RAISING TREES FROM SEED 



trees well up to the trunk and the shape of 

 the trunk and the limbs is so fine in the winter- 

 time that there is no tree better worth plant- 

 ing about any estate where it will grow than 

 the black walnut. The lumber and wood are 

 in great demand and, raised in quantities, and 

 cut judiciously, are a valuable asset for the 

 farmer. 



Some fifteen years ago a young seedling 

 black walnut appeared in one of my seed-beds. 

 The nut had probably been dropped there by 

 some squirrel. It grew nearly two feet the 

 first year, and as a matter of curiosity we 

 allowed the sapling to remain, but it grew so 

 rapidly that in a couple of years it became 

 necessary to remove it from the seed-bed. 

 The tree is now about twenty inches in cir- 

 cumference and has reached a height of over 

 thirty feet, which is doing well for fifteen 

 years' growth. 



If, along in October, one gathers a bag of 

 walnuts, removes the green shells, and, going 

 about the place, makes here and there a hole 



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