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may be planted closer than the old kinds. They are the best trees to plant 
where other walnuts are troubled with late Spring frosts, as they do not start to 
grow or bloom as early by ten days as other varieties, and the fruit ripens a 
little earlier. Phe nuts biing four or five cents a pound more than the common 
English Walnut. The shell can be easily broken by the hand. The meat is 
white and unusually sweet. Price 50 cents to $1.00, according to size. 
Prseparturiens Walnut. 
Prasparturiens, or Early-bearing- Walnut. —A variety of the 
English Walnut which bears when three or four years old. The nuts are of 
good size, and the flavor is excellent. Price, 50 cents to $1.00 each, according 
to size. 
Pecan Nut. — A vigorous grower, and it appears to be perfectly at home 
in California. Pecan timber is very valuable. The tree is also profitable for 
the nuts, which are imported in large quantities. Price, 25 to 50 cents. 
Siebold, or Japan Walnut. — This species, clearly distinct from all 
others, is found growing wild in the mountains of Northern Japan, and is without 
doubt as hardy as an oak. The tree grows rapidly and attains a very large size 
with a magnificent spreading top. The leaves are of immense size and of a 
charming shade of green. The nuts, which are produced in extreme abundance, 
grow in clusters of fifteen to twenty in a cluster, have a shell thicker than the 
English walnut but not as thick as the black walnut. The meat is sweet, of the 
very best quality, and can be removed entire. The trees grow with great vigor, 
and are easily grafted on our common walnuts, yet it comes perfectly true from 
seed, and this is the best way to raise it. All my trees of this variety were sold 
last season; I can only offer nuts this year. Price, 75 cents per dozen. 
Butternut.' —Bears a long, hard-shelled, rich, oily nut of fine flavor. The 
wood is valuable for cabinet work.. Like all the other nut trees it commences 
to bear younger than it does in its Eastern home. Price, 25 cents each. 
Asparag-us (Conover’s Colossal). — Price, one year, per 100, $1.00 ; two years, 
per 100, $2.00. 
Asparag-us (Palmetto).—A new giant variety. Price, 1 year, large plants, 
$1.00 per dozen. 
Rhubarb (Victoria). — A large, fine-flavored English variety. Price, 30 cents 
each, $3.00 per dozen. 
Rhubarb (Mammoth).—The largest variety. Price, 30 cents each; $3.00 per 
dozen. 
Horse-radish. —Roots. Price, 25 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. 
