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lings that might be expected to grow from these 

 seeds. The statement, in view of the date when 

 it was printed, has somewhat exceptional interest 

 in the light of later developments, so I quote 

 it here. It was as follows: 



"The six beautiful specimens of this hybrid 

 growing on my home place have been objects of 

 admiration to all w*ho have seen them. 



"Young trees could have been sold at almost 

 any price, but, having no time to raise them, we 

 offer this season's crop of nuts which will be a 

 great surprise in producing about one-third of a 

 new type of the broad-leaved Persian walnuts, 

 one-third of a new type of the California black 

 walnut, and about one-third combined, as in the 

 original tree." 



The "original tree" in question was, of course, 

 the hybrid called the Paradox, produced by 

 crossing the California walnut and the Persian 

 walnut. So the seedlings, the character of which 

 is predicted in the paragraph just quoted, would 

 of course represent second-generation hybrids 

 from this cross. 



I make the quotation here, carefully specify- 

 ing the date at which the original was printed, 

 because there is a certain interest in knowing that 

 tests made prior to this time with the seeds of the 

 hybrid walnut had clearly revealed to me the fact 



