BULLETIN 231] 



WALNUT CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



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CONCORD. 



Origin. 



This variety originated in a seedling tree on the place of Mr. George 

 M. Westcott, of Concord, Contra Costa County. The original tree came 

 from the late Felix Gillet and is said to have been a seedling of the 

 Cluster variety. It was planted about 1893. The variety obtained con- 

 siderable fame in its own immediate neighborhood and was propagated 

 there quite extensively by top-grafting upon native black walnuts some 



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FIG. 52. Chase walnut, original tree. 



time before it was exploited in a popular way. Mr. Ely Hutchinson 

 of Concord propagated the variety quite largely on his place, thus 

 giving it a thorough test in that locality. It was taken up by Mr. 

 Leonard Coates, the nurseryman, about 1908 and propagated, adver- 

 tised and sold quite extensively by him thereafter. Not yet much 

 tested in the south. One of the first descriptions of the Concord is 



