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  SHELLBARK 
  HICKORY, 
  KING 
  NUT, 
  BIG 
  BUD 
  HICKORY 
  (H. 
  laciniosa) 
  . 
  

  

  Size 
  is 
  particularlj' 
  desired 
  with 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  thinness 
  of 
  shell 
  counts 
  

   high. 
  

  

  PECAN 
  (H. 
  pecan). 
  

  

  Pecans 
  sent 
  for 
  competition 
  must 
  be 
  native 
  nuts 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania, 
  Delaware, 
  Maryland, 
  Virginia, 
  West 
  Virginia, 
  Kentucky, 
  Indiana 
  and 
  

   Ohio 
  only, 
  as 
  these 
  nuts 
  are 
  desired 
  for 
  northern 
  horticulture. 
  

  

  OTHER 
  HICKORIES. 
  

  

  Sometimes 
  a 
  tree 
  of 
  various 
  other 
  kinds 
  of 
  hickories 
  will 
  produce 
  a 
  very 
  

   desirable 
  nut; 
  consequently 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  prizes 
  are 
  offered 
  for 
  any 
  hickory 
  

   nut 
  not 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  above 
  three 
  kinds. 
  

  

  BLACK 
  WALNUT 
  (Juglans 
  nigra). 
  

  

  Thin 
  shelled 
  black 
  walnuts 
  of 
  good 
  quality 
  are 
  desired. 
  

  

  BUTTERNUT, 
  WHITE 
  WALNUT 
  (Juglans 
  vinerea). 
  

   Size 
  and 
  thinness 
  of 
  shell 
  are 
  most 
  important. 
  

  

  PERSIAN 
  WALNUT, 
  ENGLISH 
  WALNUT 
  {Jtiglans 
  regia) 
  . 
  

   American 
  grown 
  varieties 
  the 
  only 
  ones 
  receiving 
  prizes. 
  

  

  ASIATIC 
  WALNUTS 
  (Juglans 
  cordiformis, 
  J. 
  Siebolcli. 
  J. 
  Sibirica) 
  . 
  

   American 
  grown 
  varieties 
  the 
  only 
  ones 
  receiving 
  prizes_ 
  

  

  BEECHNUT. 
  

  

  Size 
  stands 
  first 
  for 
  prize 
  qualifications 
  for 
  Beechnuts. 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HAZELS. 
  

  

  Thinness 
  of 
  shell 
  and 
  size 
  are 
  most 
  important. 
  

  

  CHINQUAPIN 
  (Castanea 
  pumila). 
  

  

  Size 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  qualification 
  for 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  CHESTNUTS. 
  

  

  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  rapid 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  blight 
  no 
  other 
  kinds 
  of 
  

   chestnut 
  besides 
  Chinquapins 
  are 
  desired 
  at 
  present. 
  

  

  FREAK 
  NUTS. 
  

  

  Remarkable 
  freaks 
  of 
  any 
  species 
  of 
  edible 
  nuts 
  may 
  win 
  prizes. 
  For 
  in- 
  

   stance, 
  a 
  black 
  Walnut 
  with 
  meat 
  growing 
  in 
  only 
  one 
  half 
  of 
  each 
  shell. 
  

  

  R. 
  T. 
  MORRIS, 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  

  

  President 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association. 
  

  

  PRIZES 
  AWARDED 
  IN 
  THE 
  RESULTING 
  COMPETITION. 
  

  

  1. 
  Hicoria 
  ovata 
  

  

  Plate 
  II, 
  first 
  prize: 
  

  

  Plate 
  I, 
  second 
  prize: 
  Exhibited 
  by 
  Theron 
  E. 
  Platt, 
  Newtown, 
  Conn. 
  

  

  2. 
  Hicoria 
  pecan 
  

  

  Mantura, 
  first 
  prize: 
  W. 
  N. 
  Roper, 
  Petersburg, 
  Va. 
  

  

  Major, 
  second 
  prize: 
  T. 
  P. 
  Littlepage, 
  Union 
  Trust 
  Building, 
  Washing- 
  

   ton, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  3. 
  Hicoria 
  laciniosa 
  

  

  First 
  and 
  second 
  prizes: 
  C. 
  N. 
  Stem, 
  Sabillasville, 
  Md. 
  

  

  4. 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  

  

  Nebo, 
  first 
  prize: 
  J. 
  G. 
  Rush, 
  West 
  Willow, 
  Pa. 
  

   Holden, 
  second 
  prize: 
  E. 
  B. 
  Holden, 
  Hilton, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  