THE WALNUT 



Reports say it bore two cartloads of nuts annu- 

 ally. The land becoming too valuable to sustain 

 only an old historic tree, it was destroyed in 1894 

 or 1895. 



Juglans Californica, Watson 



Another variety of the walnut family found only 

 in California, and long considered of little value, 

 simply adding one more to the list of edible nuts. 

 But nut growers in California are beginning to real- 

 ize that for stock purposes, it has no equal ; and 

 thousands of trees are now being grafted annually. 

 It readily withstands the heat of the hot valleys of 

 the Pacific Coast. It will also resist a great degree 

 of cold. 



Examine and compare the bark structure of 

 the California variety with that of the Eastern 

 black. If the two had a common origin, then the 

 parting of their ways was in the distant past. It 

 has taken centuries to produce this difference. The 

 California is the better tree to resist heat, hence for 

 this reason it is likewise the better to resist cold. 



Majestic specimen of this walnut can be seen 

 along the Sacramento River at various landings 

 from Walnut Grove to Sacramento City, also some in 



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