TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



I age. 



Wild and cultivated nuts 9 



Nursery and orchard 10 



Propagation 11 



Planting 12 



Budding and grafting 12 



Shield budding 13 



Flute budding 13 



Top grafting 14 



Prong grafting 14 



Cleft sap grafting 15 



Crown grafting 15 



Root grafting 16 



Terminal cleft grafting 16 



Plastic grafting wax 16 



Liquid grafting wax 17 



Transplanting 17 



In the orchard 17 



Lack of fruitfulness 17 



Harvesting 18 



Marketing 19 



Almond (Amygdalus communia L. ) 19 



Culture 21 



Propagation 21 



The orchard 21 



At fruiting age 22 



Preparation for market 22 



Harvesting 22 



Hulling v 23 



Drying 23 



Bleaching 23 



Assorting , 24 



Notes from correspondents 24 



Insects, diseases and remedies 24 



Varieties 26 



Varieties grown in the United States 26 



Other varieties 28 



The walnuts 28 



Persian walnut (Juglcms regia L.) 29 



Cultural range in the United States 29 



Quantity of Persian walnuts produced in California 31 



Orchard sites 32 



Growing the orchard 33 



Harvesting 37 



Curing 38 



Marketing 39 



Named varieties 39 



.Japanese walnuts 41 



Juglans Sieboldiniia Maxim 42 



J. cordiformis Maxim 42 



J. Mandschurica Maxim 43 



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