idges; color dull dark gray marked with dark specks
and blotches with purplish-black from center to apex; base
sloping, rounded, blunt; apex abruptly short-pointed,
four-angled; shell thick, brittle, 1.4 mm.; partitions thick,
corky; cracking quality good; kernel bright light yellow,
sutures broad, open, shallow, secondary ones almost lacking,
sometimes slack at bottom end; texture rather open; flavor
sweet; quality good.

[Illustration: FIG. 4. Mammoth. Dalzell. Kennedy.]

Described from specimens received from Mr. Theo. Bechtel, Ocean
Springs, Miss. A large nut of fairly good quality, said in some
cases to have been substituted for Schley, from which it is
very distinct.

DEWEY. Medium to large, 1-7/8 x 3/4 inches; ovate pointed;
color dull gray, marked with splashes of purplish-brown; base
rounded; apex sharp; shell brittle and thin, .88 mm.; cracking
quality very good; partitions thin; kernel full, plump, smooth,
bright light straw-colored, with narrow sutures of medium
depth; texture firm and solid; flavor sweet, rich, good;
quality very good.

Specimens for description obtained of H. K. Miller, Monticello,
Fla. Originated in Jefferson county, Fla.

DEWITT. An oddity, having the shape of a spinning top. Shell is
thin, and its rich meat is easily extracted on account of its
peculiar shape. (Bacon's Cat. 1900.)

DOMESTIC. Large, 2 x 3/4 inches; oblong ovate, compressed
toward the base; color light reddish-brown, with splotches of
purplish-brown throughout; base sloping, pointed; apex
four-angled, abruptly blunt-pointed; shell brittle, thin, .95
mm.; cracking quality good; partitions thick, red, corky;
kernel brownish-yellow, plump, full, wrinkled on the sides with
straight, narrow, deep sutures and secondary ones fairly well
developed; texture compact and fine grained; flavor sweet,
good; quality very good.

Specimens for description obtained from Frank H. Lewis,
Scranton, Miss.

EARLY TEXAN. (Louis Biediger, Idlewild, Tex.) Size above
medium, short, cylindrical, with rounded base and blunt conical
crown; shell quite thick, shell lining thick, astringent;
cracking quality medium; kernel not very plump, of mild nutty
flavor; quality good. (Report Sec'y Agr., 1893: 295, 1894.)

EGG. (Syn.: _Eggshell_.) Mediu