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NUT. 

 Size. 



Medium, averaging 1 by 1J by 1J inches. Buns largely to average 

 size, with few very large or very small nuts. 



Form. 



Regular, oval, somewhat elongated ; base and apex nearly equal in 

 breadth. Flattened, with greater diameter at right angles to the 

 sutures. 



Surface. 



Quite smooth. Sutural ridges not especially prominent. 



Color. 



Light neutral brown, mottled with gray, giving the nut a distinctly 

 pinkish cast. 



Uniformity. 



Not especially strong. Nuts quite uniform in size, but varying consid- 

 erably in shape and smoothness. Some quite elongated, others nearly 

 round, some quite rough. 



Cracking Quality. 



Nuts poorly sealed, causing them to open very readily between the 

 fingers or when exposed to the sun. Shell thin and strong. Septum 

 almost free from the shell, so that the nut can be very easily opened 

 with the fingers and the whole meat taken out intact. 



Pellicle. 



Light tan colored, or very light silvery brown, with a glossy, waxed 

 appearance. Decidedly attractive. 



Meat. 



Quite smooth, with comparatively few convolutions. Uniformly 

 plump and full, averaging fully 50 per cent or slightly more of the total 

 weight of the nut. 



Flavor. 



Mild and pleasant, with no pronounced character. 



TREE. 



Foliation Period. 



Quite early. Nearly two weeks later than Chase and the average of 

 the Santa Barbara Soft Shell seedlings. From one to four weeks earlier 

 than Concord and Eureka. 



Growth. 



Vigorous, making a large, tall tree, the more erect, taller branches 

 standing up from the lower portion in a characteristic manner. 



Foliage. 



Very abundant and thrifty. 



Harvest Season. 



Early. 



