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and nut it resembles the Black Walnut. Another 

 hybrid of the same parentage is J. intermedia var. 

 pyriformis which has pear-shaped fruits. 



Of J. intermedia there is on Rowes Farm, James 

 River, opposite Brandon, Va., a magnificent speci- 

 men which must rank with the largest Walnut-trees 

 known anywhere; the trunk at two feet from the 

 ground measures more than 31 feet and at 6^ feet, 

 25 feet in girth. The spread of branches is enor- 

 mous but the height I have not been able to 

 ascertain. 



In the neighbourhood of Boston, Mass., a number 

 of trees of J. regia x /. cinerea are known. The name 

 of this hybrid is /. quadrangulata. In California 

 are grown several hybrids between J. regia and /. 

 Hindsii, one of them, which Burbank claims to have 

 originated, is named "Paradox." Another which 

 Burbank calls the "Royal" is said to be also a cross 

 between /. nigra and /. Hindsii, and to fruit freely. 

 I know nothing about the value of the nuts. All 

 these hybrid Walnuts are fast-growing, handsome 

 trees and like the species the wood of all is valuable. 

 However, for nuts the breeder will do well to stick to 

 the European and to the Japanese species and its 

 variety. By intermingling these valuable and more 

 hardy races of Walnuts will result. 



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