TREATISE ON THE CULTURE, &c. iff 



The heft way of railing thefe trees is from the Nut, which 

 fhould be gathered when full ripe : thoie with thin {hells are 

 to be preferred for this purpofe. Walnuts, unlefs a (harp 

 froft fets in, which is very feldom the cafe before they are* 

 ripe,, fhould be fuffered to remain on the trees till they begin 

 to droo of them fe Ives : making of the tree will then bring*; 

 them down. Beating them down with poles, as is ufually 

 done, injures the trees very much, by breaking the young 

 fhoots : be fide, the Nuts never keep well when they are. 

 thrafhed down too early. 



The Nuts may be fown in drills in the fame manner as 

 Chefnuts : the beft time for doing this, if the feafon be dry, 

 is Autumn ; and the Nuts muft be thoroughly dry, other wife 

 they will be apt to rot before they vegetate. If the Autumn 

 be wet, they may be fown in the month of February or the 

 beginning of March, and ought to be covered over as di- 

 rected for Chefnuts,. to preferve them from mice, If they 

 thrive well, they will be fit for tr a nfp! anting the" fir ft Autumn- 

 after {owing. ; but, if not, they fhould be fuffered to remain 

 another year. Bed them, out in the fame manner as directed 

 for Chefnuts, tranfplanting every fee on d or third year, until 

 they are planted out for good. This will caufe them to throw 

 out fine horizontal roots, and bring them into a bearing ftate 

 much fooner than when they make deep tap-roots. Train 

 them up with fine fingleftems to about feven feet high, before 

 you fuffer them to form heads ; the branches will then be out 

 of the reach of cattle. The time of tranfplanting them out 

 depends; on the progrefs that they have made in the nurfery ; 

 they mould be fuffered to continue there until they have 

 grown to a tolerable fize, and to the height juft mentioned 

 as proper for ftandards. The ground, where they are to be 



planted^ 



