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- Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting
- Author : Northern Nut Growers Association
- Release Date : January 30, 2008
- Genre: Gardening,Books,Lifestyle & Home,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 221 KB
Description
The Nut trees - a valuable resource. History of nut trees. Culture and propagation. Region and site. Soil management. Propagation from seed. Vegetative propagation. Pruning. Mulches. Herbicides. Control of mammal and bird damage to trees and seed. Plant pests. Basic principles of plant pest control. Insects and mites. Diseases. Labels. The trees. Pecans. Hickories. Black walnuts. Growing black walnut timber. Butternuts, siebold (japanese) walnuts, and their hybrids. The carpathian (Persian) walnut. Chestnuts. Filberts. Hybridization of filberts. Almonds. Coconut and cashew. Macadamia. Oaks, beech, pines, and ginkgo. Pistachio. Nut tree plantings for wildlife. Breeding improved nut trees. Principles of plant breeding. Species and their hybrids. Techniques of making controlled crosses. Naming a new nut tree variety. Judging nut crops. Cleaning, storing, and cracking nuts.