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of the kinds planted. These start to grow at the first warm spell
in the latter part of the Winter or at the first blush of Spring,
and almost invariably become victims of frost and consequently
produce no fruit.

Planting in the Northwest and the East until recently has been
limited to an extremely narrow area. There was need of a variety
possessing strong, distinct characteristics, hardy, late to start
growth, and with the pistillate and staminate blossoms maturing
at the same time and bearing a nut of good quality and flavor
with a full rich meat. This variety has now been found, as will
later be shown.

English Walnuts grown in the North command from three to five
cents more a pound than the other nuts in the markets, as the
meat is plumper and the flavor better. Most fruit is at its best
at the Northern limit of its range.

One experienced grower, in reference to transplanting has said:
"I have transplanted all the way from a year to six and the
trees have grown and done well, but so far as my experience goes,
I prefer to move them at three years of age or about that time.
The best trees I have were transplanted at this age."

[Sidenote: =Fall or Spring Planting?=]

The following extract on tree planting in general, pertaining to
all kinds of trees, is contributed by O.K. White of the Michigan
Experiment Station:

"The advisability of Fall or Spring planting depends upon
several conditions. Fall planting has the advantage over
Spring planting in that the trees become firmly established
in the soil before Winter sets in, and are able to start
growth in the Spring before the ground can be marked and put
in condition for planting. This is important because the
trees get a good growth in the early part of the season
before the Summer droughts occur. On the other hand there is
more or less danger from Winter injury during a severe
season or from the drying out of the trees if the Winter
is long and dry. Fall planting is much more successful with
the hardy apples and pears than it is with the tender plums,
cherries and peaches.

"The convenience of the season will determine in a majority
of cases whether or not the planting shall be done in the
Fall or Spring. Very often the rush of the Spring work
induces the grower to hurry his planting, or to do it
carelessly; and as a result a poor start is secured, with
crooked rows. Others have large crops to