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record very productive and satisfactory. Character of nut: 
medium shell, best cracking quality of all large walnuts, 
kernel large and full. 
Variety Ohio. MeCutchenville, Ohio. Parent tree still 
standing; bearing record good. Character of nut: medium 
to large, thin-shelled, of excellent cracking quality, kernel 
of good quality. 
Variety Miller. Parent tree bearing record ‘prolific. Char- 
acter of nut: large, medium shell, of good cracking quality. 
Variety Lancaster. Fruitville, Pa. Parent tree still stand- 
ing; has been very heavy bearer. Character of nut: medium. 
to large, heart-shaped, medium shell, of best eracking quality, 
kernel very full and good. 
PERSIAN WALNUTS 
Variety Wiltz Mayette. R. Wiltz, San Jose, Cal. (seedling 
of Mayette). Parent tree still standing; of good bearing 
record (best variety of Mayette type). Character of nut: 
very large, thin-shelled, of best cracking quality, kernel full 
and rich. 
Variety Vrooman Franquette. Vrooman Orchard, Santa 
Rosa, Cal. (seedling of Franquette). Parent tree still stand- 
ing; one of best bearing and hardiest walnuts east. Character 
of nut: large, pointed, shell thin and soft, of excellent erack- 
ing quality, kernel very plump and white. 
Variety Rush. J. G. Rush, Lancaster County, Pa. Parent 
tree still standing; excellent bearing record. Character of 
nut: medium to large, shell thin and soft, of excellent crack- 
ing quality, kernel full and of good quality. 
Variety Alpine Mammoth. France, Alps Mountains (propa- 
gated from very select, heavy-bearing seedling tree, Burling- 
ton, N. J.). Parent tree not standing; bearing record good. 
Character of nut: large, shell very thin and soft, of best 
cracking quality, kernel full. 
HICKORIES 
Variety Kirtland (shagbark). Yalesville, Conn., by H. 8S. 
Kirtland. Parent tree still standing; of excellent bearing 
record, one of the finest shagbarks. Character of nut: large, 
shell smooth and of good appearance, of excellent eracking 
quality, kernel full and very good. 
Variety Stanley (shellbark). Carthage, Ind., by Thos. T. 
Newby. Parent tree not standing; bearing record excellent ; 
