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was also called Fertile, on account of its surprising fertility. The nut is 

 small, though thin-shelled, and very sweet: it is this nut that produces 

 "Second Generation" trees. 



*Pnfparturiens. or Fertile. !Sea>nd (hneration — The Second Generation 

 Proeparturiens, the kind we recommend to plant, has retained all the char- 

 acteristics of the original, only the nuts are much larger, and larger, too, 

 than those of the third and fourth generations, seventy-five per cent, of the 

 trees bearing nuts from medium to large, and twenty-tive per cent, from 

 small to medium, and of all sorts of shapes — all, however, being tbin-shelled 

 and of first quality. The Proeparturiens is one of the most productive kinds, 

 and bears heavy crops from the start, and it may l)e regarded as the best 

 variety of walnut to plant for family use ; the largest Pni^parturiens nut-s. 

 though, being well marketable. 



*21urd Generation Pra'portxriens — The kind mostly sold in California 

 under the generic name of Pnt'parturiens. and grown from nuts borne on 

 second generation trees. The nut is generally small — too small for market, 

 but of first quality. 



*3Ievmmoth Pra'petrturiens — A large-fruited variety of Proeparturiens, 

 originated in France. The nut is extraordinarily large : soft shell, and 

 with a full-fleshed kernel. 



Proepartunens — (Plate XI, Fig. 8) — "This variety has proved exceed- 

 ingly satisfactory. It will bear in nursery rows when not more than four 

 feet high, and continue to have a crop every year, and has never been 

 injured by spring frosts. On my place are seedlings of the second and third 

 generations, which still convey their fertile and early-bearing qualities. 

 The nuts on mature trees are of good size and of the best quality." — West. 



(rant ( Syn. Bijou) (Plate XI, Fig. 4) — "Nuts very large, twice or three 

 times larger than the common w-alnut, and sometimes square or oblong in 

 shape. ' ' — Rock. 



•'The Bijou is the largest walnut known. This variety began to bear 

 when it had been planted four years, and has constantly increased its yield. 

 Ip 1890 it bore a lai-ge crop, and in 1891 it set its fruit so quickly that I 

 thought best to remove at least one-third of it. The reputation of this 

 tree in its home— France — is that of a shy bearer. The quality is excellent, 

 superior to aything I have seen." — West. 



*Mamnioth, or Jauge — This is an immense nut. the largest yet originated. 

 So large is the shell of some of them that "ladies' companions "" are made 

 out of the shells by fancy-goods manufacturers, v/herein to stow away gloves 

 and handkerchiefs. The nut. though of such large dimensions, has a thin 

 shell, and the kernel is of first quality. 



*Chister ( Juglanii racemosa } (Plate X, Fig. 7 t — This remarkable kind of 

 walnut, introduced some twenty years ago into this country, is a worthy rival 

 of the Proeparturiens for productiveness, but superior for the beauty of the 

 nuts. It derives its name of Juylans racemosa from the Latin word racemosus, 

 meaning abundant in clusters, full of clusters, which is the main character- 

 istic of that most beautiful variety. The nuts, when the tree is in full bear- 



*Descrlbed by Mr. Felix (iilli't. 



