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OREGON WALNUTS 



expect variation, for, 

 as the old saying is, 

 "Blood will tell." The 

 more crosses you have, 

 the more variations one 

 must naturally expect. 

 In former days, much 

 was said concerning the 

 generation of trees. The 

 first generation consist- 

 ed of trees from nuts 

 which were taken from 

 the selected trees. The 

 second generation were 

 the trees which resulted 

 from these nuts. It was 

 formerly believed by 

 some people that, ow- 

 ing to climatic and soil 

 conditions of our state, 

 these second genera- 

 tion trees would pro- 

 duce nuts superior to 

 the mother trees, and 

 superior to any trees 

 which would follow 

 from mixed pollination. 

 The walnut, however, 

 follows the same gen- 

 eral rules as do other 

 plants ; namely, that 

 when you have seed- 

 lings, you may be fortunate enough to secure a few superior 

 to either parent in some respects, but a large majority of the 

 nuts will be inferior to either parent. It is only by selecting 

 these isolated seeds that have not been cross pollinated, from a 



Varieties of Oregon grown walnuts. 

 (1) Mayette (2) Meylan 



(3) Parisienne (4) Parry 



(5) Chaberto (6) Franquette 



