The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-06-20
The Walnut Tree for the Hop Yard.

Mr.. Boyd NJ. Francis of Natchez val
ley has recently placed an order for
enough Franquette walnut trees to
plant ten acres. He is going to plant
them In his hop yard. Walnut trees
can be profitably planted among hops,
about 90 to 40 feet apart, without be-
ing detrimental to the hops. Let the
trunks grow eight or ten feet high be-
fore pruning the top, you will then
have trees that are easy to work
among, and after retiring from the hop
business you will have an excellent
and valuable walnut orchard, about to
yield you a large yearly income at the
rate of. thousand dollars per acre or
more. Walnut orchards are remun-
erative the sixth year from the root.
and rapidly increase their yield from
year to year. Extracts taken from u
newspaper of North Yakima jan. 1906:
THAT the English walnut tree will
reach fruition in this valley has been
amply demonstrated by Mr.. B. X. Tiff
fanny of Granger, this county. who has
three trees six years from root that
produced last year about 400 pounds
of nuts. The nuts sold locally for Csc
pound. An acre containing fifty
such trees would give over one thou
sand dollars, figuring the nuts at the
present wholesale rate. The value of
walnut timber for lumber alone swells
the valuation of the walnut grove to a
great extent. English walnut lumber
is now worth $500 per thousand, ac-
cording to market quotations.. En-
tract taken from the report of horti-
culture for the year 1899, page $40:
Speaking of the commercial value of
walnut wood, allow me to mention one
instance. A Mr.. Wright planted forty
acres to English walnuts in southern
California, twenty feet apart. When
the trees were beginning to crowd each
other being then about twenty years
old. he cut out every other tree and
sold them for $4,000. Thus bringing
more than the land cost originally,
with compound interest on improve
ments, together with the cost of the
trees. labor. ETC.. besides the sale of
the nuts of these trees for twelve years
or more, and then having a most valu-
able piece of property yielding a large
yearly income" Plant the French va
rieties. The Santa Rosa and other soft
she'll varieties are not hardy in this
valley. The Franquette and Mayette
varieties have proved to be the hardi
est. largest and best of all the varie-
ties that have been tested in this
northern section.
These we grow from nuts secured
in France. from grated first genera
ton trees, thus making ours the second
generation tree.
These should not be confused, or
prices compared, with the common ten
der varieties grown by most nursery
men as English walnuts," which are
not hardy enough for Washington and
northern states. and are very often
barren, caused by the staminate Cor
male blossom or catkin) being out
while the pistilate Cor female bios
SONY is yet In dormant state. so that
when the latter are out there are no
male catkin to fertilize the nuts.
which drop OF after attaining about
the size OF pea. Thousands of good.
healthy trees can be seen In Cali
fornia and Oregon which are worth
less except for shade.
We want a few more orders for
Franquette and Mayette walnut trees,
DILLARD COOKE.
$3.50 per thousand. charges prepaid to
nearest railroad station.
Address all orders to
24-4t Box SOS. North Yakima. Wash.