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be done early in September (for at that season the trees 



are not so subject to bleed), that the wound may heal 



over before the cold increases. 



The best time for transplanting these trees is just as 



they have lost their leaves. The walnut-tree thrives well 

 in a firm rich loamy soil, or such as is inclinable to chalk 

 or marl; and will also do very well in stony ground. 



Walnuts may be preserved in sand, as we have directed 

 for oranges ; or they may be put into jars, and buried in 

 the earth. When this has been omitted, and they are 

 become very dry and acrid, the best way is, to soak them 

 for a day or two, when the kernels will swell, and the 

 brown skin, which causes the acrid taste, may be taken 

 off; they are then tolerably good. 



