Walnut Growing




This section is all about walnut growing, culivation and harvesting. You will learn about the different types of walnuts and the best conditions for walnut growing.





All Walnut Growing Articles


Apple Nut Salad

4 cups of good tart apples cut in small cubes or chopped not too fine, 1 cup of coarsely ground,...



By-products

In addition to walnuts as nuts, they pay handsomely as pickles. For this purpose they must be ...


Chocolate Nut Cake

3 eggs, 3/4 cup each of brown and white sugar, 3/4 cup of coffee and milk mixed, 1 cup ground wa...


Compared With Fruit

In comparing walnut culture with fruit, one must take into consideration the fact that distanc...


Dressing For Same

2-3 cup of cold water, 2 tablespoons strong vinegar, 1/2 cup of sugar. Add one egg, well beaten....


Gems

Graham, wheatlet or cornmeal gems are greatly improved by adding a few walnut kernels ground fin...



Grafted Trees

The testimony in favor of the grafted tree is not yet very abundant in Oregon, as the grafting...


Grafting Wax

The following formula is the grafting wax used by Mr. Payne: Rosin, 5 pounds. Beeswax, ...


History In Brief

The so-called English walnut originated in Persia, where it throve for many centuries before i...




Nut Bread

1 pound hard wheat flour. 1 pound whole wheat flour. 1 cup good yeast. 1 cup ground wa...


Nut Cake

3 eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately, 1/2 cup--scant--butter, 3/4 cup milk, 1 cup walnuts ...


Nut Cookies

3 cups sugar--Extra C preferred--3/4 pound of butter, 2 or 3 eggs, 1 cup of water, 1 teaspoonful...


Packing And Shipping

They are next put into pound cartons, or 50-pound bags, common gunny sacks, ready for the mark...


Planting

Gather the walnuts during the fall or winter, fall is better, and put them in boxes about the ...


Pollination

Every fruit and nut grower should know the simple theory of pollination. When a tree appears t...


Pruning Walnuts

Walnuts require very little pruning. However, to do well they must have plenty of light and ai...


Seedling Walnuts

The leading commercial orchard in the state is that of Mr. Thomas Prince, of Yamhill county, a...


Sorting And Grading

After the walnuts are gathered, washed, dried and stored for a week or so to test the correctn...


Test Trees Of Oregon

The first walnut trees were planted in Oregon in limited number for purely home use, just to see...


The Harvest

The harvest comes in October, a convenient season where there are fruit crops to be taken care...


The Pound Package

It is difficult or impossible to establish a uniform package good for every year. Walnuts are ...


The Tap Root

Some experimenting has been done and much speculation has been indulged regarding the tap root...


The Walnut Market

The very fact that in 1907 Oregon-grown walnuts commanded several cents a pound higher price t...


Training The Trees

It will only be necessary to train the limbs in seven or eight feet all round to be able to do...


Varieties

The beautiful nuts shown on Plate 3 are seedlings from the orchard of Mr. Thomas Prince, of Ya...


Walnut Confectionery

The cut on page 5 shows the best method of cracking walnuts to extract the kernel in halves wi...


Walnut Cultivation

While the walnut is the hardiest of trees and in many cases has borne heavily in Oregon withou...


Walnut Grafting

Walnut grafting is in a class by itself, and walnut budding is not a success as practiced at t...



Walnut Yield Per Acre

While it is generally found that seedling trees properly treated come into bearing the eighth ...


Washing And Drying

When the nuts are gathered and brought in they are put into a revolving barrel-churn holding a...



What To Plant

Horticulturists of equal fame and experience take different views on the subject of planting, ...


Who Should Invest

Professional men and women, business men and women, those living in cities and towns and confi...



Young Groves Of Oregon

The Prince walnut grove of Dundee, Yamhill county, thrills the soul of the onlooker with its bea...