Nut Trees 
The Linn County Nurseries 
NUT TREES 
TRANSPLANTING. Nut trees are hand-dug and usually have long, deep 
roots. They are not difficult to transplant if the top is cut back, and roots are 
protected from unnecessary exposure, the holes are dug deep enough to avoid 
crowding the roots, and mellow, moist top soil is tamped very firmly about 
them. Painting the cut ends and remaining top with a very thin coat of melted 
paraffine at the time of planting will prevent desiccation and help greatly 
should the tree be slow in starting, as will also a mulching of strawy manure 
about the tree to conserve soil moisture and furnish plant food. 
CIONS. Very often young seedling trees are available which can be top- 
grafted to the better varieties, and bearing trees produced very quickly. For 
such work cions can be supplied of the better tested kinds. 
BLACK WALNUTS are very heavy feeders, and do best in deep, rich, alluv¬ 
ial soil. Well established trees may well be given heavy applications of barn¬ 
yard fertilizer or other fertilizer, judiciously applied. The trees should be spac¬ 
ed 50 or 60 feet apart for the best nut production. 
No other nut, except the hickory, carries its flavor like the black walnut 
through baking or other processing, and the use of the kernels is increasing 
rapidly. The flavor and color of the kernels of the grafted varieties is much 
superior to the kernels of the seedlings usually obtainable on the market, and 
they yield more to the bushel and a much larger percentage is in halves or 
quarters. 
The grafted varieties are also superior for landscape planting, being more 
thrifty, and having larger, darker, glossy green foliage. 
Thomas is the best known variety and succeeds over a wide territory. The 
tree is hardy, very vigorous, productive, and a very young bearer, switches one 
year old often bearing the following season. The nuts are large and fairly 
thin-shelled. Kernels come out easily and a bushel yields ten pounds or more 
meats of fine quality and color. Sizes: 5-6 ft.; 4-5 ft.; 3-4 ft.; and 2-3 ft. 
Ohio has a thin shell, is an excellent cracker, and the kernel has splendid 
quality. In shape, it is more pointed than Thomas, and in a few places it is 
considered superior to that variety. Sizes: 4-5 ft.; 3-4 ft.; and 2-3 ft. 
Stabler is a native of Maryland, and not as hardy as Thomas or Ohio. The 
tree is bushy and comparatively slow growing. The nut is of fair size, very 
thin-shelled, and the best cracker. The shell is often not divided, so the meats 
can be extracted in one piece. Sizes: 3-4 ft.; and 2-3 ft. 
Rohwer scored nine points more than Thomas in the 1926 contest of the 
Northern Nut Growers’ Association. Originating in Northern Iowa, it certainly 
is hardier. Sizes: 4-5 ft.; 3-4 ft.; and 2-3 ft. 
Stambaugh won first in the 1926 contest with more than 1200 competitors, 
and is making a very satisfactory record where tried. It is a very thrifty grow¬ 
er, bears well, and of course the nut is high in quality to win in such a contest. 
Sizes: 5-6 ft.; 4-5 ft.; 3-4 ft.; and 2-3 ft. 
Cresco is a medium-sized nut of good quality, and is expected to prove 
hardier than most varieties since it comes from near the Minnesota line. Sizes: 
5-6 ft.; 4-5 ft.; and 3-4 ft. 
Vandersloot is the very largest walnut of the list. Reports of its perform¬ 
ance elsewhere are not available. Here it has been very satisfactory. Size: 
3-4 ft. 
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