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Colnnibus Walnut.— Originated by us 
from a Second Generation llayette. The 
nut is large, exceedingly pretty, roundish, 
with smooth, li«ht-colored shell, and ker- 
nel of first quality ; heavy bearer and quite 
hardy. Named Columbus, in honor of the 
World's Fair of 1893, the year that our first 
tree of that kind went into bearing. Pro- 
pagated by grafting. See Fig. 10, Plate II. 
Alpine W.ilnut, or Wonder of the 
Alps. — -A new and very rare variety origi- 
nated not long ago in the Alps mountains, 
in France. Next to the Jange or Mam- 
moth, it is the largest walnut grown. 
Though the shell looks a kind of rough, 
like all Mammoth walnuts do, it is per- 
fectly soft and thin, and the meat sweet 
and filling well the shell. Propagated by 
grafting. See Fig. 8, Plate II. 
Jauge or Mammoth Walnut.— This is 
an immense nut, the largest yet originated. 
So large is the shell of some of them that 
ladies' companions are made out of the 
shells by fancy goods manufacturers, 
and where to stow away gloves or handker- 
chiefs. The nut, though of such large 
dimensions, has a thin shell and the kernel 
is good. Our cut represents only a nut of 
medium size. See Fig. 6, Plate II. 
Tilmorin or Cross-Bred Walnut.— 
This curious variety was obtained through 
"hybridizing, " years ago, in France. It is 
a cross between the English Walnut and 
the Eastern Black Walnut, and was called 
Vilmorin after the leading member of the 
well-known seed firm of Vilmorin, Andrieux 
& Co.. of Paris. The nut is small and has 
the shape of the Euylish Walnut, but the 
furrows of the Black Walnut ; it is darker 
than the English and lighter than the 
Black. It can hardly be called an impiove- 
meut on the Black Walnut ; surely it is not 
one on the English. It is a very odd sort, 
having no commercial value whatever. We 
have fruited this cross-bred walnut for the 
last nine years, and we can assure our 
patrons that either as a family or market 
nut, this cross-bred variety is entirely 
worthless. £t must be regarded and propa- 
gated, therefore, simply as an ornamental 
variety. See Fig. 15, Plate III. 
We would hereby caution the public in 
general against the present infatuation for 
"hybridized" kinds of nuts and fruits. 
Hybridized kinds are not "constant," and 
hybridizing (whether scienli/ic or not), as 
far as regards nut and fruit trees, has given 
but negative results, and the best varieties 
of nuts and fruits are yet, as they have 
formerly been, originated through selection 
and from the seed, without any crossing of 
varieties. 
Laciniated, or Ash-Leaved Walnut.— 
The foliage of this kind of waluut 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 very 
pretty, small to medium, perfectly round, 
with a very smooth, cream colored shell. 
It is a good bearer. Propagated by graft- 
ing. See Fig. 14, Plate III. 
Weeping- Walnut.— A new and very 
curious kind of waluut, highly ornamental, 
the branches drooping down like those of 
the weeping willow. The nut is of medium 
size, oval, thin-shelled and of good quality; 
it is a very abundant bearer. Propagated 
solely by grafting. See Fig. 12, Plate III. 
AMERICAN NUTS. 
Butternut.— This kind is indigenous to 
the United States. The uut is elongated, 
hard and rough, with prominent ridges; 
the kernel pleasant flavored and oily. 
Hickory Nut.— The Hickory grows tall 
and slender, with rough and shaggy bark. 
The fruit contains a thin-shelled, richly 
flavored kernel. Quite ornamental. 
Texas Paper-shell Pecan.— The softest 
and thinnest-shelled pecan, from the San 
Saba Valley, Texas. A most sweet and 
highly-flavored kernel. 
Eastern Black Walnut. 
California Black Walnut. 
ORAFTED WALNUTS. 
Our collectiou of Grafted Walnuts is the 
rarest and most valuable of that kind to be 
found anywhere; it is unique, the trees 
being all grafted from the original type, and 
as the trees we offer for sale are grafted 
from our hearing tiees, it is a guarantee to 
our patrons that they can depend on them 
to be true. 
On account of scarcity of trees — for it is 
very hard to graft young walnut trees— and 
of the great demand for trees to be planted 
as "mother" trees by people desirous to 
redeem by grafting large, unproductive Los 
Angeles Waluut and Black Walnut trees, 
and get from such mother trees the scions 
they need for budding or grafting pur- 
poses — we will, for the present, decline any 
orders for more than half a dozen of trees 
to one customer. 
Our charges for Grafted Walnuts are 
$1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 per tree, according 
to age, size and kind. 
The difficulty in grafting the walnut is 
such that we have to keep up the prices of 
grafted walnuts at such high figures; it ex- 
plains, also, the scarcity of such trees. 
Our 1-year-old trees are grafted in small 
pots in the greenhouse, through the Treyve 
method of grafting 1-year-old seedlings, 
discovered some 17 years ago in France, 
the trees being planted the ensuing spring 
in nursery rows. 
