| Show walnut industry thrives in dixie tint the farmers and era of st george and washington county are keenly enthusiastic over the raising of the english walnut for commercial purposes dr leon D batchflor Batch clor of the utah agricultural college found to be true on a recent trip into that section of utah dr batchelor recently returned to the college at logon from his semiannual inspection tup to the experiment farm at st george while in st georgo dr batchelor met with the commercial club there conceio nine the of growing alie english walnut for commercial purposes he said the citizens were enthused over the new undertaking and already had several hundred trees planted to experiment aa to the practicability of the growth of the nut ho encouraged the continuance ti nuance of this experimentation but warned the planters to be con sen active dr Batch elora advice in planting the trees was to graft into budded trees having a uniform and first class production he suggested that they try the inot hardy and best known varieties first and that those which proved the most successful in the various sections should be picked as alio type to produce nuts for commercial purposes in choosing the place for the eng glish walnut grove dr batchelor is emphatic in impressing the grower to pick bench land which he says is much for the growth of the tree he warned the st george enthusiasts against planting the trees on low lands where surface water and alkaline traces are apt to be in evidence this will prevent the maturity of the walnut trees as chev never flourish under those con because of the earnest manner in which citizens of st george are entering into this new phase of horticulture ti dr batchelor believes they iv ill be successful he says that hundreds of trees aro planted by individuals divi duals in st george for experimental purposes amply to ascertain the type best adapted for that particular section at the experiment farm dr batchelor found orchards in excellent condition and fruit unusually choicer many new experiments will bring about higher quality of fruit are jeanng success he davs tribune A small opening often leads to largo opportunities |
