20 Luther Burbank's Late Introductions 



Nuts and Method of Planting. We will be pleased to supply nuts as long 

 as our supply lasts. In countries with climatic conditions similar to those of 

 California, they can be stratified by burying them in damp sand or a loose alluvial 

 soil about four inches deep. The nuts should remain in the bed until they show 

 signs of sprouting, when they should at once be planted in nursery form, for 

 one or two seasons, or still better, in their permanent location. If planted 

 in nursery rows, the nuts should not be set closer than eight inches and not 

 deeper than two inches below the surface of the soil. One objection to plant- 

 ing in orchard form is the possibility of disturbing the nuts when cultivating the 

 ground, and also that all of the nuts may not grow, which means the unnecessary 

 cultivation of a large amount of ground. It has been demonstrated time and 

 again that transplanted trees grow fully as rapidly as those raised from the nuts 

 and which have not been disturbed. In planting, the protruding radicle, which 

 is the first evidence of growth, should be pointed downward. In cold climates 

 where the ground becomes frozen in the winter months, stratify in a box 

 of sand or light alluvial or sandy soil, which should be moderately damp. Place the 

 box in a cellar or pit. Should there be any danger of attacks by ants, a liberal 

 amount of wood ashes mixed with the soil will repel them. Do not commence 

 stratifying in cold climates earlier than the middle of February unless they are 

 allowed to remain out of doors. Nuts received too late in the spring to permit 

 their being stratified, should be soaked in clear cold water for five or six days, 

 changing the water every day, and then planted out. 



From Mr. Harwood's recent book on "New Creations in Plant Life" we take 

 the following paragraphs voicing the opinions of lumbermen and woodworkers: 



The new wood is as hard as the old-fashioned black walnut, somewhat harder when fully 

 seasoned. 



It has a finer grain than the old walnut and takes a higher polish. 



It is nearer the mahogany grades than any other walnut and remarkably like some of the 

 tropic mahoganies. 



Its possibilities when quartered or when sawn for other novel effects in veneers, are large. 



The width of the annual growth makes it peculiarly suitahle when sawn in long strips for 

 wainscoting and like effects. 



While the fibre of the wood is hard, it is fine for working as well as for polishing. 



Under ordinary good conditions saw logs can be expected at from eight 

 to twelve years of age from planting. Like most of its family it makes a rather 

 slow growth the first year after transplanting but when once established, its 

 growth is rapid, firm, and a delight to the planter. By nature it prefers a deep 

 alluvial soil, well drained. Indeed, the Royal will grow along side of and under 

 the same conditions with the American Black Walnut of the Eastern and 

 Middle Western States. It will withstand the same degree of frost and cold. 

 It is as hardy as the oaks. 



