Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1916 — Propagating English Walnuts [ARTICLE]

Propagating English Walnuts

An erroneous opinion prevails that the English walnut, as it is called, the Juglans regia, is not hardy. Hardiness is a term applied to what will endure the climate where one resides as generally understood, as well as all localities called on to endure the same cold and conditions. In the case of the walnut it endures all the winters it meets with as far north as the lake region at Rochester, N. Y, so that its range of hardiness is an extensive one. When in its seedling stages it has been known to suffe-.’ in extremely cold winters, even in Philadelphia, but never after It has passed a few seasons so as to have formed some hard, ripened shoots. Still, to help matters along, it is best to get the nuts for sowing from trees grown here, such trees being found in the vicinity of some of the older cities in the Middle States. The nuts of this walnut can be had from commission men in all large cities, and for general planting these can be used. If of uew crop, they would still be fit for sowing if obtained any time before New Years. Ih the North It is not best to, sow these nuts in the fall, exper ience proving that they cannot „ endure the freezing and thawing they meet with. Instead of it place them In a box of damp sand and set them In' a cellar free from frost, where they can draw on the moisture through the winter, becoming plump and sound when spring comes. Sowing them then, every sdund nut may b« looked to to grow. In the vicinity of Philadelphia there are some trees of this walnut of imense size, planted by the original German settlers whe took up their homes in its suburbs.