264 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



found in an article by Mr. Coates in the California Cultivator of October 

 7, 1909, page 339. 



NUT. 

 Size. 



Medium. 



Form. 



Broad and short, with a square cut base slightly wider than the apex 

 in most specimens. Apex very broadly pointed. Some of the nuts 

 slightly elongated and somewhat unsymmetrical at both ends. 



Surface. 



Medium smooth, with a considerable percentage of rather rough speci- 

 mens. 



Color. 



Tan. Lighter than most of the southern California varieties, but a 

 little duller than San Jose, Franquette, and the best Mayettes. 



Uniformity. 



Fair. A considerable proportion of the nuts rougher and more 

 pointed than the type. There is also a considerable variation in color. 



Cracking Quality. 



Nuts fairly well sealed, but cracking in the fingers without much diffi- 

 culty. 



Pellicle. 



Very light and attractive. 



Meat. 



Plump and well formed, filling the shell very completely. 



Flavor. 



Mild and free from any decided characteristic. 



TREE. 

 Foliation Period. 



Medium late. Decidedly later than Placentia Perfection, but consid- 

 erably earlier than Franquette. According to Mr. Hutchinson, it is 

 about a week later than the Placentia and three weeks earlier than the 

 Franquette in his locality. In the south there is considerably more 

 difference than this between the Placentia and Franquette, and the Con- 

 cord is apparently nearly intermediate between them. Its foliation 

 period is very nearly the same as that of Eureka. The foliage is held 

 well into the fall. 



Growth. 



Vigorous and rapid 'in the case of young grafts. The original tree is 

 decidedly small for its age and the apparently favorable conditions 

 under which it stands, but young trees or grafts observed in various 

 parts of the State appear to be particularly thrifty in growth. 



