Eugene Hubbard of Dundee, Oregon, harvested on one acre of our Grafted Franquette 
walnut trees (or 28 trees) 240 pounds of dried walnuts at six years old. He had peach 
trees planted with these walnut trees for fillers and realized several hundred dollars 
on them the fourth and fifth year. 
HARVESTING WALNUTS: Grafted walnuts usually ripen in the Northwest in 
the fore part of October. The first fall rains helping to break the hull, the nut drops 
to the ground. They are then picked up and taken in and washed. The washing is now 
done by perfected machines for this particular purpose. There are several reliable ma¬ 
chines offered at this time. After the washing process, they are dried in dryers, with 
a heat of about 90 degrees. This temperature will insure finely flavored walnuts. From 
36 to 60 hours are required, according to the type of dryer used. Many small plantings 
are being handled with hand washing troughs and improvised dryers, which turn out 
fine nuts. Those who are near commercial walnut dryers will find them more economical 
to patronize. 
WHO ARE PLANTING: All classes of people are planting walnuts—farmers, land 
owners, orchardists, professional and business men. Business men say they are planting 
walnuts, because nature W’ill produce them an income, regardless of the ups and downs 
and fluctuations of business activities, such as business lines are subject to, thus elim¬ 
inating the business worry which goes with business. 
A STAPLE CROP: Walnuts are a staple commodity, non-perishable and every in¬ 
dication leads one to believe that, with our ever increasing population the market and 
demand will increase heavily. The fact that the walnut crop of the Pacific coast is one 
of our richest horticultural crops proves it to be a staple industry. 
CONSUMPTION OF WALNUTS: The Year Book of Agriculture issued by the U. 
S. Government for the year 1927 shows we imported from foreign countries the follow¬ 
ing amounts of walnuts: Shelled walnuts, illuding to the meats' alone, 20,979,000 lbs.; 
unshelled walnuts, 25,706,000 lbs. This means, an importation equalling 65,000,000 pounds 
of unshelled walnuts for that year. Previous years show similar importations. New 
methods of using and consuming the walnut throughout the entire year have caused tre¬ 
mendous consumption of this commodity. It is reasonable to presume that as this coast 
becomes capable of producing larger quantities of walnuts that we will secure proper 
legislation on protective tariffs, which will give us protection against our foreign com¬ 
petitors. Prices now received for our grafted walnuts show heavy advances over the 
foreign nut. 
CONCLUSION: Looking back over the steady progress made in the past years 
in nut production in the Northwest and the constant demand for this staple product, 
it is safe to state that an acreage planted to good Grafted Vrooman Franquette Walnuts 
will become a real asset for those seeking a safe investment. Nut growing is confined 
to a very small area of the U. S. and the prices leceived for them have shown a steady 
increase over a long period of years. An orchard planted with our Grafted Vrooman 
Franquette trees will be a good souice of revenue for you. Submit your list for quota¬ 
tions on large plantings. 
A NEW CERTIFIED POLLENIZER FOR THE 
GRAFTED FRANQUETTES 
We have in the past advocated the planting of Grafted Franquette Walnut or¬ 
chards without using a good pollenizer. A few years back we labored under the im¬ 
pression that Franquettes did not requiie a strong pollenizer but were self fertile. Many 
years the Franquettes bear heavy crops without cross fertilization but under the strain 
of present economic conditions, we must be assured of a good to a heavy crop annually. 
We have never before offered a Certified Pollenizer for the Franquette but can assure 
any planter that his yield will be highly increased by the use of our new pollenizer 
Major. It is now being used by one of the largest bearing orchards in Oregon and is 
proving a valuable aid as a very profitable pollenizer and has increased the yield where 
used, as much as thirty per cent. 
THE MAJOR POLLENIZER: A large, long walnut of Franquette type, thin shelled, 
well sealed, blooming about five days after the main catkins on the Franquette, a vig¬ 
orous grower and hardy. You will produce thousands of dollars worth of additional 
Franquettes with this pollenizer. 
PLANT NEW VARIETIES OF WHOLE MEATED BLACK WALNUTS 
We offer two new sorts of Grafted Black Walnuts, namely: The Thomas and Stabler 
Black. Both sorts are extremely hardy and will serve many of our colder sections along 
the Coast with a very profitable nut. They make beautiful shade trees as well as being 
Include Nut Trees in Every Planting 
