where the tree has an abundant thick 

 foliage the meat is invariably whiter. 



The Mission Nut was introduced by 

 the priests of Los Angeles and is the 

 pioneer Persian Walnut of California. 

 Most of the bearing orchards of ji 

 the state are composed of seed- ** MI 



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ling trees of this type. The nut 

 is medium-sized with a hard shell of 

 ordinary thickness. It suceeds admirably 

 in a few favored districts (of Southern 

 California) but fails in productiveness 

 farther North. Its most prominent faults 

 are early blooming, in consequence of 

 which it is often caught by the late frosts; 

 the irregular and unequal blooming of its 

 pistillate and staminate blossoms, and the 

 consequent failure of the former to be 

 fertilized and to develop nuts; and late- 

 ness in ripening its wood in the Fall and 

 consequent liability to injury by frost at 

 that time. 



The Santa Barbara English Walnut 

 (soft-shell) variety is about ten days later 

 than the Mission in starting growth and 



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