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which the nuts arc decidedly uniform 

 so that the variety is easily distin- 

 guished and recognized even to the con- 

 sumer has a marked advantage over 

 one in which the nuts are of all soits 

 of shapes so tiiat only an expert could 

 distinguish the variety from others. 

 The color of the nut is not so impor- 

 tant, as the trade demands bleached 

 nuts even though they may have an 

 attractive appearance without bleach- 

 ing. By being bleached they are 

 all brought to about the same color. 

 The quality of the meat is of consider- 

 able importance, however, as nuts with 

 the lightest colored meats are consider- 

 ably more desirable, while those that 

 are dark, even though plump and of 

 good color, are discriminated against. 

 There is no doubt but what the dark- 

 meated varieties will become more 

 objectionable as more of the lighter 

 colored ones are produced. The flavor 

 of the meat varies considerably in the 

 different varieties and is of much im- 

 portance in a high-class fancy trade. 

 Although commercially there is not 

 much importance placed on their flavor 

 except when they are bitter, and this is 

 the most undesirable quality and 

 .should be guarded against in choosing 

 the variety and to formulate an idea of 

 what will constitute an ideal walnut. 

 The most important qualifications in a 

 variety from a strictly commercial 

 standpoint is that it should be a uni- 

 formly large producer of nuts, the ma- 

 jority of which will not pass through 

 a one and three-sixteenths inch square 

 mesh, well sealed even though hard 

 shelled, and should be uniformly well 

 filled with meat of light yellowish 

 brown color or not darker than light 

 brown or amber. For a fancy trade 

 the nut should be of an attractive, uni- 

 form shape and color with a fairly 

 smooth surface and particularly high 

 quality with agreeably flavored meat 

 with no bitterness. 



The next important consideration is 

 the choosing of a variety that is resist- 

 ant to blight. This is a bacterial disease 

 which affects the young growth when 

 it first puts out and requires moist 

 weather conditions for its development. 

 It is not very prevalent in Northern 

 and Central California on account of 

 the drier atmosphere, but under the 

 same conditions some varieties are 

 more blight resisting than others, proi)- 

 ably due to their vigor. As a rule the 

 late-blooming varieties are free from 

 blight, as they come into bloom at the 

 time when the bli.ght can make little 

 headway, while the earlier varieties 

 blossom at a favorable period for its 

 development. Certain varieties are 

 spoken of as being imnumc to tlie 

 blight, but while there is no such thing 

 among walnuts as absolute immunity 

 when conditions are favorable for the 

 development of blight, yet some trees 

 do show quite a marked resistance and 

 should be given precedence on this 

 account. While there are many seed- 

 lings of promise scattered throughout 

 the state, both of the Santa Barbara 

 soft-shell type and the French varie- 

 ties, I will only consider the prominent 



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