
BERGER HICKORY (Shellbark, Carya laciniosa) 
This variety originated near Cove Gap, Pa. It took first prize in the 
miscellaneous hickory class of the Northern Nut Growers Contest. of 
1934. There has been some mix-up of the grafting wood of this variety 
and some experimenters have found, when their grafts started bearing, 
that they had something else. However, we very definitely have the true 
Berger. It is a very good nut and matures its nuts well here. Quality 
is excellent. Nut small for a shellbark but quite large for a shaghark. 
Tree is vigorous and appears perfectly hardy here. Nuts ripen about 
the first week in October in normal years here. This places it in the 
medium late ripening class. 
