16 THE WALNUT — VABIETIES. 



low. We have had limbs on some of our weeping walnuts growing to 

 eight feet through the summer, drooping straight down, with the ends 

 dragging on the ground, and even trailing on it to a length of twelve to 

 twenty inches. The nut is of fair size, oblong, thin-shelled, and of good 

 quality. It looks to be a very abundant bearer. 



Rivera Hard-Shell (Plate XI, Fig. 7). 



Rivera Soft-Shell (Plate X, Fig. 8). 



*Laciniated, or Ash-Leaved.— The foliage of this kind of walnut is so 

 delicate, so finely cut up, that it makes of it a most graceful ornamental 

 tree, worthy to be planted conspicuously in the garden or front yard. 

 The nut, besides, is exceedingly pretty, of fair size, round, with a very 

 smooth shell and sweet kernel. The tree is claimed to be an abundant 

 bearer. 



*Parisienne. — Large, excellent, starts late in spring. This beautiful 

 nut, also one of the finest for dessert and market, was originated in the 

 southeast of France, and not in the neighborhood of Paris, as its name 

 would imply; its beauty made it called Parisienne, in honor of the 

 capital of France. The nut is large, broader at the small end than the 

 Mayette and Franquette, and has a very pretty shape. It is as late as 

 the Mayette, and as desirable for market. 



" A most beautiful nut; one of the largest and best for dessert, broad 

 and large, with full-fleshed kernel. Bears early and regular." — Rock. 



'''Alpine, or Wonder of the Alps. — A new and very rare variety orig- 

 inated not long ago in the Alps Mountains, in France. Next to the 

 Mammoth it is the largest walnut grown on my place. Though the 

 shell looks a kind of rough, it is perfectly soft and thin, and the meat 

 sweet and filling well the shell. 



'"Lartfray. — A newly originated variety. Very pretty nut, oval in 

 shape, of fair size and first quality. 



*Poorman. — A new kind, of recent introduction. 



Fertile (Plate XI, Fig. 1). 



*Prceparturiens or Fertile, First Generation. — This variety was intro- 

 duced into the State by me, in the winter of 1870-71, and in my grounds, 

 2,600 feet up in the Sierra, are the first trees of that kind that ever pro- 

 duced fruit in this State. Described as follows: The Proeparturiens was 

 originated in France, in 1828; from the fact that it first bore nuts while 

 being but two years old, the Latin name of Proeparturiens was given to 

 it from Parturiens, bearing, Prce, before — bearing before the usual time. 

 It was also called Fertile, on account of its surprising fertility. The nut 

 is small, though thin-shelled, and very sweet ; it is this nut that pro- 

 duces " Second Generation " trees. 



* Proeparturiens or Fertile, Second Generation. — The Second Generation 

 Proeparturiens, the kind we recommend to plant, has retained all the 

 characteristics of the original, only the nuts are much larger, and larger, 

 too, than those of the third and fourth generations, seventy-five per cent 

 of the trees bearing nuts from medium to large, and twenty-five per cent 

 from small to medium, and of all sorts of shapes — all, however, being , 

 thin-shelled and of first quality. The Proeparturiens is one of the most 

 productive kinds, and bears heavy crops from the start, and it may be 

 regarded as the best variety of walnut to plant for family use; the 

 largest Proeparturiens nuts, though, being well marketable. 



*Desoribed by Mr. Felix Gillet. 



