| Show w CULTURE OF WALNUT tree requires deep rich 1110 loam or even adobe soil quantity of water to be B used in irrl gatlen gation mist be determined apon by experience and observation the english walnut like other kind kinds of plant life thrives beat liest where all the condition conditions are favorable not every kind of soil oil and climate Is suit able for the growing of walnuts the walnut require requires a deep rich loam or even adobe soil oll fre free from hardpan or at standing tan ding water within reach ol 01 0 the root toots on the other hand land it will not flourish on the mesa with out water ni although though it might continue to linger linser along on the winter rains taint for many years year heavy on rich heavy soil the trees should be planted 45 to 50 feet apart but on lighter roll soil they may be thinned out for a permanent stand sometime sometimes however they ire re planted closer in quincunx form with the idea of ta king out the intervening trees tree sassoon as soon as they become crowded and leaving the permanent ones CO 90 feet apart the nursery stock may be one two or three years old when transplanted to the orchard but the yearlings will soon catch up to the other others and will be less liable to have unsound or defective roots the price of good seedlings generally ranges from ten cents to 30 cents apiece while that of graft ed stock 50 cents to or at the rate of ten cents per foot in height one plowing a year Is sufficient clent unless the ground becomes packed afterward after warl by heavy rains or irrigation 1 in which case it may be loosened up with the plow or cultivator whichever will accomplish the work best provided there Is no vegetation turned under by the first plowing to interfere with the second during the late spring or early summer the soli soil should be loosened up t v depth of five or six inches and cultivated until a st fine mulch mich 1 la formed to that depth this may mair be done with any implement that will accomplish the work a baring toothed cultivator or disk harrow la to r good as anything neither the plowing nor the cultivating should be done when the soil Is wet enough to pack like molded brick tut bat when it has become sufficiently dry to be friable and before it has had time to bake it should be broken up and pulverized as above indicated when thus pulverized the soil will retain the moisture and with an occasional surface cult lva atlon or harrowing to prevent pores for the escape of moisture being formed will carry the trees through the summer in good condition the quantity oc of water to be used ta in irrigating the trees the number of times to be applied during the year and the beet beat time of the year to make the application are questions that every irrigator Irrl gator will have to determine ler mIrie for himself by exper experience lence and observation there Is s more or less variation in the seasons and dif ferent kinds of soil require different kinds of treatment As an a general rule no more irrigation either in quantin quan titi tit of water or in times of application should be done than Is necessary to keep the trees in a thrifty condition much more than enough would increase the expense bartly and injure the trees and soil extremes of wet and dry bould should be ON avoided voided so as to keep the dampness of the soil as nearly uniform as possible on good calr at land one or two irrigations will be sufficient and the second one should be omitted it if it la Is not needed probably late spring or early summer before the orchard la in laid by for the season Is in the best time to irrigate walnuts late sum bum mer iner irrigation should be avoided unless absolutely abiol necessary to keep the trees from suffering |
