Perfection._) Size medium, 1-3/8 x
7/8 inches; oblong; color grayish-brown marked well down the
sides from the apex with purplish-black splashes; base
flattened, rounded; apex abrupt, blunt; shell slightly ridged,
of medium thickness, 1.3 mm.; partitions rather thick, corky;
cracking quality medium; kernel full, plump, brownish-yellow,
narrow and moderately deep, sutures narrow, of moderate depth,
secondary ones well defined; texture fairly solid; flavor
sweet, good; quality very good.

Originated by S. H. James, Mound, La.

PETITE. Small and plump; white hull; very desirable. (Helen
Harcourt, Florida.)

PRESIDENT. Large, oblong, pointed, thin shell, full, best. (T.
V. Munson, Farm and Ranch, Dec. 3, 1904, p. 2).

PRIMATE. (W. R. Stuart, Ocean Springs, Miss.) Of medium size,
slender, rather long; shell thin; quality good; ripens in
September, thirty days before the other nuts. (Report Sec.
Agr., 1893, 295: 1894.)

POST. (Syn.: _Port's Select in part_.) Size medium, 1-3/4 x 1
inches; short, obovate, compressed on the upper half color
light brownish-yellow, marked with a few purplish splashes
about the apex; base rounded; apex blunt, abruptly shouldered;
shell of medium thickness, 1.35 mm.; partitions thick; cracking
quality medium; kernel plump, bright straw-colored, deeply
grooved and wrinkled, texture firm, solid; flavor sweet,
delicate; quality good.

Described from specimens from the original tree, received from
Wm. A. Taylor, U. S. Department of Agriculture. The original
seedling tree stands on H. B. Freeman's farm on the Colorado
river bottom, San Saba county, Texas. It took its name from Mr.
Post, a former owner of the place.[F]

RANDALL. (Syn.: _Curtis No. 3._) Small, 1-3/8 x 1 inches;
ovate-oblong; color grayish-brown splashed with broad marks of
purplish-brown, and covered with small dots throughout; base
rounded; apex abruptly blunt-pointed; shell rough, of medium
thickness; cracking quality very good; partitions corky, of
medium thickness, 1.25 mm.; kernel medium size, smooth,
roundish sutures, reddish-yellow in color; texture firm and
compact; flavor sweet and good; quality very good.

Specimens for description obtained of Dr. J. B. Curtis, Orange
Heights, Fla. Origin similar to Curtis.

REPTON