The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

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vorte This year the Is walnut growers associations
doing business in state Califopnia
ship about $500 carloads-not all time halloween
course all before Christmas holidays
The Is walnut growers associations handle the product
of perhaps $4,000 acres of walnut orchards However
of the trees in the California orchards small
that with noncrease the production ought
increase materially year year
chard IN the state is less than 40 Old nearly half
the entire number of trees growing less
years
Last years consumption of English walnuts exceeded
5oooo,ooo about of imported
England France Spain Imporations increased
loooooo pounds eight years ago to 200O0O0 pounds In
1908 in the face of home production
in 1908 than in 1902 So the California
to take of the rapidly increasing wipe
the annual importation walnuts
it is plain that they must do hustling.
However it has been demonstrated that California
the ideal soil climate production
the Improved varieties interior valleys
superior to that produced in France Spain
England is then practically certain the walnut
will duplicate the performance prune grow
ers 1t is not many since French prunes
sold even on the Pacific by the California
and Oregon not only supply the boarding all
export thousands Of tons to Europe
other parts Of the same revolution
In trade conditions has raslns
and there hope the dried hg of
San Joaquin valley viii the imported Smyrna
out of business in the United
The walnut harvest begins September continues
until November but not until time in December
the packing houses made their shipments
The time Of ripening depends to a GER
tain in temperature in
part the variety of the
ripening varieties considered
the early.
As matter course when the walnuts are ripe the
boys and girls in the neighborhood
plenty of fun as well plenty of spending
ing that the children would gather walnuts
than knowing too that the crop is likely
suffer damage gathered before the hard
rains begin, the school authorities
the schools for two or three weeks when the walnut crop
is ripe. The pay % ChoIdng
GO pounds) for picking, this figure the
children are able to make considerable money MANY men
and women. well boys girls. from
and cities to the walnut groves and make good
while the lasts Indians California
for he ame
usually going direct the vineyards
grape picking season is over These make their
under the
an enjoyable picnic makes the the
with long pole having stout hook the with
the hook he catches hold the shakes
vigorously. bringing ground n lively
shower Then pckers get knees
picking them from litter placing
them in bags
varieties have thin outer hsk that shrivels and
breaks when the thoroughly
permit the fall out Many orchards are affected
with blight which seriously bearing
quality of the trees. but makes the
closely to the nut Some pay
bag to have these husks
nuts in tanks and then rub them a
that It takes several dast time 70 dry the nut
after this that many broken Some
varieties peculiarly liable accident of this
account of being impereety sealed the
the lad removed they are
ready to be taken to the packing house. they
cylinder that permits all the small drop through
while enough count 'frsts' are
sulphur water, with perhaps little added
in order to bleach them uniformly light Then
they carried for distance moving belts to
facilitate reaching bins prepared for their reception
in perfect shipping condition
The grading. bleaching and drying all by
automatic machinery The nuts as they are brought in
weighed, credited the owner
into bin from which they
sstng A few minutes
later they drop into another bins graded
and dried Under these bins bags which
they I'LL and tie ready for loading An automatic
sorting device throws Many these
perfectly good, but others
black kernels Ie only way Of sorting the good from the
pick them by thspurpose boys
employed The good Kernels of the broken
sold to eonfectoners bakers and the decatessen trade
Curiousy enough, most of the English grown
California French That like Irish BULL but
is plain american truth The preferred variety in Cali
forna is Franquette, originated in France
century and quarter ago 1t introduced into Califo
MIA more than 20 years ago. grated upon ordinary black
stock has developed variety greater
Importance than other varie-
ties have been imported from England
Persia, but the Franquette has competitor n
California
Walnut trees must be old before they begin
yield of any Importance One SIS acres
planted in 1898 Santa Rosa yielded pounds when
3 years old, 800 pounds when years old 10000
pounds when 10 old How high the yield of
cultivated not nown
There are that ere producing nuts to the value of
S5n0 annually; orchard that
reached full maturity begun to decline
unless through neglect or the waterogging OF the soil
account of improper excessive Irrigation long
orchard will last therefore. only guessed at
through the performance of trees in foreign
England and other of Europe there
that still bearing. although known
1000 years old.
Luther Burbank the plant wizard says: when you
plant another tree why plant Then besides
sentiment shade leaves. you may perennial
supply of nuts the improved kind which
delicious and healthful food good advice
Cafornians beginning appreciate an
article Of diet are just beginning true
worth and health experts consider that nuts and
fruit constitute the ideal the machine
known as the human body to its highest efficiency.
the country in MANY parts that
the English will flourish but it is better to plant