Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . are given muchthe same culture and care aspeach orchards. Trees must be protected fromlate spring frosts to avoid damageto the blossoms. Planting onhillsides to give air diainage ismost practical. The use of or-chard heaters is also resorted varieties of Californiaorigin, named in order of popu-larity are: Nonpareil, IXL, andNe Plus Ultra. Chestnuts.—These are both native and introduced. The nativechestnuts (Fig. 188) of the northeastern part of this country areused for home consumption, but are seld
Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . are given muchthe same culture and care aspeach orchards. Trees must be protected fromlate spring frosts to avoid damageto the blossoms. Planting onhillsides to give air diainage ismost practical. The use of or-chard heaters is also resorted varieties of Californiaorigin, named in order of popu-larity are: Nonpareil, IXL, andNe Plus Ultra. Chestnuts.—These are both native and introduced. The nativechestnuts (Fig. 188) of the northeastern part of this country areused for home consumption, but are seldom found in the native stocks are used in propagating the improved varietiesintroduced from Europe. Cleft grafting and bark grafting arechiefly practiced in this work. The Paragon and the Ridgely are good varieties grown some-what easily on our native stocks. Japanese varieties may comeinto more general use when they are better known. The chestnut blight has destroyed much of the chestnut growthof the East and may ruin the commercial growth of these nuts Fig. 188.—Native chestnuts are used forfood. They are planted to produce stocksfor propagation of the better sorts. ENGLISH WALNUTS 271 Native Walnuts.—Black walnuts are grown in nearly all statesexcept the northern tier. They are used chiefly for home con-sumption or are sold in local markets. Few are shipped to distantmarkets. The large trees are readily grown from seed. Theyproduce a fine quality of dark colored wood from which theyderive the name black walnut. Butternuts or white walnuts, are similar to the above. Thetrees have a lighter colored wood. They have a more limitedrange and the nuts are not so generally used.
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