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Cracking Quality. 



Nuts poorly sealed and very thin shelled, opening easily in the fingers. 



Pellicle. 



Light colored and attractive. 



Meat. 



Rather small in proportion to the shell and poorly developed. 



Flavor. 



Mild. Not pronounced. 



TREE. 

 Foliation period. 



Quite late, but earlier than Franquette. 



Growth. 



Slow and not particularly vigorous. 



Foliage. 



Rather sparse. 



Harvest Season. 



Medium. 



Precocity. 



Not well tested. 



Production in Older Trees. 



No information is available upon this point, except that obtained from 

 Mr. Wiltz' place where the trees are of various ages and top-worked on 

 black walnuts of various sizes. It is evident, however, that the variety 

 is not a heavy bearer. 



Susceptibility to Blight and Other Troubles. 



The San Jose has not been widely tested in this respect, yet its 

 behavior in respect to blight can probably be accurately estimated on 

 account of the favorable conditions for disease in the locality where the 

 variety originated. On Mr. Wiltz' place it appears to be decidedly free 

 from blight, even compared with the Franquette which is later in coming 

 out. We have little doubt but that the San Jose will prove decidedly 

 free from blight in any portion of the State. As regards sunburn and 

 other unfavorable climatic and soil influences, the variety is rather less 

 promising on account of its slow growth and sparse foliage. The nuts 

 are quite susceptible to perforation. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



It is to be said to the credit of the San Jose variety that it is without 

 doubt the most attractive and handsome of any walnut which has thus 

 far been brought forward in California. Its large size, pleasing shape, 

 and particularly its bright, yellowish-tan color, even when not bleached 

 or even washed, makes it a most attractive nut and one which is in- 

 variably selected at first sight from all others, when in their natural 



