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all of the nuts on the tree, others that half of them, were of this type. 

 This appears to be a disadvantage rather than an advantage. Two 

 specimens of square nuts were received, but apparently they had two 



lobed kernels. They were of no special value. 



Mrs. Lucy Pierce of Batavia, Ohio, sent nuts of the Stabler type 

 with the statement that about half the nuts are one lobed. This nut 

 was not considered for a prize as all of the kernels were shriveled in 

 the nuts of that season. Those of the previous season were well 

 filled. This tree should be further observed. Mr. Weber has visited 

 it and can tell us more about it. 



Ralph Throp of Greensbur^, Indiana, won 3rd prize with a peanut 

 type of nut and writes that all the nuts on the tree are of this type. 

 They were nuts of the previous season and somewhat spoiled. 



These two nuts, and the first reported peanut walnut, come from the 

 same territory within 150 miles of one another, between latitudes 39' 

 and 39' 30". The Stabler comes from Maryland in about the same 

 latitude. Search in their neighborhood might be rewarded by finding 

 others of this interesting and valuable type. 



From Louisville, Tenn., came some kernels one of which had ap- 

 parently been taken from a nut with one lobe. 

 One man reported that his trees are dwarfs. 



One woman reported that her tree forks 2 feet from the ground and 

 the two halves bear different nuts. Those that she sent were different. 

 She says that the tree is not grafted. 



Two senders report that their seedling trees bears at three years 

 of age. 



Two growers report that their trees bear fifty bushels each. 



One man reports that the seed of the parent of his tree was 

 brought from Africa. 



A woman in Darlington, S. C, sent a large, round, thin-shelled, 

 rather poorly filled nut which she thinks is a hybrid of the pecan and 

 the Japanese walnut. It appears to be a pure pecan. 



Several foresters and county agents sent nuts or wrote of interest 

 in the the contest. 



One lady asked for the first prize just for telling us that the way 

 to crack black walnuts is to hit them on the end with a hammer. 



One man reports a lot of Royal walnut seedlings. 



