We wish to summarize some of the preceding figures for a more intelligent comparison. 
Old grading law—1946— SuperJumbo Jumbo Large Medium Small Culls 
Royal graded out........... 21.9% 62.8% 9.1% 3% None 3.2% 
Barcelona graded out....... None 76% 38% 58% 3% 24% 
New grading law—1947— 
Royal graded out........... 54.61% 39.94% 1.98% 88% None 2.59 % 
Barcelona graded out....... None 7% 58% 26% 4% 5% 
Royal lbs. perton........... 1092 lbs. 789 lbs. 40 lbs. 17 lbs. None 51 lbs. 
Barcelona lbs. perton....... None 140 lbs. 11601bs. 520 lbs. 80 lbs. 100 lbs. 
Royal selling price.......... 33c lb. 27c lb. 23c lb. 21G Ibe ee ee es 
Barcelona selling price’.....  ...... 25c lb. 23c lb. 21c lb. l8clbaaee eee 
Royal grade value.......... $359.36 5212273 o9.00 me ae oO. 7 Omer) ee 
Barcelona grade value......  ....... $ 35.00 $266.80 $109.00 $14.40 ...... 
“This was the opening price, it was later lowered 4c to 5c per lb. 
The ton of Royals sold for $584.87 or 29.24c per pound. 
The ton of Barcelonas sold for $424.40 or 21.22c per pound or a net of 8c per pound in favor of the Royals. 
The Barcelona price was based on the opening price, actually the season’s average for Barcelona was less 
than the above figures so the margin in favor of Royal was greater than indicated. 
What is the customer getting when he buys Royal? 
A three-year test conducted by the late C. E. Schuster, U. S. Government Nut Culturist at Corvallis, Oregon, 
showed that Royal had 45.5% to 47.2% kernel and 52.8% to 54.5% shell while Barcelona had 40.5% kernel 
and 59.5% shell. 
We believe the next thing you will be interested in is yield of Royal as compared to Barcelona. We have 
records of individual trees that are outstanding. Trees 12 to 15 years old are as good as any Barcelonas of 
the same age. We think, however, yields of individual trees are not reliable, so we will see what two adjoin- 
ing orchards are doing. One orchard is a Royal orchard and the other is a Barcelona orchard. They are on 
exactly the same soil type, Newberg coarse sand. They are the same age, in their seventh growing season, 
so we do not have yield figures for the 1948 season. The first three seasons they both had poor care, since 
then the care has been much better. The Barcelona trees were supplied by another nursery. The Royal orchard 
is on the H. L. Pearcy ranch. The records show that Royal has produced more pounds of larger nuts that sold 
for more per pound each year for the last three years. For this comparison we are using 1946 selling price 
for the 1945 and 1946 crops and are using the 1947 selling price for 1947 crop. The 1946 selling price for 
Royal was 34c per pound for Super Jumbo and Jumbo, 25Y2c for large, 22c for medium and 14¥2c for small, 
or an average of 31.77c per pound. The average for Barcelona was 23.14c per pound. 
Average per acre yield and prices received: 
GAS eAcyides, ees ROYALS 2!) lbs. @ 31.7/c S$ Sie7 Barcelona 7 lbs. @ 23.14c $ 1.62 
POAGC5-Viwe eee oes ROYVAII2Z3 lbs..@°31.77c¢ 3av7 Barcelona 75 lbs. @ 23.14c 17.35 
EAVES pena ROYAL 169 lbs. @ 30c 39.70 Barcelona 68 lbs. @ 2lc 14.28 
OAR eit. ROYAL 350 lbs. @ 30c $105.00 Barcelona 151 lbs. @ 20c $30.20 
eee Cau tiesto... BOYAL/14 lbs. @ 30c 21420 Barcelona 276 lbs. @ 20c 55.20 
The Royals had double the yield of the Barcelona and nearly three times the gross sales. Ihe yield in 
neither case was spectacular or anything to brag about but is a good comparison of the two varieties grown 
under identical conditions. We have had enough experience with Royal to be sure that it will produce as 
much as Barcelona at any age. The fact that it produces a much larger nut that commands a premium price 
over other varieties is enough inducement to favor the planting of this variety over any other variety. 
