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being independent of other requisites, such as fertility, hardiness and lateness in 
budding and blossoming out. Whenever a variety combines all the above character- 
istics, it might very well be called the "boss " variety to plant for market. 
For size and beauty of the nuts, no varieties can surpass the Mayette, Franquette, 
Parisienne and Meylan. But size and beauty of the nuts are not the only advantages 
of these four kinds over others, for they are, besides, hardy, budding out late, and 
were never injured by frost in the spring or in the fall on our place, 2,600 feet 
up in the mountains. As to their fertility, our bearing trees of these kinds, grafted 
and second generation seedling trees, though -rather young yet, give unmistakable 
signs of being heavy bearers, and they have turned out to be very productive wherever 
given a good trial. For instance, in Vancouver, State of Washington, a grafted 
Franquette planted in the winter of 1887-88, was so loaded with nuts in 1895, the last 
we heard of it, that it had to be propped up, the same as we do with peach trees ; and 
in Albany, Oregon, another Franquette and a Mayette-shaped Proepartui'ieus, both 
grafted and planted in the spring of 1887, bore 50 pounds of nuts each in 1897, the 
top of the trees covering thirty feet of ground, or fifteen feet on each side. The nuts, 
both from the Vancouver and Albany trees were beauties. In a climate like that of the 
Pacific Coast, the first requisite as to the best market walmit to plant is, first, hardi- 
ness ; second, size and beauty of the nut; third, fertility ; and our honest opinion is 
that the Mayette, Franquette, Parisienne and Meylan combine each of them in them- 
selves, the three above requisites. 
Plant None but "Second Generation" Seedlings. 
Poi- the last twenty-eight years, we have been experimenting on first, second, 
third and fourth generations of walnuts, and find that from the third generation the 
walnut so degenerates that we would not advise anyone to jilaut, if wishing to raise 
nuts for market, trees of the third or fourth generation. 
We call first generation the original variety, which is solely, of course, reproduced 
by grafting ; second geueration, trees grown from nuts borne on first generation 
trees, and so on. Our best results, apart from grafted trees of the first generation, 
have been obtained from our second generation trees. 
We positively guarantee our customers that all our second geueration trees are 
ifenttine, that is, grown from nuts borne on grafted trees, themselves grafted from the 
original. 
Vast Collection of French Walnut Varieties. 
Our collection of French walnuts — the largest and finest one to be found either in 
this country or Europe — comprises twenty-tvro distinct varieties, all regular soft-shell 
kinds but one, the Cross-Bred or Vilmorin walnut, and evei'y one, with the 
exception of the Poorman Walnut, having fruited on our place, a guarantee that our 
home-gi'afted trees of these kind.s are absolutely true. Four of these varieties have 
been originated by us in Oalitornia, the other eighteen were introduced by us into this 
country from Europe the last twentj'-eight years. 
Those twenty-two varieties of walnuts have each distinct characteristics, some 
being recommended either for the large size and shape of the nuts, or for their sur- 
prising fertility and precocity ; others for their lateness m budding out, that enables 
them to withstand, uninjured, late frosts, so common in the spring, with few 
exceptions, from one end of the Pacific Coast to the other; and still others for the 
exceptional beauty of their foliage, like the Laciniated or Ash-leaved walnut, or for 
their singular habits, like the Weeping walnut. 
We will now give a correct description of each variety: 
Proepartnriens or Fertile Walnut. — 
This famous variety of the Juglans Regia 
family was originated in France in 1828, and 
first introduced bj' ourselves into California 
in the spring of 1871 . From the fact that it 
first bore nuts while being two years old, 
the Latin name of Proeparturiens was given 
to it, from Parturiena, bearing, Prce, before, 
bearing before the usual time. It was also 
called Fertile, because of its surprising fer- 
tility. The nut is rather small, though 
thin-shelled and very sweet, only 25 per 
cent, of tlie trees, second generation trees, 
bear nuts from mediuui to large. Well 
suited for the family garden on account of 
its precocity and fertility. 
Mayette-sliaped Proeparturiens.— Or- 
iginated by us in Nevada City twenty-three 
years ago. Nut large, sitting on its big end 
like the Mayette, hence its name. Full- 
fleshed kernel, of first quality; heavy bearer, 
solely propagated by grafting. 
