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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 20, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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GRAFTING WALNUTS. 
A number of persons have written 
about the recent statement (page 928) 
regarding the difficulty of grafting the 
Persian walnut on the common Black wal¬ 
nut. It seems that this has been suc¬ 
cessfully done: 
While it is not easy to graft the Eng¬ 
lish walnut on the Black walnut, it can 
be done. If anyone will come here I 
will take him to see some English wal¬ 
nut tops on Black walnut bodies. They 
were grafted in early Spring by the 
cleft method. The greatest difficulty is 
to get suitable scions, as the annual 
growth has a large pith aad is soft. 
j. s. WOODWARD. 
I have some splendid Persian walnut 
trees from scions which I set in Black 
walnut stocks myself, the past Spring. 
I have also some trees of -similar graft¬ 
ing which I did in the Spring of 1908. 
It is not unusual nor especially difficult 
to graft the Persian walnut on Black 
walnut stocks, but only a moderate pro¬ 
portion will take, say perhaps 50 per 
cent at the best. In California the nur¬ 
serymen make a regular practice of 
grafting the Persian walnut on the Cali¬ 
fornia Black walnut stocks. Some of 
the veteran nut growers in California 
have successfully grafted the Persian 
walnut on California Black walnut 
limbs four and five inches in diameter, 
but prefer Black walnut trees three or 
four j'ears old if the grafting is not 
done in the nursery. c. p. close, 
Maryland State Horticulturist. 
R. N.-Y.—The Maryland Experiment 
Station at College Park has issued an 
excellent bulletin on nut culture. 
My experience with walnuts began in 
1878, or 31 years ago. A neighbor 
gave me a big double handful of 
'"English” walnuts from a large tree 
in his yard, which he said was a 
constant bearer of good nuts. I plant¬ 
ed the nuts, and raised about 35 trees, 
which I planted partly by the roadside 
and partly about my barn and backyard. 
These trees have been bearing quite reg¬ 
ularly for more than 20 years, but the 
nuts from the different trees vary great¬ 
ly in shape, size and quality. Some have 
rather hard shells, while one is so thin- 
shelled that the kernel may be seen 
through holes in the shell. One is so 
good in size, shape, fullness and quality 
that I have grafted a number of scions 
from that tree on California Black wal¬ 
nut roots, and now have about a dozen 
young trees just beginning to bear well. 
1 have also recently grafted in the tops 
of some trees planted by the roadside. 
This is the nut that I sent you several 
years ago for trial, and you pronounced 
it a very good nut. At that time I 
knew little about the much-advertised 
French and Persian nuts, but now after 
having fruited several of the best varie¬ 
ties such as Alpine, Franquette, Mayette, 
Glady, Prseparturiens, Burbank’s Santa 
Rosa and others, I va’ue my seedling as 
highly as any of of them and expect to 
plant more of it. However, I shall have 
to get my trees by grafting on Black 
walnut roots, as the nuts do not come 
true from seed, as I have proven at least 
three times in the past 31 years. 
Walnut grafting is much better under¬ 
stood and more successfully practiced 
than it was even four or five years ago. 
I have a neighbor who raises several 
thousand trees for market each year, 
and is very successful, this year’s stand 
being 75 per cent of the grafts put in. 
Last year he obtained 85 per cent. The 
trees grown are mostly Mayette and 
Franquette, those two varieties being the 
fashion just now. Scions for grafting 
should be cut in January and kept until 
the sap in the stocks to be grafted be¬ 
gins to rise. The work must be done in 
a perfect manner, and requires experi¬ 
ence to attain success, for as you say 
“It would not be possible to give any 
written instructions to an inexperienced 
person” that would bring success. Top¬ 
grafting old trees both of the Eastern 
and California Black walnut is done 
quite generally here, and is generally 
successful, more so than nursery graft¬ 
ing. Trees 40 feet high have been suc¬ 
cessful grafted and the top changed 
from the original, which produced non- 
marketable nuts, to some good variety 
that brings to the owner an income. We 
think here that the California Black 
walnut tree is a better stock to graft 
on, as it grows faster than the Eastern 
variety, and it would surely be hardy 
anywhere that the French or Persian 
varieties would succeed. 
San Jose, Cal. h. g. keesling. 
LIME FOR GARDEN. 
C., Wayville, N. Y.—My soil, mostly 
gravel and loam, packs quite hard early 
in the season. It is very mellow when first 
plowed. I am troubled greatly with mag¬ 
gots on radish and cabbage, no trouble on 
onions at present. I have salted bed 
heavily for two years. Would a heavy ap¬ 
plication of slaked lime be of advantage to 
loosen Ihe soil, and would it keep the mag¬ 
gots away? Would the lime injure any of 
the garden vegetables? Please state how 
much per acre and how best applied. The 
maggots honeycomb the cabbage stalk right 
after setting out. If lime is not a remedy, 
can you name one? 
Ans. —Lime will help mellow this soil 
and break it up. It will help destroy 
the maggots, but probably will not en¬ 
tirely destroy them. We should use at 
the rate of at least 300 pounds of air- 
slaked lime per acre. The salt which 
you have used will destroy some of the 
effects of lime by forming a chloride 
which will be washed out of the soil. 
We should broadcast most of the lime 
after plowing or spading, and harrow 
well in. Use the rest along the rows 
of radish and cabbage when such crops 
are planted. 
STORING WINTER CELERY. 
Storage in trenches is not practiced by 
ns at all. This method is too expensive to 
operate on a large scale; it will do for a 
small amount of celery which is stored for 
family use. but for commercial purposes 
does not come up to tne celery house or 
pit. This pit is constructed by covering 
a space about 20 feet wide with a double 
pitch roof, the boards laid on either length¬ 
wise, and overlapping to save papering, or 
else placed up and down the long way, and 
the cracks covered with lath or a thin 
board. The whole structure is supported by 
light posts not more than two feet above 
ground at the eaves, and five feet at center. 
Only one row of posts is necessary to sup¬ 
port the roof of this pit. The earth inside 
this pit is removed to the depth of at 
least one foot, and this earth is used to 
bank up on the outside as a protection from 
frost. The celery is dug up from the fields, 
root and all, and only a part of the earth 
is shaken out from the roots. The plants 
are brought to the pit and planted very 
close together, using enough plants to fill 
the whole space. When the pit has been 
entirely filled the ends are closed and the 
whole structure covered with coarse hay or 
leaves to keep out frost. This covering is 
increased as cold weather sets in. As a 
rule no ventilation is given, but this de¬ 
pends somewhat on the weather. The dead 
air space above the celery is sufficient for 
all ventilation, and is a better protection 
from frost than circulating air would be. 
In such a pit celery will keep all Winter 
and come through in splendid condition. 
Such pits as "these can be made any length, 
and can be constructed in sections as they 
are filled. In removing the celery care 
should be taken to close the pit as far as 
the celery is removed, so that there will 
be no wilting of the plants left, and there 
is also less danger of freezing when the 
pit is closed up as far as the plants begin. 
Very often we store celery in the barn 
cellar when space will admit, and this 
makes a very good storage place. The 
plants are taken from the field, roots, earth 
and all, carted to the cellar and packed 
tightly together. A light frame of boards 
is then placed on the plants and the whole 
covered with leaves, not only to keep out 
frost, but also to prevent the plant from 
wilting. w. w. 
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CAUSTIC LIME 
removes soil acidity and benefits nearly all crops. 
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1100 acres trees and plants. Catalog free. 
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I sons know¬ 
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TRADE MARK. 
SKUNKS WANTED 
If you live in the Eastern 
States or Canada, and have not 
already written us for a 
price list, do so now. 
Highest cash prices paid 
for all kinds of raw furs. 
CHARLES A. KAUNE, 
Montgomery, N. Y. 
Best of references. 
C HOICE CLOVER AND GRASS SEEDS sold 
direct to the farmer. We have reduced our 
choice Hungarian nnd Millet seeds to the present 
maraet value. Write for samples and prices at 
once. N. WERTHEIMER & HONS, Ltgonlei, Iud. 
FRUIT TREES 
FROM BEARING TREES. 
Grown in the famous 
Genesee Valley. SAMUEL 
FRASER, Geneseo, New York. 
THE LEVIN PRVNER 
Save Your Trees. 
Order Protectors now and save your 
young Fruit Trees from being destroyed 
by Rabbits and Mice during the winter. 
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you the best Tree Protector made for 
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FRUIT FOR HOME USE 
You certainly never make any mis¬ 
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kind of fruit suitable to your locality. 
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For the sake of your family’s health 
plant this spring at least a few things. 
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The best pruner. Cuts ]4-inch dry 
branch. Quick, clean, easy cut. We 
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new yearly subscriptions at $1 each, 
or for club of 7 ten weeks trials at 10 
cents each. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York 
$19.00 Profit On Your Hides 
Don’t sell your cattle or horse hides to the butcher. He’ll 
only give you 81.50 to 83.00 apiece. He wins and you lose. 
Send the hides to us and we’ll manufacture to measure, hand¬ 
some fur coats with high collars. We’ll charge only 811 for 
a man’s or woman’s long coat. Less money for reefer or 
child’s coat. You and your family can keep warm or you can 
sell them among your neighbors for 825 to 830 each. Doesn’t 
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Ship today and write for 30 page illustrated catalog telling 
when we pay the freight where hides are sent to be made 
into coats and robes. Plush lined robes 87 and up. Cow, horse, 
bear, muskrat, mink, dog, deer, wolf, beaver or any other kind 
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neck-pieces, muffs, jackets or fur goods of any description. 
We’ll Give You Free 
Largest tan¬ 
ners and man¬ 
ufacturers of 
Fur Goods in 
the world 
selling direct 
to the con¬ 
sumer. 
A pair of knit lined, horse hide palm mittens with each cow hide or horse 
hide coat or robe manufactured from hides you send us. 
We Buy Raw Furs 
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When you trap send your skins direct to us. Don’t sell them through a commission man. 
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NATIONAL FUR & TANNING CO.. 100 Hooker Ave., THREt RIVERS, MICH. 
