THE RURAE NEW-VORKER 
n 49 
1912. 
ENGLISH WALNUT IN CONNECTICUT. 
II. J; Cromwell, Conn .—I note with in¬ 
terest what Prof. Van Deman says on Per¬ 
sian walnuts, page 228. Would the rorue- 
r0 y “English” walnut prove hardy and 
productive here, or say at J. II. Hale’s 
place in South Glastonbury, as my situation 
is not far different? This location is about 
one mile from the Connecticut River and 
about 150 feet above it, on level land, 
the soil being sandy loam underlaid with 
30 feet of sand and gravel. The lowest 
temperature this Winter was 16 degrees be¬ 
low. when some places in town showed 25 
degrees below. There is no special protec¬ 
tion or wind-break, but there seems to be 
a warmer streak or section. Eight years 
ago when orchards all over the State were 
badly damaged or destroyed, our record at 
the house was 18 or 20 degrees below. 
Are there other English varieties likely 
to succeed here? Is it necessary to 
plant more than one tree for perfect pollin¬ 
ation? What about the “Chinese,” or as he 
formerly called it the “Manchurian” wal¬ 
nut sent out by .Tas. H. Black Sons & Co., 
Illustration of which looks like the “Eng¬ 
lish” varieties? I have a small tree of 
this bought in Spring of 1910, now 18 to 
24 inches high, about the size of a lead 
pencil or a little larger. It died back near¬ 
ly to the ground, but sprouted and grew 
about four inches. In Summer of 1911 it 
started all right and I think started a new 
bud from near the ground, which I trained 
by removing all others. It grew about 
one foot. As it seemed promising I moved 
It to a permanent position early in Decem¬ 
ber last. It was sending down a good tap¬ 
root. 
Ans. —The culture of the hardy 
Persian walnuts is greatly on the in¬ 
crease and there is abundant reason for 
it. While the Pomeroy varieties are 
seedlings and most of the trees sold 
under that name are merely from nuts 
that grew on the older trees in western 
New York, they really bear very good 
nuts in size and flavor so far as I have 
seen and tasted them. They would 
probably succeed in Massachusets. But 
there are other varieties that are fully 
as hardy and that bear as good nuts 
and in some cases better ones. Among 
these are the Rush and Cumberland of 
Pennsylvania and several that have 
originated in other northeastern States, 
and one good one was sent to me lately 
from Ontario. A very few grafted 
trees have been grown in some of the 
nurseries and sold, but the general 
interest in the culture of this nut is 
calling for far more trees than have 
been produced. There are varieties 
that are self-pollinating and some that 
are not so. It is well to make sure 
of the trees on this point before plant¬ 
ing them, if this is possible, and it 
would be doubly safe to plant more 
than one variety, so that every oppor¬ 
tunity for pollination would be afforded. 
The native Chinese walnut, which is 
found wild in Manchuria, is practically 
the same that grows in Japan. I was 
lately testing nuts of the two leading 
forms of the species, as some botanists 
claim they merely are, or the two 
separate species, Juglans Sieboldiana and 
J. cordiformis as others claim them to 
be. They were grown in Canada, where 
the trees have proved to be hardy and 
prolific. I have seen them in many 
parts of the country, from the Great 
Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and in 
all cases the trees seemed to be flourish¬ 
ing and to bear well. But the nuts 
of the tree that is called J. Sieboldiana 
and sometimes J. Mandschurica, are of 
almost no value for eating, because of 
their very thick and hard shells, the small 
proportion of kernel they contain and 
the difficulty of extracting it. The nuts 
of both species are small, but those 
of J. cordiformis are much better and 
the kernel is quite easily extracted, 
being in two almost round pieces. The 
flavor is very good and much like that 
of our common butternut, J. cinerea. 
These Asiatic walnut trees are large 
in foliage and are fine for shade and 
ornament. H. E. van deman. 
HOW TO GROW PRIZE TOMATOES. 
I find in a recent issue of your paper 
an inquiry about training and starting to¬ 
matoes, and note the reply of Prof. Massey 
thereto. After many years’ practical ex¬ 
perience on this line, and using many meth¬ 
ods I may bow my old bald head over the 
paper to insinuate into this discussion 
some of the results of such effort in amateur 
tomato raising and this without reference 
to anything ouside the family garden and 
having no relation to the “ultimate con¬ 
sumer” outside the family and the fortunate 
friends who share in their gratuitous dis- 
tribution. 
I have tried about all methods advo¬ 
cated and after all sorts of adventures have 
adopted the following as the most practical 
and easiest way of supporting and training 
tomato plants. In rural cities and villages 
there are always lying around in the Spring 
abundance'of limits of trees, the result of 
tree trimming. Select from these having 
butts from one to two inches diameter at 
the butt and forking a foot or so above. 
Trim the limbs above the fork, say four 
feet—there will be from two to four of 
them. When the plants are about six 
inches high take a crowbar or sharp stake 
and make holes in the ground about two 
inches from the plant, deep enough to insert 
the butt end, sharpened, of this fork firmly 
driven and tamped into this hole; so firmly 
that it will stand up under 15 or 20 pounds 
of heavy fruit. Tie the main stem of the 
plant to the stake with some soft twine 
loosely. As the plant pushes its ambitious 
way upward it pushes out lateral branches, 
usually from two to four in number. Lead 
these and tie to the side branches of the 
stake and tie as they grow. This leaves 
a fan-shaped plant about three feet wide at 
the top and about three such branches are 
desirable which adjust themselves without 
strain or warp and is the most natural 
and practical way of treating the “love 
apple” decently. The tying should be con¬ 
tinued on all these branches every time 
they grow eight or 10 inches. Trimming 
is highly essential, and without which no 
great success can be had. All laterals 
should be pinched as they appear and all 
superfluous foliage clipped off, and a casual 
look at the plant will indicate the number 
of flower fruit clusters proper. The ram¬ 
pant habit of this plant is such that it 
produces a large superfluity of branches 
and it needs severe pruning for the best 
result, and it is not going too far to say 
at least one-half of the vine should from 
time to time be clipped off. I would as 
soon throw a grapevine down flat on the 
ground as to allow a tomato vine to wander 
around flat on the ground among worms 
and bugs and take its chances without 
sunlight in the mud and rain. The latter 
Is the usual way and is an insult to Provi¬ 
dence, an outrage upon nature and a loss 
of time, economy and provision. 
In default of the branches prepared as 
above stakes may be used, but use three 
instead of one, one in the center by the 
main stem and one about six inches each 
side, planted with an outward slope so 
the top will be fan-shaped. This will pro¬ 
duce a much larger crop than if tied to a 
single stake. 
In no wise omit proper tying and liberal 
trimming. I would further suggest that 
from the 10th to the 15th of August the 
tops be clipped off and so kept the remainder 
of the season, as it is of no use to let 
the plant exhaust itself by an attempt to 
raise fruit which will not ripen. I have 
no trouble in ripening from three to five 
bushels of sound fruits upon 10 vines; 
no rot, no bugs or soft useless profusion 
of straggling foliage. The tomato is a 
deep rooted hardy plant, standing severe 
pruning with an appetitie for suflicient 
moisture and rich feeding. In the hot 
Summer sun it is almost impossible to 
water from the top of the ground and 
get the moisture to the roots. The method 
I have found useful is to make a hole about 
six inches from the plant and eight or 10 
inches deep, say with a crowbar and into 
this hole pour a quart or two of water 
twice a week. 
It is assumed that no amateur gardener 
w.ill fail to have his ground duly enriched. 
I suggest that plants should be set about 
four feet apart. The ground by the above 
method is easily hoed or plowed and weeds 
disposed of. I venture to state that the 
quantity and quality of fruit available by 
the above method economises space and that 
10, or 15 plants so treated will produce 
sufficient for an ordinary family not afflicted 
with abnormal appetites. The above has 
no reference to field work or raising toma¬ 
toes to sell, but applies only to the home 
garden. I may have indulged in a little 
innocent and mild bragging, now that the 
useful and busy part of my life is ended, 
and do so indulge myself by saying that 
the tomatoes in ray garden are annually 
the wonder of the neighborhood. 
Illinois. _ L. B. CROOKEK, 
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