THOMAS BLACK WALNUT 
iiiesvatiety Originated near King of Prussia, Pa., 40° 5’ N. Lat: 
Thomas is the oldest and most nearly standard of any of the black walnut 
varieties. Probably more people consider Thomas to be the best black 
walnut variety than there are that think some other variety is. We do 
not consider it so here. It 1s a good nut, there is no doubt about that, 
but the tree is not as hardy as most any of our other leading varieties. 
It drops its leaves early in the fall, usually ten days or two weeks before 
the nuts are ripe and the flavor of the kernel is not as good as most of 
our other leading varieties. 
Tree is very vigorous and a rapid grower. Nuts ripen here about the 
10th to the middle of October in normal years. However, the nuts have 
beemewelliimatured here in all years except one. size, 19 nuts per pound: 
Cracks excellently. 
