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this nut. indicates that it 18 a 2000 one form nor thermo lanvingee 
SNYDER- The original tree grows near Newfield,N. Y. A920) N, bate 
It was awarded first prize in the New York & New England contest 
of 1934. The nut is large,nthin shelled and cracks out weil.ihe 
tres appears* to ba a oe ones h8 every other year, our graft bore 
a large crop in both 1942 and 1944, Many varieties of black walnuts 
shed a large proportion of their leaves-rather early in the Fall, 
this detracts from their ornamental valhe at this time. Snyder - ‘does 
retain it!s leaves in the Fall very well,in this respect it is .sec~ 
ond only to Sparrow, of all tho varietibs we haves. on trial, 
We sent a sample of the 1942 crop to hir. Reed for testing, It 
rated as follows: number of nuts per pound-21l,percent kermel- 25,99, 
percent quarters-~ oe 90, soze~ large,shell~- thin, cleavage- excellant, 
See SCI mostly good, color~ dark, quality- good,flavor- good, 
rated Ae, Reoncntan This indicates a very good nut.It ripens here 
in late September,so should mature it's nuts considerably farther 
north than we arc here. Reccommended by Dr. MacDaniels in "Arnoldia". 
We consider it one of our best varieties. We can supply sample nut 
(See back page). We have some very fine trees of this variety in all 
Sizes. 
SPARROW- This is our pet variety of black walnut, we.consider it as 
good or possibly better than Thomas as it grows here. The nut is not 
quite as large as Thomas but percent of kernel is as large or larger, 
We have had many try the flavor of lernel as compared to Thomas and 
the verdict hag beon unanimous eas favor of Sparrow, This variety 
originated near Lomax, Ill. 40° N phat oo Sh Spite lolitas. ret ier 
southern origin, ibis) welt ae to far northern planting as the 
tree appears to be perfectly hardy and the nuts ripen as early as 
Snyder and about two weeks carlicr than Thomas. Sparrow retains it's 
leaves in the Fall better than any other variety we have observed 
so far, slightly better than Snyder and much better than Thomas and 
Stambough. The nut appears to be small while on the tree because it 
has a very this husk, yet it husks very readily, the husked nuts 
comming out exceptionally clean, The thin husk ,discourages the husk 
maggot,being practically free of this pest while the thicker husked 
varieties are badly infested. As the nuts ripen they turn a very 
previy yellow*color, 
We sent a sample of the 1942 nut crop to Mr, Reed for testing, 
it rated as follows; number of nuts pcr pound- 27,percent of kernel- 
29.94, percent quarters=- 96,22,size- medium, shell thickness- mediun, 
cleavage=- vory good,color= bright, quality- rich, flavore swect, 
rated A, very promising, — 
We can supply a Sauiple nut of this varicty (See back page). We 
héve a fine Lot of trees of this Variety in alaeaives. 
STAMBOUGH~ This variety originatcd near Galesburg,Ill. 40°8! N, Lat. 
It was awarded first prize in the Northern Nut Growers Assn. contest 
‘of 1926,,The nut, is one.of the very best, being large, thin sholled, 
and of excellant cracking quality. Size 25 per pound. Our guare bore 
a very Large crop 7 1944, indicating thatiaiewill bens good bearer, 
The nuts ripen late,in fact it has matured it's nuts:-here in only 
one year (1944), in the other years the kerncls were somewhat shrivel- 
ed and tasted immature, We are located too far north for this varicty, 
it should not be planted farther north than 41° N. Lateand there at 
not more than 500 feet above sea lovel,. farther south it should be-sone 
of thesbest.varicties. 
