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Languedoc — ]\Io(liuin, hvoad; slicll t1iin, s(,rt; komel |iluiii|. and 

 sweet; usually .Ices nut hear in sin-le luock. Indeed al)()ut all 

 varieties need er(iss-]ii>llinatii)n. C.i'dwn in r::i:-liM'n ()ve!;iin. 



Lewelling {l.<'irrllin,f:< I'mltlic). — l.nvj^v, Ion-, oval; soli shell. A 

 leading conuiiereial val■iet^'. 



Drake I^aiigucilur. Np Pins Ultra 



Ne Plus Ultra. — Xevy lartic iuid unusually long; sliell thin and 

 soft. ( irown Cfinimercially where the almond does well. 



Nonpareil (Exlni). — Medium in size, long oval; shi41 so thin as lo 

 be crushed with the fingers. Tree \\ee|)ing in hahit, and .i very 

 heavv l.)earer. 



Paper Shell. — Size medium; shell \'ery tender; kernel large, 

 white, and s«eet. A favorite variety on west coast ami in .\rizona. 



Pride. — Large, smootli ; shell thin and solt. Po]iular mainly on 

 account of self-hulling, and it Ticeds no bleaching. 



Princess. — ]\Iedium; shell thin and soft; kernel smooth and good. 

 Is gro«'n in Florida and extreme .Southwest Texas. 



Siberian. — Size small, long oval; shell (juite hard; kernel some- 

 what Ijitter; not edible. This is only referred to on account of its 

 extreme hardiness even in Minnesota and North Dakota. It may 

 by cros.sing become the parent of hai'd\' as well as eililile \-arieties. 



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Section 291 gives an outline of the i-elati\-e value of Amei-iean 

 and foreign varieties of the Chestnut aiid the advances they have 

 made on both continents as a home nut and as grown commerciallv. 



