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fAll propagated by grafting.) 
Poormau Walnut. 
Monophylla Walnut. 
Ash-Leaved Walnut. 
ish, sweet and well flavored, the peliole of 
the kernel coming off freely from the rather 
smooth surface. Does not seem to do as 
well in California, as far as bearing quali- 
concerned, as it does in Europe. 
AMBRICAlSr WALNUTS. 
Butternut.— This kind is indigenous to 
the United States, and well known through- 
out the New England, Middle and Western 
States. The fruit is elongated; the nut hard 
and rough, with prominent ridges; the ker- 
nel pleasant flavored and oily, whence the 
name butternut. 
Pecan Nut. — This variety is found in 
the valley of the Mississippi and its tribu- 
taries. The tree is beautiful, with a straight 
and well' shaped trunk. The nut is oblong 
and smooth, and the kernel sweet and 
highly flavored. 
Hickory Nut— (Shell Bark).— The hick- 
ory grows tall and slender, with rough and 
shaggy bark. The wood is much used in 
making hoops, whip-stalks, axe-handles, 
etc.; the fruit contains a thin-shelled, 
richly-flavored kernel. 
California Black Walnut.— This spe-, 
oies of walnut is indigenous to California. 
The fruit is spherical, the nut hard but 
smooth, and not furrowed like the Eastern 
Black Walnut; the kernel is rich and oily. 
This walnut is of rapid growth, spreading 
out more than the Eastern kind, but going 
to bearing sooner. 
GRAFTED WALNUTS. 
The finest collection of the rarest and 
most valuable varieties to be found in the 
United States. 
We offer to our customers this season 
grafted trees (grafted from the original 
stock) of the following varieties: Mayette, 
Parisienne, Franquette, Chaberte, Vourey, 
Meylan, and a few Cluster, Weeping, Gant, 
Large and Late Proeparturiens, at from 
$1.50 to $2.50 per tree, according to kinds 
and sizes. 
The difficulty in grafting the Walnut is 
such that we have to keep up the prices of 
this class of trees at such high figures; it 
explains, also, the scarcity of "grafted" 
trees. Our place is, we believe, the only 
one in the United States where Grafted 
Walnuts can be obtained. 
(See accompanying essay on Walnut 
Grafting. ) 
CHESTNUTS. 
MABONS, OB FRENCH CHESTNUTS ( Solely prop- 
agated by grafting) . 
Marrou De Lyon.— Fruit large, round- 
Marron Merle.— Nut very Targe; first 
quality; very productive; a vary desirable 
kind. 
Early Marron — (Avant Chataigne).— 
This is one of the earliest chestnuts to ri- 
pen; and wherever the summer is short, or 
not warm enough to ripen the other sorts, 
this kind should be planted in preference. 
The nut is large, very sweet, and well fla- 
vored. 
Marron Grosse Precoce.— As its name 
shows, it is a large Marron and quite early; 
like the above kind, it should be planted in 
preference to all other sorts wherever the 
summers are short and cold. 
Yellow Marron.— (Jaune d'oeuf)— This 
is a very curious sort of Marron; when 
baked or .boiled the meat has the color of 
the yellow of an egg, hence its name. 
Marron Nouzillard.— A beautiful vari- 
ety, extensively cultivated in central France. 
Nut large, very sweet; very productive. 
"The above varieties or Marrons have 
been introduced by us into this country 
from Europe some eighteen years ago, others 
more recently. We are able, therefore, to 
tell about their bearing qualities. 
As seedling chestnuts are advertised un- 
der the utuiio of Marrons, which they are 
not, here irau easy way to detect the fraud: 
The leaves of the Marron ( propagated 
solely by grafting ) are of a glossy, dark 
green, with the teeth of the edge small, 
while those of seedlings are of a dull green, 
with larger teeth on the edge, and some- 
what broader. The nut of the grafted Mar- 
ron is found generally single, two at the 
most, in each burr, and that explains the 
large size of the nuts; while with seedlings 
the nuts grow from two to six in each burr, 
and are consequehtly smaller and flattened, 
at least the middle one, on each side. 
In quality our California-grown Marrons 
are not in the least inferior to the French 
nuts, but certainly superior to any seedling 
nuts grown in this State. 
