. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . rowthof the trees and long waits for returns deters many from engaging inwalnut culture. The cultivation of the walnut, both for nuts and tim-ber, can be made a source of profit. Walnut timber and cedar are prob-ably the most valuable of all timbers, and are fast disappearing from theAmerican forests, and the planting of walnut and cedar should be en-couraged. The soil for walnuts should be well drained; any stiff or rocky soil is ac-ceptable, therefore walnuts may be grown on the poorest stony hill-s
. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . rowthof the trees and long waits for returns deters many from engaging inwalnut culture. The cultivation of the walnut, both for nuts and tim-ber, can be made a source of profit. Walnut timber and cedar are prob-ably the most valuable of all timbers, and are fast disappearing from theAmerican forests, and the planting of walnut and cedar should be en-couraged. The soil for walnuts should be well drained; any stiff or rocky soil is ac-ceptable, therefore walnuts may be grown on the poorest stony hill-sides, where other trees or crops may fail, and the trees in time would con-vert this useless land into the most valuable part of the farm. VARIETIES. Several Japanese varieties have been imported into this country withmore or less success: the trees bear much earlier than the native kind; Valuahle Hints for the Orchard. 157 are more dwarfed and highly ornamental, and should find a place on thefarm and in the orchard. The thin shelled English varieties are also favorites in California, and. WALNUTS a few other parts of the country, and may be planted with success whereimmediate results are not the prime object. VALUABLE HINTS FOR THE ORCHARD. HOW TO SET FRUIT TREES. First buy of a reliable trees as soon as they are delivered. Never let the roots be exposed to the sun or air for any length of the land as well as you would for any other holes 2 feet across and 18 inches deep, and then dig bottom deepas you can, using a pick, Clet dirt where logs and brush have been holes so the trees will be deep as they grow in the earth from top of ground on first and the clay on the ground is in any way dry, water the press ground firmly around the roots. Cut out all damaged roots caused in removing trees from the 158 Valuable Hints for the Orchard. Cut all roots off that have been broken, until the wood ge
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