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Mai/ette. A desirable French, variety that is 

 very late in starting into growth, and, therefore, 

 specially suitable for cold regions where spring 

 frosts are troublesome. The Nut is large and 

 well flavoured. Tree hardy and a free bearer. 



Thin-shelled. This is one of the best and most 

 popular varieties, and should be generally 

 cultivated. Nuts oblong, with a well-filled shell 

 that is thin and easily broken. Kernel well 

 flavoured. Tree robust and bears very freely. 

 This is one of the best kinds for cultivation, as 

 the Nuts are more readily saleable than other 

 kinds. 



Yorkshire. A variety that bears large well- 

 filled Nuts, which, however, are not nearly so- 

 big as those of the Large-fruited. Kernel large and well flavoured. 

 Tree strong and a very good bearer. 



Thin-shelled. 



Japanese Walnut. Fruit with Outer Shell or Husk. Fruit without the Outer Shell.. 



Japanese Witlnnt. This is a robust, large, and very hardy species 

 widely distributed through Japan, and known botanically as Juglans 

 Sieboldianti. It has very large leaves, and produces its Nuts in clusters 

 of from fifteen to twenty. They have thicker shells than English Walnuts, 

 but not so thick as Black Walnuts, arid in appearance are similar to Pecan 

 Nuts, the kernels being sweet and well flavoured. Will thrive in most 

 parts of Australasia, excepting tropical regions, and deserves more 

 attention as a fruit, timber, and ornamental tree. 



Persian Walnut. This is a species indigenous to Central Asia, 

 extending to Russia and Persia, known as Juglans fraxinifoUa, (Pterocarya 

 fraxinifoUa). It is a robust tree of large size, and bears in profusion) 

 Nuts larger than .English Walnuts, with somewhat thinner shells, ami 



