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tionally heavy and well filled with light-colored meat. The flavor of the 

 nut is good. In form the nuts are rather rough and irregularly shaped, 

 this being the greatest defect of an otherwise very promising variety. 

 The shell is heavy, giving the nuts good weight in the sack. The variety 

 has not been propagated to any extent, save in top-working old trees, 

 so nothing can be said as to its behavior as a young tree. For a heavy 

 bearing, heavy weighing variety for the ordinary commercial trade, the 

 variety has considerable promise. For a fancy, attractive nut, it is 

 not so good, on account of its rough, irregular shape. 



PAPER SHELL. 



This is a general name applied to walnuts with exceptionally thin 

 shells. The name is also applied to a certain type of tree which 

 originated with Joseph Sexton, of Goleta, along with the original trees 

 of the Santa Barbara Soft Shell type. These paper shells were so called 

 from the thinness of the shell, but the name as applied in the Santa 

 Barbara section refers to a certain type of tree, some of which have real 

 paper shell nuts, while others do not. These trees are of a characteristic 

 small size, round dense top, and bear a small, usually roundish, smooth, 

 light colored nut. Many of them resemble very closely the Chaberte 

 variety. These typical paper shell trees are decidedly susceptible to 

 blight, and on account of this quality and the small size of the nuts and 

 trees the type is not considered desirable. 



PARISIENNE. 



A French variety introduced by Gillet and others. 



This is one of the best of the French varieties and might become com- 

 mercially important in California except for its light production. The 

 nut is rather long and pointed, somewhat resembling the Franquette, but 

 broader in the center. The shell and meat are both light colored; the 

 nut fairly well filled and of good flavor. Very late in coming out in 

 the spring. 



PERSIAN (see Kaghazi). 



POWELL (see Mayette). 

 PRIDE OF VENTURA. 



A Santa Barbara Soft Shell seedling tree selected by E. 0. Tucker 

 of Ventura, California. 



This is said to be a very precocious and heavy bearer, but with no 

 special immunity to blight. The nut is decidedly large, rather round 

 and somewhat rough. This variety has been propagated and planted 

 to some extent in the vicinity of Ventura. 



