree of success with this crop. Walnut culture also combines 

 itself very nicely with certain crop combinations. For example, 

 berries, prunes and walnuts would make a most excellent com- 

 bination. The berries such as black caps, or loganberries, 

 could be evaporated. Later the prunes could be handled in the 

 same evaporator. Finally, the nuts could be dried in the same 



