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A. C. Harvey, La Fayette, Ind., sends specimens of a long, pointed, ovate nut 

 deeply grooved and with a rather heavy shell. It is of good flavor and is illustrated 

 as a form often found in this species. (See pi. 10, fig. 2.) 



S. Lee Cox, Oakwood, 111., has a variety of good size and of good cracking qualities. 



W. S. Rhea, Pulaski, Tenn., has a large, long, angular, ovate nut of rather thick 

 shell, fair cracking quality, and large, rich meat. 



J. N. Harris, Griffin, Ga. : " I have some few almost equal to pecans." 



NAMED VARIETIES. 



Until the investigation preliminary to the publication of this report but few shag- 

 barks had received varietal names. The difficulties and disappointments attending 

 propagation have cooled the ambition of the most enthusiastic owners of choice 

 hickories, which may be accredited for the short list of varieties named. 



CURTIS. Received from A. J. Coe, Meriden, Conn. A medium-sized, smooth nut, 

 slightly compressed; shell thin, cracking quality excellent, kernel plump and light 

 colored; quality good. 



DOVER. Specimens from Andrew Stough, Dover, Pa. Size, medium or below 

 medium; quite angular, broader at the base than toward apex, with a distinguishing 

 long and sharp point at the base; color, dull yellowish; shell moderately thin; crack- 

 ing qualities medium; quality moderately good, with slight astringency. 



ELIOT. Grown by Whitney Eliot, North Haven, Conn. This variety was brought 

 to public notice by being awarded a prize offered by A. J. Coe for the best hickory 

 nut exhibited at the December meeting of the Connecticut Agricultural Society, 1892. 

 It is a nut of medium size, compressed, angular, ovate in form, with a large and promi- 

 nent tip. The shell and inner partitions are thin and the cracking quality good, 

 though not best; kernel plump, not very oily; flavor mild and pleasant. Is the pro- 

 duct of a grafted tree. 



HALES (Hales 1 Paper shell). Specimens from Henry Hales, Ridgewood, N. J. 

 Large, quadrangular, somewhat compressed, quite angular and "lumpy" in external 

 appearance; brownish tinge; shell is thin, but does not check well to the ends in 

 cracking ; kernel is deeply corrugated, but leaves the shell easily, and is of fair 

 quality. The tree is large and bears a fair crop annually ; it is growing with several 

 others of the same species on the farm of Mr. Hales. Its propagation in a small way 

 has been attempted with some measure of success. This nut seems to have been the 

 first variety to receive a distinctive name. About 1870 Andrew S. Fuller described 

 it under the name "Hales' Papershell." 1 



IDEAL. George J. Streator, Garrettsville, Ohio. A compressed, quadrangular 

 nut of medium size; shell moderately thick and too deeply corrugated internally to 

 admit the easy removal of the meat, which is moderately plump and of good quality. 



JACKSON (pi. 10, fig. 7). J. F. Rice, Berlin Cross Roads, Ohio. A large, smooth, 

 compressed oval nut, with moderately thin shell and large, plump meat; cracking 

 quality medium; quality of meat excellent. 



LEAMING. Rush G. Learning, Sedalia, Mo. A large nut of fine flavor and very 

 good cracking qualities, the meat coming out freely in uninjured halves. 



MEKIDEN (pi. 10, fig. 6). A. J. Coe, Meriden, Conn. Large, compressed, almost 

 ob-ovate; shell rather thick, but cracks well and has a large meat; quality good. 



MILFORD (pi. 10, fig. 8). O. C. Cook, Milford, Mass. A medium to large com- 

 pressed ovate nut, with thin shell, superior cracking quality, plump meat, and excel- 

 lent flavor; one of the best. 



RICE (pi. 10, fig. 9). J. F. Rice, Berlin Cross Roads, Ohio. Medium to large, 

 angular, ovate; shell thin, cracks well; meat plump, light colored, and of fine quality. 

 Mr. Rice reports that the tree hardly ever fails of a good crop. 



1 Practical Forestry, 1884, page 120. 



