That tap-root trees are the easiest 

 of all to transplant if the work is 

 done while the trees are young and 

 small. 



That trees sometimes bear the third 

 year after transplanting three- 

 year-old trees where the sub-soil 

 moisture is within six or eight feet 

 of the surface. 



That the age of bearing depends 

 largely on the distance the tap- 

 root has to grow to reach the sub- 

 soil moisture. 



The growth of the English Walnut is 



different from that of most fruit trees. 



The small trees grow about six inches the 



first year, tap-root the same; the 



Peculiarities second year they grow about 



of Growth twelve inches, tap-root the same ; 



the third year they grow about 



eighteen inches, tap-root nearly as much. 



For the first three years the tap-root 



seems to gain most of the nourishment, 



and at the end of the third year, or 



about that time, the tree itself starts its 



real growth. After the tap-root reaches 



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