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POMEROY’S HARDY ENGLISH WALNUTS. 
E. C. Poinoroy, the past si)iiiig, purchased a small hael 
uf land in New Milford, (’oimeetieul, and ])ut out an ad- 
'ditional orchard of 16 acres of English walnuts. 
Mr. Pomeroy is more enthusiastic than ever since trav¬ 
eling through the California walnut sections last summer. 
He claims he did not see anything to e(jual his own trees 
and found that he had a variety much more valuable than 
th(' nuts come into Ireai'ing and rrajuii'r* tlu' room. 
Dynamite was us<'d to blast oul the hob's foi' each li'cr', 
a (*i()\\hai‘ b(‘ing driven alrout two fr'cl down in llu; earth 
arrd half a stick of dyrrarnite atlaclu'd to a firse thrust 
into the hob' and tirrnly tarrrped. When this was ex¬ 
ploded. it thoroughly pulvr'rized the ground and will <'n- 
ahle th(' lap root of the tioes to get well down into the 
Showing heavy bearing of English Walnut trees on farms of E. C. Pomeroy, LoeUjtorL .V. )'. 
he had ever before supposed, so it is with every con¬ 
fidence that he is increasing his acreage of this valuable 
nut. 
The sixteen acre plot lies on the side of a low' ridge. 
This was accurately surveyed and the trees were planted 
in row^s forty feet apart w ith the idea of ])lanling three 
peach trees irr each intc'rverring space', thus providing tor 
an income from the peaches to supporl the oirhai’d urrtil 
moist ground and insuro a good, vigor-ous gr-owth. 
The last year’s croj) on his bearing troes was a very 
heavy one. The accomjranyirig photogroph will give 
some idea of the way these trees hear. 
It adds much to the wealth of tlu' country when piott- 
eers like Mr. Porrrer-oy w ho have tin' courogr' of their corr- 
victiorrs. act itjron thr'ut and foitnd a m'w industr'v as Mr’. 
Pontc'r’oy is doirrg w ith his har'dy loiglish walrruts. 
