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light-colored meat, fine flavor, marked immunity to disease, a strong, 

 vigorous grower and ultimately a heavy producer. Its worst defect 

 thus far has been a tendency toward a slightly imperfect development of 

 the meat in certain seasons, especially a shriveling of the meat at the 

 basal end of the nut. This has been most pronounced during dry years, 

 on lighter soils and on trees which received little or no irrigation. The 

 same shriveling has usually occurred at the same time in other varie- 



Fig. 58. Eureka walnut, original tree. 



ties. The variety is strong as compared with any other southern Cal- 

 ifornia kinds in its freedom from blight and perforation, extremely 

 thrifty foliage and growth, large size, uniformity, and attractive 

 appearance of the nuts, especially when bleached, and their strong 

 sealing and heavy weight. While the percentage of meat is slightly 

 lower than in Placentia Perfection and a few other varieties, this is 

 not due to a lesser amount of meat, but rather to the greater weight of 



