
SCHAFER WALNUT 
(Plant patent applied for) 
For untold centuries the so-called “English” or 
“Persian” walnuts (Juglans Regia) have grown 
in most parts of Europe and Asia to latitudes as 
far north as 55 degrees and to altitudes of 6,000 
feet. Their northern spread is 6,000 miles from 
Copenhagen to Manchukuo. Poland, the Carpath- 
ian mountains and the Russian Ukraine have many 
fine trees. Just where these came from we are not 
sure but very likely the Magyars brought them with 
them from what is now Manchukuo in the 9th 
century or in previous invasions. 
Trees from these cold areas must, of necessity, 
grow fast in the spring and early summer and must 
mature their crop and wood, early in the fall. All 
cold-country walnuts’ (from north China, Russia or 
Poland) seem to have these characteristics, in con- 
trast to the ones brought to this country from 
France, Italy or southern Germany. It is unfortunate 
that we did not have good introductions from the 
cold sections earlier. 
The Schafer Walnut comes from the- northern 
edge of the Carpathian mountains near Bukowina, 
latitude 48 degrees north, longitude 26 degrees 
east. This is at considerable altitude with winter 
temperatures dropping to 40 or 50 degrees below 
zero. very severe clinrate. Winter and sum- 
mer isotherms would indicate temperatures like 
northern Montana. 
The original tree is growing at the farm home 
of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schafer near Yakima, Wash. 
__.The_ seed was brought frora Bukowina by Mrs. 
ermine die. Ln : 
Schafer. The tree has stood in its present location 
about 16 years. 
Tree—Rapid grower, tall and spreading. 
Nuts—Large. Thin-shelled. Quality excellent. 
Very full-meated. 
Bearing—Bears young, annually and abundantly. 
About 300 lbs. per year at present. 
Quality—Excellent. Considered by many as su- 
perior to Franquette. 
From history and performance we consider this 
nut equal in hardiness to the American Black Wal- 
nut. Introductions into eastern U. S. and Canada 
from the Carpathian area have proved hardy 
wherever the Blacks grow. 
The valuable Circassian Walnut timber used in 
furniture manufacture is from the “English” wal- 
nut trees of this district. 
We estimate a-yearly return of from 100 to 300 
lbs. of nuts per tree at ten years of age. Plant 50 
to 60 feet apart. Interplant with Wahlbert peaches. 
Besides being a profitable orchard tree the Scha- 
fer Walnut is most desirable as an ornamental. Their 
rich, verdant foliage is most pleasurable to see. A 
combine of beauty, pleasure and profit. 
elisa: Washington 
@cty 23, 1939 
DEAR MR LUE: 
The original Schafer Walnut tree together with a 
few seedlings from the tree are the only English 
Walnuts that survived the winter freezes in the Ya- 
kima Valley. It is located in a “frost pocket” but 
has never failed to produce a good crop. The trees 
make a rapid growth and the quality of the nut is 
excellent; it has a high percentage of meat inside a 
thin shell. 
Yours truly, 
A. T. POLENSKE 
NOTE: Mr. Polenske owns and operates an 
orchard near the original Schafer tree. He was 
formerly County Agent of Asotin County, Wash- 
ington. 
MRS. SCHAFER holding Pan of 
Schafer Walnut Meats. 
“Give fools their gold and knaves their power, 
Let fortune’s bubble rise and fall, 
Who sows a field or trains a flower, 
Or plants a tree is more than all.”—Whittier. 
Both the Schafer Walnut and the Wahlbert Peach tend to mature their buds and wood earlier in the 
fall than do the ordinary varieties of peaches and walnuts. This early dormancy is doubtless one reason for 
their exceptional hardiness. They mean much to Northwest horticulture. Patents applied for. 
erat R. G. BAILEY PRINT, LEWISTON, IDAHO 


LYNN TUTTLE 
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When Lynn Tuttle started in the nursery 
business he did so because of his interest in better 
varieties. He is now testing and observing many 
selections of fruit and nut trees. 
Lynn Tuttle believes that many valuable varieties 
of fruits and nuts exist unknown and unrecognized. 
Most of these are of chance or seedling origin and 
only one in thousands is suitable for introduction. 
Perhaps you have that one we can use. 
And Speaking of Hardiness: 
Nearly all of our trees have aunts and cousins 
that are adapted a few thousand miles further north 
or south. Altho orchids are considered tropical we 
find some kinds native in Idaho. Some oaks thrive 
only in the orange belt, some apricots grow in Sas- 
katchewan, and walnuts—well they almost cover 
the earth. It is a matter of discovery and selection. 
Nothing is so good but that it may be bettered. 
A Word To The Future: 
Agriculture may well turn to tree-crops, crops 
that rival corn in food per acre, tree-crops that 
harvest themselves, that supply timber, wind-breaks, 
bird and squirrel havens, flood-controls, soil con- 
servation, profit-on-the-hoof all in one breath. Ask 
us about it. 

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