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would serve best in less fertile soil, while the leader should 

 be carefully watched, and if it divides, one of the parts 

 should be promptly removed. But there is less need to 

 grow this tree slim and straight than with most others, 

 owing to the value of crotches and crooks. Hence trees 

 grown in the fields, along streets, in by-places, wherever 

 the ground is suitable, may be as profitable for timber as 

 in dense stands, and more so for fruit. 



The great value of the wood and nuts should lead to its 

 cultivation wherever land is suitable and not too valuable. 

 There are small areas on many farms located within its 

 natural range which cannot, for one cause or another, be 

 devoted to tillage, but are suitable for growing this tree, 

 and the advisability of planting such is obvious. Unfor- 

 tunately it has a caterpillar enemy which sometimes strips 

 it of its leaves. 



