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Its culture has a tendency to diminish. They plant in "preference, 

 the Corne, which produces more regularly and gives a fruit selling at 

 least 8 to 10 francs more per quintal. 



Redon de Montignac. This variety is peculiar to the department 

 of Dordogne; it is cultivated in Montignac and surrounding district 

 of Sarlat. It is a small nut having half hard shellj of a dark color. 

 The line of the suture of the valves is projectile, extending from the 

 middle to the point. The shell is rather smooth and slightly flattened 

 at both extremities. The average dimensions are as follows: length 

 30 mm., width 26 mm. The dry nut weighs about 7 grammes and the 

 weight of a hectolitre of dry nuts reaches 38 kilos. 



The Eedon de Montignac is a variety which blossoms early; the 

 flowers are in full bloom in April and May and are exposed to the late 

 frosts. Some years ago this nut was almost exclusively used for the 

 manufacture of oil and by reason of its yield it was preferred to other 

 varieties. To-day the nuts are cracked on the place and exported in 

 the form of green kernels, which tends to replace the Redon with the 

 Lalande, a nut of greater value and larger size. Nevertheless, at the 

 present time the Redon de Montignac is still very popular. 



Anguleuse. -The Anguleuse (angular), being a nut with a hard shell, 

 is the fruit of the Juglans regia angulosa (J. r. dura). It is a nut 

 of average size, having a very hard, thick shell presenting angles 

 parting at the middle and rejoining at the apex to form a sharp point. 

 It contains a kernel rather hard and difficult to extract whole on account 

 of the hardness of the shell. The dry nut weighs about 10 grammes 

 and the weight of a hectolitre is from 34 to 35 kilograms. 



This variety, which is found in Dordogne and Lot, yields fruit 

 utilized for the manufacture of oil. The wood is of good quality and 

 often veined. 



Noix a Grappes. It is the fruit of Juglans regia racemosa. The 

 variety is very curious, for the nuts are collected in a bunch, compris- 

 ing 12, 15 and even 20 or 24 fruits. They are small and weigh about 

 6 grammes dry. 



The Noyer a Grappes is found here and there in Indre, Vienne, etc. 

 The variety is very productive. A single tree produces from 3 to 4 

 hectolitres of nuts (8-J to 11 bushels). The Noyer a Grappes is a 

 spreading tree, slightly exacting and suited for the production of nuts 

 intended for the manufacture of oil. 



Noisette. The Noisette nut is produced by a tree having small fruit 

 (Juglans regia avellana, J. r. microcarpa). The fruit is, as the name 

 indicates, very small, globular, having hard, full shell containing a 

 white kernel, delicate and very rich in oil. Notwithstanding the small- 



