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and it is possible that such a Mayette may become of increased impor- 

 tance in the future in the northern part of the State, even outranking 

 the Frariquette. It does 'not appear probable, however, that any of our 

 Mayettes are especially heavy bearers in the south, and it is doubtful 

 whether any variety as late as this will ever become of great importance 

 or value there. 



MAYETTE BLANC. 



This name is supposed to indicate the true Mayette. 



MAYETTE ROUGE. 



A variety supposed to be a variation of the Mayette, with a reddish 

 colored shell. Not commercially important. 



MESANGE. 



A French variety described as bearing a nut with a very thin shell. 

 The name is derived from a little lark which pecks the kernels through 

 the thin, tender shell. Not important. 



MEYLAN. 



A French variety having the reputation of being the finest of all 

 walnuts. The nut is somewhat of the Mayette type, having a broad, 

 rather flattened base, rounding to a very broad point at the other end. 

 The surface is smooth, having a light, attractive color. Meat very light 

 colored and fairly well filled. Good flavor. This variety in California 

 is probably not a sufficiently heavy bearer to warrant its commercial 

 planting, although the nut is beautiful in appearance and of high 

 quality. 



MONSTREUSE. 



A French variety of which there is a tree in bearing at the California 

 Nursery Company, Niles. Never distributed in California to any extent. 

 The nut is rather large, rounded, with smooth surface and of fine appear- 

 ance. Probably not commercial in California, but a nut of exceptionally 

 good appearance. 



NEFF (Neff's Prolific.) 



A tree selected from his orchard for propagation by Mr. J. B. Neff, 

 of Anaheim. The original tree stands in Mr. Neff's old orchard and is 

 presumably a Santa Barbara Soft Shell seedling. Mr. Neff selected 

 this tree on account of the fact that it was averaging about 200 pounds 

 of nuts annually, which production far exceeded that of any other tree 

 in its vicinity. Mr. Neff therefore cut back many of his poorest pro- 

 ducing trees and grafted them over with scions from this heavy 

 bearing tree. 



The original tree is decidedly free from blight, although not totally 

 immune to the disease. The nut is of good size, well sealed, excep- 



