Excerpt from Walnut Culture in California
At the present time, there are approximately acres of. Walnut trees of various ages within the state.
During the past decade walnuts have been one of the most staple and at the same time one of the most profitable crops which could be grown on such land and in such locations as are adapted to this cr0p.
The importance of walnuts as an article of commerce is shown in table 1. The record of importation of walnuts from abroad together with the production in this country may be compared. The increasing importance is shown of both the imported and domestic walnuts as a source of food in this country.
Inasmuch as the proportion of imported shelled nuts to those imported in the shells has increased greatly during the past decade, it is necessary to transpose all tonnage figures to the same basis. Other wise the totals are not comparable. The total tonnage for each year is therefore stated in terms of walnuts in the shell, the kernel ton nages being transposed into terms of unshelled nuts containing 45 per cent edible portion.
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