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ing, grow in long clusters of ten, fifteen, and even twenty-five to twenty - 

 eight nuts. The Cluster, like the Proeparturiens, reproduces itself well 

 enough from the seed, provided that the nuts are gathered from trees g'rafted 

 from the original. The nut is thin-shelled, of fair size, hermetically closed, 

 with a smooth, white shell ■; in fact, a perfect beauty. 



*Baiihere — "A singularly shaped nut, elongated, broad at the center, and 

 tapering at both ends ; the shell is harder than that of other sorts." 



Kaghazi — Of doubtful origin ; grown about Niles. in Alameda County. 



Grand Noblesse — Discribed in "Nut Culture in the United States, " as 

 having originated by L. L. Bequette, of Los Nietos, but is very little known 

 by the growers of that section. 



VARIETIES OF HOME ORIGIN. 



The chapter on pollination of the walnut illustrates how varieties origi- 

 nate by accident, or from chance seedlings. The following varieties origi- 

 nated in that way ; they have been fully tried and their merits have become 

 known, and are therefore entitled to be placed among the list of varieties 

 worthy of cultivation : 



*CaUfornia Paper-lShell (Plate X, Fig. 1)— Originated by Mr. Felix Gillet. 

 A nut borne on a grafted Chaberte, the tree being, therefore, a second genera- 

 tion Chaberte. The nut is only of medium size ; shell very thin and almost 

 white; kernel full-fleshed, exceedingly sweet and nutty. 



*Colvrnbus — Originated by Mr. Gillet. Produced from a second genera- 

 tion Mayette. The nut is very large, exceedingly pretty, roundish, with 

 smooth, light-colored shell, and kernel of first quality. Named Columbus 

 in honor of the World's Fair in 1893, the year that my second trees of that 

 kind went into bearing. 



*MaiieUe-^h(q)ed Pra'partririens — Originated by Mr. Gillet, some twenty- 

 five years ago. A lai-ge nut, sitting on its end like the Mayette, hence its 

 name. Full-fleshed kernel of first quality ; heavy bearer. Solely propa- 

 gated by grafting. 



*Cli(ster Fneijarturiens — A variety of Proeparturiens said to be very fine, 

 also originated by Mr. Gillet. Nut large, oblong, smooth surface, perfect 

 soft-shell ; kernel fine and sweet. Growing in clusters. 



Soft-Shell — Originated from seed, by Mr. Joseph Sexton, of Goleta, Santa 

 Barbara County, in 1868. The seed he procured in San Francisco, which 

 was labeled English, and was supposed to have been imported from Central 

 America. Mr. Sexton describes this variety thus : "Nut looks very much 

 like the imported Chile walnut, having the shape and color. The objection 

 to this variety is that as the trees grow older the nuts grow smaller — diminish 

 in size — and are not as salable as larger nuts." 



Improved Soft-Shell (Santa Barbara Soft- Shell) (Plate X, Fig. 10) — Origi- 

 nated by Mr. .Joseph Sex-ton, of Goleta, Santa Barbara County, in 1870, seed 

 of the Soft-shell, crossed with the hard-shell or English walnut. The nut 



♦Described by >Ir. Felix Gillet. 



