CALIFORNIA WALNUT VARIETIES 449 



Placentia Perfection. Medium size, smooth, fairly uniform; shell thin 

 but strong, and fairly well sealed; kernel light tan in color, fairly smooth, 

 mild flavor, fills shell well; early; generally looked upon as the best, thor- 

 oughly tried variety for the southern part of the State. Sells as "budded" 

 at advanced price. 



Eureka. Nuts large, fairly uniform, elongated; medium smoothness; 

 shell medium to thick and well sealed; kernel light cream color, of medium 

 plumpness and is easily cracked out whole; foliage dense and leaves large; 

 blooms late; doing well in interior valleys. 



Franquette. This French variety rose to great favor and has been 

 largely planted upon the successful experience of Mrs. Emily M. Vrooman, 

 of Santa Rosa, and the extensive effort at its distribution by the Oregon 

 Nursery Co., of Salem, Ore. It is a large, elongate-oval nut with shell 

 rather thick and kernel of high quality. It is a late bloomer and escapes 

 blight to a certain extent. 



Mayette. This variety chiefly constitutes the imported Grenoble wal- 

 nuts. It is large, roundish, with a broad base, on which nut will sit up; 

 shell thin and white; kernel full and rich; a good bearer and late bloomer; 

 local Mayette seedlings are being named; one is the "San Jose," by R. 

 Wiltz, of San Jose in disfavor because of shy bearing. 



Concord. Seedling of Cluster; of the Mayette type, grown by Messrs. 

 Westgate and Hutchinson of Concord from seedling tree by Felix Gillet. 

 Introduced by Mr. Leonard Coates in 1908. Claimed to be blight resistant. 



Payne's Seedling. Nut is of good average quality, of good size and 

 moderately smooth; has attracted attention by its precocity and quite heavy 

 production of nuts; somewhat susceptible to blight, and by early blooming 

 gets caught by frost; most largely planted about Linden, San Joaquin 

 County. 



Bijou Seedlings. Several of these are being grown. Willson's Wonder, 

 introduced by F. C. Willson, of Santa Clara, is a large, smooth, desirable 

 nut, and the tree is reported an early and prolific bearer. 



Other French Varieties. Other French varieties introduced by Mr. 

 Gillet and others include the following: The Cluster, which fruits, as its 

 name indicates, in long bunches, sometimes as many as fifteen in a bunch. 

 The Parisienne is a beautiful variety, the nut large, broad and shapely; the 

 tree blooms very late. All the foregoing varieties and the Franquette, Ser- 

 otina, Barthere, Mesange, Gant, Meylan and Chaberte, were introduced by 

 Mr. Gillet in 1871. 



Kaghazi. A variety called Kaghazi was grown and propagated for sev- 

 eral years by the late James Shinn, of Niles; large and thin-shelled; late in 

 putting out leaves and blossoms; source of some promising seedlings. 



Japanese Walnut; Juglans Sieboldiana. This species, native to the north 

 of Japan, was introduced to California about 1860, and a tree grown from 

 seed planted about that time is growing at the Tower House, in Shasta 

 County. Hard shell and only interesting in walnut breeding. 



