. The American fruit culturist. han by any NUTS. 439 kind of grafting. Chestnuts may be grafted, however, infavorable seasons with a loss of not over twenty-five to fiftyper cent, by the cleft process (pages 33 and 438). Two orthree year old seedlings, or young sprouts, are most favora-ble subjects; put the graft in high up, so that the native stockshall form the trunk of the tree. As soon as specific varieties are demanded nurserymen willhave recourse to all these methods. Native walnuts, pecans, and hickories do not bear much be-fore they are fifteen or twenty years old. Chestnuts usuallybea
. The American fruit culturist. han by any NUTS. 439 kind of grafting. Chestnuts may be grafted, however, infavorable seasons with a loss of not over twenty-five to fiftyper cent, by the cleft process (pages 33 and 438). Two orthree year old seedlings, or young sprouts, are most favora-ble subjects; put the graft in high up, so that the native stockshall form the trunk of the tree. As soon as specific varieties are demanded nurserymen willhave recourse to all these methods. Native walnuts, pecans, and hickories do not bear much be-fore they are fifteen or twenty years old. Chestnuts usuallybear at about ten or twelve years; foreign varieties bearearlier, as do all budded and grafted trees, but then they arealways shorter-lived. In the Southern States most nut treeswill produce crops in five or six years. CHESTNUTS. Native Varieties. The American Sweet Chestnut is the only one really entitledto be called sweet; it is much superior in flavor to both theEuropean and Japanese kinds, though as yet it cannot approach ^^^^.
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