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CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



A thrifty young English Walnut. 



very satisfactory results. Some growers plant in squares at thirty 

 feet distance, intending to remove alternate trees as they crowd 

 each other, first cutting back, for a time, the trees which are finally 

 to be removed. 



Intercultures with the Walnuts. In the southern walnut 

 regions it is common to grow beans, squashes, etc., between the 

 rows of trees until the latter reach bearing age; root crops which 

 attract gophers should be avoided. Inter-planting of smaller, early- 

 fruiting trees is also practiced to a considerable extent. 



Pruning the Walnut. The walnut is usually headed higher than 

 ordinary orchard trees, but preference is now given to starting the 

 first branch at about four feet from the ground instead of six feet as 

 formerly. All the pruning needed is in shaping the tree as described 

 for the fig. Upward trend of the branches should be secured, some- 

 times by cutting out the shoots which grow downward, sometimes 

 by tying them up for a time to the central stem until they are stiff 



