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OREGON WALNUTS 



Prince Dryers, Dundee, Oregon. 



chosen and it is advisable to have these spaced as far apart as 

 practicable, and I would suggest heading them back in about 

 the same way as one would head back the apple, pear, and prune 

 trees, cutting the strongest branches back the most and the 

 weakest ones the least. In this way we will constantly encour- 

 age the weaker branches and bring the trees to a better balance. 



In forming the scaffold branches of your tree, try to choose 

 branches that will not form a poor angle with the trunk. Such 

 branches are very apt to split off by the end of the second year. 



It will be advisable to give the trees annual pruning. The 

 general tendency of many of the English walnuts is to grow 

 decidedly one-sided, one or two branches growing much more 

 vigorously than the rest. These very strong branches should 

 be decidedly checked cut back hard, so as to force out the 

 weaker and smaller branches. By this persistent heading back 

 the first two or three years, you will force out abundant laterals 

 which will give you plenty of wood to choose from in building 

 up a strong tree, one having plenty of bearing surface. If the 

 trees are allowed to go unchecked, they will not only become 

 one-sided, but you will have long naked branches with very few 

 bearing laterals. The amount of wood that can be cut from 

 any tree must vary according to the growth it has secured. 



