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the fifth year and 1,000 pounds of dried nuts per acre in the sixth 

 season after planting in the orchard, which crops may be considered ex- 

 tremely satisfactory. A tree of our own, likewise in its sixth year, 



FIG. 69. Prolific walnut, natural size. 



produced 35 pounds of nuts, whereas our best Placentia Perfection 

 of the same age and nearly twice as large as the Prolific tree produced 



