d.

Described from specimens received from Mr. Theo. Bechtel, Ocean
Springs, Miss.

CARMAN. Size medium, 1-7/8 x 3/4 inches; oblong, compressed;
color light yellowish-brown marked with splashes and blotches
of brownish-black about the apex; base rounded, blunt-tipped;
apex abruptly-pointed, shouldered and four-angled; shell
brittle of medium thickness, 1.2 mm.; partitions thin; cracking
quality very good; kernel long, slender, plump, straw-colored,
sutures straight, narrow, shallow; texture firm, compact;
flavor sweet, pleasant; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from Prof. F. H. Burnette,
Baton Rouge, La. Originated and introduced by Mr. S. H. James,
Mound, La.

CENTENNIAL. Size large, 2 x 7/8 x 3/4 inches; oblong,
compressed, constricted in the middle, with well marked
sutures; color grayish-brown, bright, marked with a few
purplish markings in the grooves at the apex; base tapering to
a blunt point; apex tapering, pointed, wedge-shaped, sometimes
curved; shell medium thick, 1.5 mm.; partitions thin; cracking
quality medium; kernel plump, full, brownish-yellow, bright,
sutures rather small, straight, secondary ones marked by a
line, surface rather wrinkled; flavor sweet, delicate; quality
very good.

Described from specimens received from Mr. J. F. Jones,
Monticello, Fla. "The original tree stood on the Anita
plantation of Mr. Amant Bourgeois, on the east bank of the
Mississippi river in St. James Parish, La."[C] It was destroyed
March 14, 1890, by the Anita Crevasse. Sixteen trees were
grafted in 1846 and 1847 by the slave gardener, Antoine, of Mr.
Telesphore J. Roman, owner of Oak Alley plantation. Two of
these earlier trees are still standing. Nuts were exhibited at
the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, in 1876, by Hubert
Bonzano. Under the name Centennial, it was probably first
catalogued by the late Richard Frotscher, of New Orleans, in
1885.

CHIQUITA. Small, ovate, shell medium, best, long keeper. (T. V.
Munson, Farm and Ranch, December 3, 1904, p. 2.)

CLARK. Size medium to large, 1-3/4 x 7/8 inches; ovate oblong;
color dull gray, with a few purplish spots about the apex; base
rounded; apex blunt; shell brittle of medium thickness, 1.3
mm.; cracking quality medium; partitions