PLANTING THE WALNUT 



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the cambium of the scion connecting with the cambium on the stock 

 at least on one side. Three or four, or sometimes five scions are put 

 on a large limb, and in most cases three or four scions would grow. 

 After the scion has reached a certain stage of growth, this string will 

 commence to bind, and must be cut down right over where the 

 scion is. The wax on either side still tend to hold the string, but 

 as the wood gradually grows, the strings will draw apart, and it 

 will not bind it as it would if the string was not cut. 



One-year Franquette Graft on one-year Selected 

 Hybrid Root. 



Planting Walnut Orchards. There is much difference in prac- 

 tice in planting out walnut trees in permanent place. Some advo- 

 cate the use of trees two or three years from the seed, getting as 

 much of the tap-root as possible ; others allow the tree to remain 

 in nursery until it throws out laterals, which is usually done the 

 fourth or fifth year. Two-year-old trees are generally preferred, 

 but walnut trees of many times that age can be successfully trans- 

 planted if the work is carefully done. Walnut trees are usually set 

 forty feet in squares, though some give the large-growing varieties 

 fifty feet. Planting in hexagonals at forty-five feet distance gives 



