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* Third Generation Prceparturiens. — The kind mostly sold in California 

 under the generic name of Prceparturiens, and grown from nuts borne 

 on Second Generation trees. The nut is generally small— too small for 

 market, but of first quality. 



^Mammoth Prceparturiens. — A large-fruited variety of Prceparturiens, 

 originated in France. The nut is extraordinarily large; soft shell, and 

 with a full-fleshed kernel. 



Prceparturiens (Plate XI, Fig. 8). — "This variety has proved exceed- 

 ingly satisfactory. It will bear in nursery rows when not more than 

 four feet high, and continue to have a crop every year, and has never 

 been injured by spring frosts. On my place are seedlings of the second 

 and third generations, which still convey their fertile and early-bearing 

 qualities. The nuts on mature trees are of good size and of the best 

 quality."— West. 



Gant (Syn. Bijou) (Plate XI, Fig. 4). — "Nuts very large, twice 

 or three times larger than the common walnut, and sometimes square or 

 oblong in shape." — Rock. 



"The Bijou is the largest walnut known. This variety began to bear 

 when it had been planted four years, and has constantly increased its 

 yield. In 1890 it bore a large crop, and in 1891 it set its fruit so quickly 

 that I thought best to remove at least one third of it. The reputation 

 of this tree in its home — France — is that of a shy bearer. The quality 

 is excellent, superior to anything I have seen." — West. 



^Mammoth, or Jauge. — This is an immense nut, the largest yet origi- 

 nated. So large is the shell of some of them that "ladies' companions" 

 are made out of the shells by fancy-goods manufacturers wherein to 

 stow away gloves and handkerchiefs. The nut, though of such large 

 dimensions, has a thin shell, and the kernel is of first quality. 



* Cluster {Jvfglans Racemo'sa) (Plate X, Fig. 7). — This remarkable 

 kind of walnut, introduced some twenty years ago into this country, is 

 a worthy rival of the Prceparturiens for productiveness, but superior for 

 the beauty of the nuts. It derives its name of Juglans racemosa from 

 the Latin word racemosus, meaning abundant in clusters, full of clusters, 

 which is the main characteristic of that most beautiful variety. The 

 nuts, when the tree is in full bearing, grow in long clusters of 10, 15, 

 and even 25 to 28 nuts. The Cluster, like the Prceparturiens, repro- 

 duces itself well enough from the seed, provided that the nuts be gathered 

 from trees grafted from the original. The nut is thin-shelled, of fair size, 

 hermetically closed, with a smooth, white shell; in fact, a perfect beauty. 



'''Barthere. — "A singularly shaped nut, elongated, broad at the center, 

 and tapering at both ends; the shell is harder than that of other sorts." 



Kaghazi.—Ot doubtful origin; grown about Niles, in Alameda County. 



Grand Noblesse. — Described, in " Nut Culture in the United States," as 

 having originated by L. L. Bequette, of Los Nietos, but is very little 

 known by the growers of that section. 



VARIETIES OF HOME ORIGIN. 



The chapter on pollination of the walnut illustrates how varieties 

 originate by accident, or from chance seedlings. The following varieties 

 originated in that way; they have been fully tried and their merits have 

 become known, and are therefore entitled to be placed among the list of 

 varieties worthy of cultivation : 



* Described by Mr. Felix Gillet. 

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