Show ON WALNUT that eminent authority luther burbank talks interestingly on the subject W the following utricle ii ut tide icle writ written a fa en by ar hon thoimas judd is copie copied from front the report of the state bard pard of horticulture for the yens yeti 9 1906 1900 of which baird mr air judd was then is now non alosi picsi lent the r attention of the NEWS was mas called to it through publication of an article la t weel meek on walnut culture by i i bilt lale lake artist irti t the article in r full which should be of much intel est to the farmers of this section follow u b in attending to my duties as of the state blaid ot of hor ticul tuie tl 0 e question of nut grovv growing especially of the walnut has been brought to my notice many times and I 1 have endeavored to im part the information I 1 babp it hand band on atch occasion I 1 hap pent much time and mon ey in the growing of the almond nut hiving biving at diff diffrient elent times timos about one hundred and fifty acres from my experiences and im I 1 believe the to be the aitel crop of the two as the almond blooms much earlier than the walnut not ot long igo I 1 m wis mis is down domn in southern nil on business and is i t pirt part of my worl I 1 visited i t number of oringe and walnut gloves orchards and vine fhe rhe wal nut groves interested antei ested me the most some u of them blued as high as a thousand dollars per acie ind were mere nely profitable it th it figure I 1 mis w is much try pie pieced ed with whit I 1 s baw tw in this line for I 1 felt that it could be duplicated in in my iny parts of etab the lind ind se seison ason were mere V suited and ib ip investment could abe be made wade vera ver profitable I 1 tike take the following from a piper reid I 1 y I 1 uther burbank at the state fruit grocers gron ers convention it santa rosa california judge I 1 leb lob of ban san jobe u who his made special study of the wal autin nut in een cen condition for several eais has obtained obtain pd samples and def inita particulars from in iny amen i can and ind foreign glovers and uth mith a careful per personal onil inspection of the best orchards of this state has otter titer the most severe tests conclude ed that for giomini in northern and ind central Califor california nm but two ane ties jk need be considered the Fian quette and the santa rosa tal e point b by N point in compari corn pan son on with mith all others now I 1 they appear to stand at the head tor for general culture here tl TI e fi ri an in ItI quette is an old m well ell known french 1 walnut grown only by grafting the santa sint rosa so far fir b has bis is been grown i nosily as is seedlings and ind even gion in HIS wa mi has gloved to be all that thit cald be desired i 11 e irly iriv 11 ripening early bearing ness and quality but among these seedlings seedling sale aie found some bees which winch A aie ale most lemar kabb early and con of astounding crops of nuts of mot perfect form color 0 and ind quality some of t ti e ebest st of these t 1 I ebe will in my the Fran quette loi lot though blooms later piter than thin eaic s V tl ti e santa 3 anta rosa and produces a fair fur cro crop each season seison almost without fa fall but rarely full one in a t series of 0 rosa gener generally illy 10 41 eld it 10 1 m 6 liae o besides I 1 r cing AA I 1 arn ested with much less caie cat e and expense expense ji Pening as its they do amo li beks 8 earlien earlien aben hen the 1 a 4 04 N r aana and the tile gound dry Ft 11 4 greatest fault of tl anta ros r ill as Is tendency CY to art early ta e the greatest fault 4 apri V mith tie Franqu ettes lor for glowing ill 10 this part of the state 1 isi then late ripening much car and ex in bar har harvesting e ai d curing the size appearance ind of the nuts lie all th it can cin I 1 e de ired il though the banta L sas generally hive 1 i whiter shell and the does not re removal ler by hand land 9 as in the c case lse mith w ith i t large part ot the crop of tei to those who have had bad e expel iunce in this kin binl I 1 ot of N ork olf L r di nothing more need be md the fr in tn quette beems well mell adopted to some of the larger interior a s in all cases the bea bc t results will be obtained by grafting on out blace walnut or some of its hybrids no one in central and ind northern Gili california fornia ii to 10 gi glows oin s ro roi al walnuts on their w 0 n loots toots need expect to be able to compete with mith those who grow groin them in n the native bi blick ick walnut roots foi when grown on these i loot the trees will in ly iv be larger and ind longer lived and will birdie be affected by blight and other diseases and do and will mill bear from two to four times as many nuts which will be of birgel size and ind of much better quality these are facts plots not theories and ind walnut gilmers should take heel lice I 1 although not popular among nurserymen yet the best kiy w ay to produce i i paying oi chard of m walnuts is to plant the nuts from some vig orous black blick walnut atiee three or four in each place w m hers here the tree is to stand at the end ot of the first summer lecove all ill but the strong est glower cultis cultivate ite the ground well any iny hoed chop may be grown among them let the hiees glow as tl eyuell tiey hull for horn to six years until they hive formed their own natural vigorous tern ot of roots then graft to the best kanety sextant which minch thrives in i your our docil ty and if on deep well mell diamela land you will at once have a t giove f walnuts which will mill pay at pres int ent or ev en ei much lowel pi i most princely interest on oil youl in pest ments by Bv grafting in the nui bely or before the native tiec has bas had bad time to produce its own system of root bv its own i acid growing leaty top you hae litie gained little or nothing over planting trees on bleir tl air own rots f r the foliage of any iny atiee governs the size extent and fol fairn in of the root take heed as these are facts n not ot f fancies inches and at aie e not to be neglected if iou ou would have a walnut w alnut giove gi ON e on a iafe foundation I 1 I 1 mr burbank is considered dered to be verv good on this subject I 1 have ban 0 tl ti ei afore taken the libert liberty y of quoting from ins his paper I 1 hae found walnuts growing in ill vanous parts of the tate tite ti both black and anglish but little attention has been paid to them much of the information I 1 have bano gathered in re gaid to this matter was mis v ei deiy y enciu aging for in instance in the 01 chard of john gid gi G i at d of hintt S into clara clam bash i 1 agton county utah I 1 found al walnut dices one in ha I 1 made good grow th being twenty ent five oi 01 thirty feet high I 1 learned luti tied that these treis hal bal grown aiom nuts planted thirteen years ago the lagest tree had been bearing sen several ertl 3 bicais cat s in t about fifty pounds were produced an I 1 it in from fifty to one hundred pounds in 1906 more than pounds were more gi gathered the 11 smaller ireen had some good nuts on but the quantity was mas not in proposition to the baiger 1 uger trees the nuts from the 1 langei argei tree ree w m ei e excell excellent I 1 secured some hirty thirty pounds which will ivill be found on echil I 1 at the board as s exhibit in the chimber of commerce salt silt ake citi mr air graf said gurthel hat that he be sold gold his walnuts at sixteen cents per pound and that one tree brought him at it ae leas luw X ent five 1 sp for v the crop k of I 1 PUO he is t f 0 ty t i cry erl enthusiastic on the tile walnut ques quei tion saying tint that lie would mould have one hundred trees ill hie e his thin a i hundred good com s I 1 found the same thing at loque iville washington county ceic I 1 sa i black blick m walnut atiee ti ce fully forty feet high and a t trunk about amo tw feet in diame diameter dia metel tei I 1 also found trees of the Ell english glish nimiety raised aiom seed about ten 3 cars old at la N or eri in washington Wag hington C anty these beiring be iring some ome nuts also ilo in traveling though millaid county the past season seison w m ith till secretary tia ta loi lot we mere ft ere much impre impressed sed with opportunities for mr walnut anut culture in that county at fillmore we me 9 saw many nari thrifty good 1001 ing trees and noticed sevel il blice w wal wil il nut shade shide trees on th the sheet lo 10 loid id ed with mith nuts at I 1 lehi ehi and ind many othel places in the state these nuts I 1 ave been boon successfully i in reviewing eming this question I 1 am s satisfied iti fied tb that it being able to gi ift the the roal walnut on the native black will be a 1 gleat factor in the success of thib this I 1 for the black walnut glows well mell in almost every put pitt of tl e state tite I 1 am im satisfied also ilso tint thit th it persons interested in this line of work worl will mill do well rell to give this m matter mitter itter careful consides consideration and if only a lew few trees are ire planted on suit suitable ible land will in times to come bo be both pro bitable and ornamental in regard to the almond I 1 would not le ie commend extensive planting they bloom very early in the se season seison ison and are ire not a i safe sak chop A few trees planted in a i w arm corn com 9 site tie from frosts ni would be nice for family use ue but I 1 would mould not suggest ana an thing more the follow ing vanet ites are ire good nonpareil I 1 X L or orne ne plus |