A Grafted Walnut Tree. 



from the ground after 

 being set. In the in- 

 terior valleys grow- 

 ers have even found 

 it expedient to cut 

 trees down to 18 

 inches and train up 

 a new stem. If there 

 are any advantages 

 in this plan of pro- 

 cedure, they are evi- 

 denced by the tre- 

 mendous vigor and 

 the prevention of sun- 

 burn of the new 

 shoot, which must of 

 course be staked the 

 first year. The coined 

 expressions that this 

 tree or that should 

 not be pruned because 

 it would be ruined, 

 has had the tentacles 

 of misapprehension 

 more closely inter- 

 woven around the 

 walnut than possibly 

 iny other tree. Which 

 is preferable the tree 

 with all its fruit 

 bearing wood in the 

 very top or the one 

 that is liberally sup- 

 plied with laterals 

 from as nearly as it 

 can be obtained from 

 the point from which 

 the head is started? 



If you can secure a 

 more striking tree 

 with a broad bearing 

 surface, is it not com- 

 mon sense to suppose 

 that you are not go- 

 ing to reach the goal 

 you are aiming at, if 

 you don't do some- 

 thing to check the 

 main trunk from 

 striving heavenwards. 



No person of intel- 

 ligence will deny the 

 fact that one's arm 

 held at length has not 

 the strength to resist 

 the same strain as 

 when the forearm is 

 held at right angles 

 to the arm. The same 

 principle applies to 

 the main limbs of the 

 tree. The development 

 of elbows promotes 

 strength, incre a s e d 

 bearing surface and a 

 perfect tree. Is there 

 anything more to be 

 desired? Cutting back 

 the framework 

 branches one-half the 

 first winter after 

 planting; pruning the 

 laterals in the same 

 manner the second 

 winter and thinning 

 out when there is a 

 tendency to o v e r- 

 srowding, followed by 

 a more moderate 

 treatment in the third 

 winter, and the 

 checking of rampant 

 growing limbs in the 



Same tree topped and root pruned for 

 planting. 



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