NUT GROWING 



CHAPTER I 



SEEDS SOILS TRANSPLANTING 



How is the amateur nut orchardist to go at his 

 work ? We may divide the answer into several parts. 

 First there is the matter of land. What sort of land ? 

 The sort upon which hardwood trees are already 

 growing or have grown. This offers the safest key 

 to the situation although land which grows plants in 

 general is pretty sure to carry nut trees when experi- 

 mentation finally shows which ones are adaptable to 

 the locality. Let us begin with any hardwood land 

 and choose by preference nut trees which are closely 

 allied to species already thriving in the neighborhood. 

 This is better than attempting to transport nursery 

 catalogue favorites from a distant climate. 



What about making the start? Nuts may be 

 planted for the purpose of giving us grafting stocks 

 later. Larger trees on the ground may be top- 

 worked with scions obtained from the nurseryman, 

 from choice local trees, or from correspondents in 

 exchange. This matter of hunting up correspondents 



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