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State trace back in their first introduction either to Mr. Sexton or to 

 Mr. Gillet, and that the few isolated exceptions to this rule occurred 

 largely by chance, and were not systematically carried on and continued 

 by any one person. 



FIG. 19. Joseph Sexton, originator of the Santa Barbara Soft Shell walnut. 



The old fashioned hard-shell walnuts were planted quite commonly in 

 California after the commencement of the American era, although not 

 extensively in orchard form at first. The Kellogg orchard near Napa is 

 said to have been planted in 1846 and the Heath orchard at Carpinteria 



