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providing it was not too shy a bcai-cr. The relation between llic (iii;ility 

 of nuts and the quantity i)rodii('ed sliould be carefully considered in 

 ehoosinp- a variety. esp(>c'ially as the demand is increasing for fancy stock. 

 One should not .judge a variety by the tine appearance of picked 

 samples of nuts without considering the quantity in which they are 

 produced. The best variety is one that will ])f()duce annually a large 

 ci-op of the most desirable type of nut. Unfortunately, we do not have 

 all the good (lualities in any one variety. We have to choose a heavy 

 producer wnth a good quality of nut. One important point is that young 

 trees often produce fair sized nuts, but as the trees grow older the nuts 



Fig. .36. — Grafted tree wlikli wa.s cut off 

 at time of tran.splanting and siiekering was 

 neglected. Notice tlie growtli of suckers 

 and stunted top as a consequence. (Orig- 

 inal.) 



become smaller, so one should judge nuts only from trees that have been 

 bearing for a few years. We should also consider the age in which the 

 tree comes into bearing, as great differences exi.st in varieties as to the 

 age they begin bearing. The next important consideration is the size 

 and weight of the nut. The commercial No. 1 grade walnuts, as 

 graded by the California Walnut Growers' Association, are those which 

 will not pass through a one aiul one-sixteenth inch opening in the 

 screen; while those above one and three-sixteenths inch, if smooth and of 

 regular shape and not abnoi-nudly large, are considered as budded nuts, 

 which bring considerably more per i)ound, and the demand is growing 

 for this quality of nuts. Those that pass through the one and one-six- 



