MARKET 
There is little danger of an over supply of filberts. The United States imports yearly 
over 25 million pounds of the nuts. They are inferior in every respect to our home pro¬ 
duction as one can easily ascertain by eating and comparing the two—the home grown 
and the imported. Furthermore as the nuts become more plentiful the per capita consump¬ 
tion will naturally increase. Also, our population is increasing yearly while the territory in 
which the filbert can be grown is limited to this Northwest country. 
SUMMARY 
Plant only on good land—fertile, deep soil, well drained. 
Buy the best tree you can get, looking both to the tree and the root system. 
Be sure you get the variety of trees you order. Do not plant the nuts or seedling trees. 
Prepare your soil and plant the trees carefully in the most approved manner. 
Do not allow the roots to dry ouf. Under no circumstances neglect the cultivation and 
proper pruning. 
Take off the sprouts or suckers as fast as they appear. They rob the tree of vitality. 
A well cared for filbert grove will bountifully repay you and be a fine legacy to your 
heirs. 
DISTANCE TO PLANT 
One acre planted 20 x 20 feet takes 108 trees. On heavy, rich bottom soil it might 
be advisable to plant 25 each way or 70 trees per acre. DuChillys are sometimes set 16 
feet each way due to their dwarf habit of growth. 
GRAFTED WALNUT TREES 
We are extensive growers in grafted walnut trees and have been since 1911. To outline 
the history of the walnut industry in the Pacific Northwest would entail so much subject 
matter and has been done so often by others and is pretty general knogledge that we are 
giving only the briefest essentials herein. 
The culture of walnuts throughout the Pacific Northwest has reached such proportions 
that it bids fair to become one of the richest horticultural crops in this district. 
Walnuts do not adapt themselves to various soils and locations as widely as filberts. 
For one thing they root deeper, are more subject to frosts, and need more air drainage. 
They are best adapted to hill soils where the drainage is good or the mellow soil of the 
valleys where there are no frost pockets. It is important to avoid soggy and white land. 
This applies to practically all orchard crops. 
Planting walnuts commercially, one has to figure on the heaviest possible yield to meet 
competition blit every farm and home should plant a few for their own use. Now, too, they 
are the most widely used tree for shade and curb planting. 
VARIETIES 
Vrooman Franquette is grown practically to the exclusion of all other kinds now in 
the Pacific Northwest commercially. This variety has proven to be the best yielder, of 
highest quality and most hardy for the Northwest, blooming late enough to insure regular 
crops of finely filled nuts. It is a large, long shaped nut and standard. 
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