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to supply the demand, many resorted to 

 planting seedlings. The eagerness of 

 planters to set out walnuts causing 

 Franquette seedlings to be planted. Of 

 course the result of this, as with all 

 other seedlings, is going to be vari- 

 able and disappointing. The Vroonian 

 Franquette nut is medium to large and 

 retains its size on old trees. Decidedly 

 elongated, but pointed base much 

 broader than the apex, surface medium 

 smooth with sutral ridges. The color is 

 a light yellowish brown. Their uni- 

 formity is strong and their character- 

 istic shape makes them easy to identify. 

 The nuts are well sealed but thin 

 shelled and are readily cracked. The 

 meat is moderately plump and the shell 

 well filled except at the point of the 

 nut. Flavor is sweet with a character- 

 istic nutty flavor. The consistency of 

 the meat is also soft or oily. The buds 

 just begin to swell about April l.')lh. 

 The harvest season is late, often being 

 caught by the fall rains. It is a fair, 

 vigorous grower. The precocity is not 

 pronounced. It is one of the slowest of 

 the varieties to come into bearing. Has 

 a thick husk and abundant foliage 

 which protect the nuts from sunburn. 

 It is one of the best proven varieties 

 for Central and Northern California 

 and has been considerably tested. The 

 quality of the nuts is the best. With its 

 uniform shape, pretty color, white 

 meat and firm sealing, makes the 

 Franquette one of the very highest 

 quality, and were it a heavy bearer it 

 would be an ideal nut. I have a couple 

 good types of imported Franquette. 

 however, which are much more pre- 

 cocious than the Vrooman strain. 



Mayette. — This, like the Franquette, 

 is a French nut. Like the Franquette, 

 there are several types of Mayette, due 

 probably to being originally propagated 

 in France by seedlings. They differ 

 widely in character, but have a general 

 resemblance. The Mayette, like the 

 Franquette, is characterized by the 

 shape of the nut. In the true Mayette 

 type the base of the nut is decidedly 

 flat and square, cut so that it can be set 

 on the basal without falling over. The 

 nut rounds broadly to a point at the 

 other end, giving it sort of a flat-iron 

 shape. In a good Mayette the meat is 

 plump, white and well developed and 

 of good flavor. It averages about 50 

 per cent of the total weight. The shell 

 is thin and strong and well sealed. .The 

 Mayette comes out late in the spring, 

 about a week or ten days before the 

 Franquette, but ripens at least three or 

 four weeks earlier in the fall than the 

 Fran(iuette. The dilTerent types vary 

 considerably in their rapidity of 

 growth and the amount of foliage, also 

 in their bearing qualities, most of them 

 being very light producers. Mr; S. F. 

 Leib of .San Jose has some imported 

 trees. There are several types that 

 were imported by the late Mr. Gillet. 

 Tribhle Bros, of Elk Grove also propa- 

 gate I wo or three types which were 

 importe<I fiom France. Mr. Leonard 

 Coales of ^Morgan Hill has pro|)agated 

 quite extensively San Jose Mayettes, 

 which is one of the most attractive and 



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