The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-28

News, should prove interesting to
| hortiCulturists:
| Recent issues of The News contain
references to the planting of Ems
fish walnut trees in st. George ana
| other southe N localities, from which
1t Is made to appear that this is
new experiment in Utah and one like
ly to succeed only in a semi tropical
climate. If you will kindly grant me
space, | should like to correct this
impression; and first a few words by
way OF definition.
or the genus juglans, or walnut
family, there are only five species,
four being indigenous to the western
and one to the eastern hemisphere.
The former are known as ]. californl.
ca, or California walnut; j. RUPEES
iris, or shrub walnut found in Texas,
/ New Mexico and Arizona; ] cinera,
or butternut native of the eastern
states, and ]. nigra, our common
black walnut. The species found in
the old world Is Juglans regia, vari-
ously known as English, French, Ma
deria or Persian walnut the belief
being quite common that it is ma
tive of Persia In recent years it is
Juglans regia is the walnut of com.
merce, which, under various names,
and manifold forms, finds market In
all the ports of the world. There are
over twenty varieties of this nut, sew
eral being of French origin, two of
Japanese and others of American.
The French are the most highly es
teemed. the American the hardest.
New York and Pennsylvania nursery
men have developed most of the lat
ter, while the French have originated
the former. The American varieties
are little known outside of North Am
erica but the European sorts are
world famous. or the latter the best
known are the Franquette, the May
cite and the Parisienne and Of these
three the Mayette is tie highest pric-
ed, and the most desired. The Fran
quette has been largely planted In
Oregon and Washington and the Par
isicnne in northern California. 1t is
said that the value of the walnut crop
yielded from California Is greater
than that of the orange crop from
the same state.
The American varieties of the Eng
fish walnut take usually the name of
the nurseryman, or the place where
they originated. From New York
we have the Holden, the Pomeroy
Mayo, ETC., and from Pennsylvania
the Hall, the Rush and others. These
are hardy and productive, but infer
Tor in quality to the French sorts.
They have also tendency when
planted as seedlings to degenerate
from type.
The Japan walnut, J. cordiformIs
although hardy and prolific is not de
srable. as the fruit Is rather small
and the shell thicker than the i'm
ported varieties. J. sieboldianaa, the
other Japanese walnut resembles the
latter In appearance and manner OF
growth. but its fruit is thicker shell
ed and less 1attened.
English walnuts are grown success
fully in several localities of the state
; Provo, Salt Lake. Ogden and even
Logan being among them. The writ
err has grown these nuts for several
years in Providence. Cache county
; and the bearing trees never fail to
mature their crop. At Ogden, the
present season, some excellent speci
mems of the Mayetts type were rip
; ened and at Provo few Franquettes
This variety has been known to with
stand a temperature OF 80 degrees be
low zero. In Salt Lake City there are
English walnut trees which have
fruited regularly for over twenty
: years.
From this It will seem that walnu,
culture In Utah. is no new, untried
experiment. but one whose success
has been long since demonstrated
There is no question that the Europ
!. can varieties, the Paris,enne. the
Mayette and the Franquette can b'
cultivated with excellent financial re
: suits in st. George or In any of thu
southern counties. where they can b.
given fertile. we'll drained soil
Eastern growers declare that the!
are harder even than peaches an'
that they will thrive wherever tn,
Elberta can be successfully ripened
= They make rapid growth even oil
poor soil, and begin to bear wher
: four or five years old. When full