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This was shortly after changed by taking five points from propor- 

 tion of kernel, leaving it fifteen^ adding five points to cracking quality, 

 and distinguishing between cracking quality commercial, the per cent of 

 the entire kernel that could be easily picked out after cracking, which 

 was given twenty points, and cracking quality absolute, the per cent of 

 the entire kernel that dropped out after cracking, to which five points 

 were assigned. 



The above score card was intended to be used for all nuts with a 

 hard shell and has seemed quite satisfactory up to the present time. 



For black walnuts, however, especially for use in the 1926 contest 

 changes seemed desirable, as it is evident that black walnut kernels, and 

 not the entire nut will be what will generally reach the consumer. The 

 form and color of the shell did not seem important. Husking quality, 

 the ease with which the husk is removed, while of the utmost practical 

 importance, as those whose trees bore well the past season found with 

 a vengeance, is impossible of determination when nuts are received 

 husked and dried as they are in a nut contest. Thinness of shell did not 

 seem to have much importance in the case of the black walnut, as in 

 cracking nuts by machinery a thick shell means only added strength 

 and power to the cracking machine. Eliminating these qualities from 

 consideration gave us twenty-five points to add to others. The score 

 card as finally adopted for use with black walnuts in the 1926 Contest 

 was as follows : 



Size 10 Points 



Cracking Quality (Commercial 25) 



(Absolute 20) 45 



Color of kernel 5 " 



Proportion of kernel 15 " 



Quality and flavor of kernel 25 " 



Total 100 



The results of the tests are noted on the accompanying sheets. Un- 

 fortunately, it was not possible to write a line long enough on the type- 

 writer used to get all the facts about each nut in one table. Therefore, 

 two tables were made, the name and address of the sender of the nuts, 

 and the points awarded, being on one, and the name of the sender and 

 the weighings and calculations on the other. The column on the ex- 

 treme right of the one showing the points awarded shows how each nut 

 ranked in the contest, there being in many cases two or more nuts win- 



