184 ' NUT GROWING 



to the disposition of culls and undesirable nuts in 

 the most economical way. In former years these 

 undesirable nuts which could not be sold among peo- 

 ple who knew about good walnuts were sent into 

 eastern markets where they promptly killed the 

 market for California walnuts. A similar history 

 relates to the pecan. Fine varieties have been bought 

 up locally while some of the larger pecans, poorly 

 filled and of low quality, not salable at home, were 

 sent to the markets of the northern cities where they 

 disabled the whole pecan market before pecan 

 growers adopted cooperative marketing. The Cali- 

 fornia Walnut Growers, under the management of 

 Mr. Thorpe, have overcome these market difficulties 

 and they have invented and applied expensive ma- 

 chinery for preparation of the walnut crop for mar- 

 ket beside placing a check upon individual growers 

 who would send inferior nuts to retail markets. 

 Oregon is following California rapidly as a nut- 

 growing state. 



The Persian walnut when grown on the Pacific 

 slope introduces one notable feature. In former 

 years delicious nuts from the Grenoble district in 

 France led the market with varieties which were 

 used chiefly for dessert purposes. These varieties 

 will probably continue to hold the market for such 

 purposes because of the superior quality of the 

 French nuts. On the Pacific slope, however, Persian 

 walnuts of many varieties all have a common ten- 

 dency to develop a notably plump kernel with car- 

 bohydrate or starchy elements in such abundance 



