320 YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Size medium to large, averaging 60 to 65 to the pound, form long, 

 rather slender, with pointed base and rather blunt apex; surface 

 smooth, color rather bright, with narrow black markings at apex; 

 shell thin, partitions thin and soft; cracking quality excellent; kernel 

 long, slender, not always plump to the tip, but smooth and attractive, 

 with narrow but shallow grooves ; kernel color bright and clean ; tex- 

 ture fine-grained, firm, oily; flavor sweet; quality very good. The 

 specimens illustrated on Plate XXXVI, figure 5, were from the 

 original tree. 



