“Compared with the commercials, the S-61 nut rates as fol- 
lows: 
Sizeopnut ys .-Olvarcer, 
Shell: S-61 thinner. 
Fullness of kernel: S-61 about the same, but being a larger 
nut, the kernels were correspondingly larger. 
Brightness of kernel: S-61 was darker than four of the stand- 
ards and about as dark as one of the standards. 
Quality of kernel: S-61 on a parity with the standards; if 
there was any difference S-61 excelled. 
‘Bitter tang, Not-discernibleinss-0l} and present invvery 
small amount, if at all, in the standards. 
“When you get returns from Mr. Reed, I will be interested to 
learn of his conclusions. 
“Should the time come, and it should come soon, when I re- 
trieve nuts of the order of S-61 from my Orchard Point property 
(Lake Champlain) I will be distinctly proud.” 
From the extracts, quoted above, from Mr. Pyrke’s letters, 
you will see that Littlepage (S-61) underwent a very severe test 
on the shores of Lake Champlain in February, 1943, for if it was 
—48° F. at Moriah Center only five miles away, it certainly must 
have been very cold at his Orchard Point property. 
The nuts of Littlepage ripen quite early. In the Fall of 1944 
they were ripe and starting to fall from the tree on September 
15th. The first pistillate blossoms appeared to be receptive about 
May 19th and all appeared to be receptive on May 24th, this gives 
a period of 114 to 119 days between blossoms and ripe nuts. Our 
earliest black walnuts were not ripe in 1944 until September 29th, 
thus Littlepage is two weeks earlier than our earliest black wal- 
nuts. Littlepage is about 25 days earlier than Thomas black wal- 
nut, as our Thomas black walnuts were ripe about October 10th. 
We are having the Littlepage patented. 
A Word of Caution. This is a new and untried variety, except 
as recorded above. 
We Guarantee that all of the statements regarding the be- 
havior of this variety, as related above, are absolutely true. 
We Do Not Guarantee that it will do as well in the future. In 
February, 1943, it withstood —34° F. here and the graft growing 
on the shore of Lake Champlain probably withstood as low as 
—40° F. or possibly colder. But this is only one instance and 
does not prove that it will stand such low temperatures under any 
and all conditions. 
Therefore, we want everyone who purchases one or more trees 
of Littlepage to realize that they are taking a certain amount of 
risk. But also they are performing a service, in that it is abso- 
