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BENTON & SMITH NUT TREE NURSERY. Milley — 
SUPPLEMENTAL LIST FOR 1951-52. 
PERSIAN WALNUTS. re 
Due to the fact that we have a large number of replacements 
to make and that we have a small supply of trees, due to serious 
damage to our grafting wood while in storage last spri.sg, wo cane 
not promise delivery on any new orders until all replacements have © 
been made. 
White older trees of the Carpathian strains of Persian walnuts, 
are very hardy (many varieties withstanding temperatures co1ider than 
~-30° F,), the young grafts are considerably more tender the first 
fail and winter after grafting, especially to early fall freezcs. 
This makes the establishment of plantings of these trees much more 
ar: rficult than had been expected. It 1s also the cause of verry 
soricus loss to us,making many replacements neccessary. The sc,son 
of 1950-51 was especially bad in this respect. 
However the Carpathian strains of Persian walnuts are so very 
promising and are such a valuable addition to our horticulture that 
one can well afford extra efforts and disappointments in establisning 
plantings of them. 
We have started the growing of stocks in a new location in an 
effort to avoid some of the damage to our first year grafts. However 
these stocks will not be large enough to graft onto before the 
spring of 1953. 
Persian walnut trees should not be planted in the botitom of 
narrow valleys or other locations where late spring frosts are a 
serious problem, as they leaf-out very early in the spring and a 
late spring frost will kill back this tender fol lage and destroy 
that season's nut crop. The nuts are produced on the new growth. 
Secondary buds will produce leaves but not a nut crop. 
MCKINSTER CARPATHIAN PERSIAN WALNUT = First prize winner in the 
T5I5-50 contest held by the Northern Nut Growers Asscciation. We 
have a few trees of the McKinster this season but they will prebanly 
all go to replace trees lost last season. 
We hope to secure wood and grow trees of the 1950-51 contest 
winners, for sale next season, (192-53) 
With Persian walnut es well as all other species of nut trees, 
we advise buying the larger sizes of grafts,that is of grafts Fe 
same age. Not because you get a fev more inches or feet of woot 
growth at time of purchase,but because the larger grafts nav: 
domonstrated that they are on stocks that promote fast erowtn. 
Such trees will generally continue to be fast growing in future 
yoars. 
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The smallest walnut grafts (2=3 and under two fect) are generally 
slow growing. However they will begin to bear some nuts nearly as 
goon as Will the faster growing grafts. This’ suggests that there May © 
