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CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



Yearling seedling Black Walnuts grown on moist, subirrigated land. 



method of preparing walnut buds. In taking a fresh bud from the 

 new growth of the walnut he found the large leaf stem a serious 

 impediment in firmly placing a shield bud upon the cambium of 

 the stock and binding it there. Shaving it away with a knife left too 

 much exposed tissue. If the leaf stem would drop off as it does 

 when mature and leave a healed-over scar, the result would be a 

 flat surface with only the bud protruding, and this could be easily 

 bound in place so as to exclude the air. He tried cutting off the 



