rotina, Sexton, Vourey, Concord, Chase and the Eureka.

The question of the best varieties for planting in the North as
well as in the South is somewhat open to discussion, due largely
to a lack of sufficient information in regard to some of the more
promising kinds. There is but little question that the best
proven variety for the Northwest is the Franquette and for the
East and Northeast, the Pomeroy. Both of these are good producers
bearing a fine nut, well filled with a white meat of excellent
flavor, and of good shape and commanding the highest market
prices. The two varieties are also very late in starting in the
Spring making them safe against the late frosts. Their pistillate
and staminate blossoms mature at the same time.

[Illustration: ENGLISH WALNUTS BEAR IN CLUSTERS OF TWO TO
FIVE]

The white-meated nut is far superior to any other. The browning
or staining is caused by the extremely dry heat and sun in the
far South. In the North or where the tree has an abundant thick
foliage the meat is invariably whiter.

[Sidenote: =The Mission Nut=]

The Mission Nut was introduced by the priests of Los Angeles and
is the pioneer Persian Walnut of California. Most of the bearing
orchards of the state are composed of seedling trees of this
type. The nut is medium-sized with a hard shell of ordinary
thickness. It succeeds admirably in a few favored districts (of
Southern California) but fails in productiveness farther North.
Its most prominent faults are--early blooming, in consequence of
which it is often caught by the late frosts; the irregular and
unequal blooming of its pistillate and staminate blossoms, and
the consequent failure of the former to be fertilized and to
develop nuts; and lateness in ripening its wood in the Fall and
consequent liability to injury by frost at that time.

[Sidenote: =The Santa Barbara Nut=]

The Santa Barbara English Walnut (soft-shell) variety is about
ten days later than the Mission in starting growth and in
blooming in the Spring. It fruits from four to six years from
seed and usually produces a full crop every year. It is not as
strong a grower as the Mission and more trees can be grown to the
acre. The shells are thin and easily broken, therefore the nuts
are sometimes damaged in long shipment. The kernel is white and
of very fine quality.

[Sidenote: =The Pomeroy Nut=]

The Pomeroy variety was started in a most peculiar and
interesting way. The late Norman Pomer