Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting, HICKORIES — Read Online

HICKORIES

KEY:

A: Species B: Prize awarded C: Average weight of nut D: Average weight of kernel E: Average weight of kernel that dropped out after cracking F: Average weight of kernel that could be easily picked out with fingers after cracking G: Average cracking pressure H: Proportion of kernel I: Cracking quality absolute J: Cracking quality commercial K: Size (10) K: Form (5) M: Color of shell (5) N: Husking quality (5) O: Thinness of shell (10) P: Cracking quality commercial (20) Q: Cracking quality absolute (5) R: Color of kernel (5) S: Proportion of kernel (15) T: Quality of kernel (20) U: Total points awarded (100)

NAME ADDRESS DESIGNATION A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U

Luther W. Vest Blacksburg, Va. Vest hickory G 1 5.0g 2.5g 0.0g 2.5g 46kg 49.6 0.0 100.0 3 4 4 5 6 20 0 4 9 20 75

G. W. Manahan Sabillasville. Md. Manahan hickory G 1 7.8g 3.8g 2.3g 3.4g 99kg 48.5 61.2 90.5 5 4 4 5 4 17 3 4 9 20 75

Eugene J. Clark Ludlow, Mass. —— G 2 6.5g 2.6g 0.0g 2.6g 83kg 40.8 0.0 100.0 4 5 5 5 4 20 0 4 7 20 74

Ralph T. Olcott Rochester, N. Y. Laney hickory GxB 2 6.9g 4.0g .7g 3.6g 46kg 57.5 17.6 90.4 5 5 4 5 6 17 0 3 11 18 74

Snyder Bros. Center Point, Ia. Fairbanks hickory GxB 2 7.6g 3.6g 1.8g 3.6g 64kg 48.1 49.5 100.0 5 5 5 5 5 20 2 3 9 15 74

Mort Sturts Hazel Dell, Ill. Hickory No. 1 G 3 4.7g 2.2g 1.2g 2.2g 49kg 46.1 55.6 100.0 3 3 5 5 6 20 2 3 8 18 73

Howard G. Barnes Fayetteville, O. Hickory No. 1 G 4 5.0g 2.6g 2.6g 2.6g 79kg 51.4 100.0 100.0 3 4 4 5 4 20 5 2 10 15 72

E. C. Beam Mt. Oreb, O. Hickory No. 2 G 4 3.7g 1.9g .6g 1.9g 43kg 50.0 33.3 100.0 2 4 3 5 6 20 1 2 9 20 72

Charles Swaim South Bend, Ind. Swaim hickory G 4 5.1g 2.4g 2.3g 2.4g 42kg 47.5 97.2 100.0 4 3 4 4 6 20 4 3 9 15 72

G. E. Beaver Millerstown, Pa. Beaver hickory GxB 5 6.7g 3.4g 0.0g 3.4g 29kg 50.3 0.0 100.0 4 5 4 5 7 20 0 2 9 15 71

Mrs. Augusta Patton Walnut Hill. Ill. —— G 5 6.5g 2.7g 2.2g 2.5g 77kg 40.5 81.6 92.8 4 4 4 5 5 18 4 2 7 18 71

E. C. Beam Mt. Oreb, O. Hickory No. 1 G 6 4.6g 1.9g 1.2g 1.7g 33kg 41.9 61.8 87.8 3 3 4 5 7 16 3 2 7 20 70

E. C. Beam Mt. Oreb, O. Hickory No. 7 G 6 4.8g 1.6g .8g 1.6g 68kg 33.4 46.9 100.0 3 4 3 5 5 20 2 3 5 20 70

James L. Glover Shelton, Conn. Hickory No. 1 G 6 5.0g 1.9g 1.8g 1.9g 106kg 38.6 94.7 100.0 3 1 4 5 4 20 4 3 6 20 70

James L. Glover Shelton, Conn. Hickory No. 2 G 6 4.7g 1.9g .9g 1.9g 68kg 40.0 50.0 100.0 3 2 4 5 5 20 2 2 7 20 70

J. F. Jones Lancaster, Pa. Weiker hickory GxL C 8.8g 3.1g 1.5g 3.1g 102kg 35.3 48.1 100.0 5 4 4 5 4 20 2 3 5 18 70

Sarah Kronk Minford. O. Hickory No. 3 G 6 4.2g 1.6g 1.3g 1.6g 140kg 37.6 83.6 100.0 3 4 4 5 3 20 4 3 6 18 70

Mort Sturts Hazel Dell, Ill. Hickory No. 3 G 6 5.6g 2.3g 1.4g 2.3g 52kg 41.0 61.4 100.0 4 4 4 5 6 20 3 2 7 15 70

W. C. Deming Wilton. Conn. Terpenny hickory G 7 5.5g 2.9g 1.4g 2.9g 63kg 52.8 48.3 100.0 4 3 4 5 5 20 2 1 10 15 69

William Gobble Holston, Va. —— G 7 9.7g 3.9g .2g 3.9g 142kg 40.6 5.1 100.0 6 3 3 5 3 20 0 2 7 20 69

W. P. Griffin Creal Spring, Ill. —— G 7 5.2g 2.0g 1.5g 2.0g 113kg 38.5 75.0 100.0 4 1 4 5 3 20 3 3 6 20 69

Kate Yawger Port Byron, N. Y. Hickory No. 2 G 7 4.9g 1.9g .2g 1.9g 95kg 39.0 11.4 100.0 3 4 4 5 4 20 0 3 6 20 69

Kate Yawger Port Byron, N. Y. Hickory No. 4 G 7 6.0g 2.4g 1.8g 2.0g 121kg 39.1 76.3 82.6 4 4 5 5 3 15 3 4 6 20 69

E. C. Beam Mt. Oreb, O. Hickory No. 4 G 8 3.6g 1.5g .5g 1.5g 45kg 43.2 34.4 100.0 2 3 3 5 6 20 1 1 7 20 68

Sarah Kronk Minford, O. Hickory No. 2 G 8 3.1g 1.3g .6g 1.3g 82kg 41.3 4.7 100.0 2 4 4 5 4 20 0 4 7 18 68

Reuben J. Kurtz Holly, Mich. Hickory No. 2 G 8 4.4g 1.7g 1.1g 1.6g 111kg 39.4 64.0 93.0 2 5 4 5 3 18 3 3 6 18 68

E. Pomeroy Windsor, Conn. Hickory No. 2 G 8 6.8g 2.4g 1.2g 2.2g 78kg 35.9 50.0 88.6 4 4 4 5 4 17 2 3 5 20 68

R. C. Hatch Central City, Ia. —— B 4.7g 3.1g .2g 3.1g 19kg 65.0 6.5 100.0 3 5 3 3 9 20 0 2 13 0 58

Willard G. Bixby Baldwin, N. Y. Halesite bitternut B 2.3g 1.6g .0g 1.3g 13kg 69.0 0.0 80.1 1 5 3 3 10 15 0 2 15 0 54

S. A. Sipe Carthage, Ind. Stanley hickory L 19.2g 5.9g 1.2g 2.9g 138kg 30.7 20.5 49.5 8 4 4 5 3 7 1 3 4 15 54

The abbreviations used under the species column are G for shagbark (Carya ovata), L for shellbark (Carya laciniosa), and B for bitternut (Carya cordiformis). Where two letters appear with an x between it means that the nut in question is a hybrid between the two species.

Following out the plan adopted last year (when no prizes were offered for specific species of hickories) when a nut other than a shagbark sent judged by the hickory standard received sufficient points to put it among the prize winners, a special class was made for that. Some of the nuts in the above list are disqualified for receiving prizes as they are being "propagated." This term has been somewhat difficult of definition and in default of action of the Association or of some committee appointed for the purpose I have held it to mean those nuts which are listed in the catalog of any nurseryman. That is to say, a nut is eligible for prizes more than one year, and the mere growing a few grafted or budded trees of a variety and distributing them privately does not constitute "propagation" in the sense that the word is used in the nut contests. As soon, however, as any nurseryman considers a variety of sufficient merit so that he lists it is his catalog or in any printed supplement to a catalog and states that he can furnish grafted or budded trees of this variety, from that time on it is debarred from receiving the prizes offered annually.

Other hickories were received from:

D. S. Bassett, Fisherville, Mass. E. C. Beam, Mt. Orab, Ohio. (Nuts No. 5, No. 6). W. F. Cook, Moscow, Ky. W. E. Cornell, 302 Stewart Ave., Ithaca, N. Y. F. N. Decker, Syracuse, N. Y. (Nuts No. 1, No. 2). Joan Deming, Danbury, Conn., Route 2. F. Earland Gilson, Groton, Mass. Wm. H. Kuhne, Woodbury, Conn. Reuben J. Kurtz, Holly, Mich., R. No. 3, Box 32. Harvey Losee, Upper Red Hook, N. Y. Mrs. F. A. Patch, West Townsend, Mass, Box 77. E. Pomeroy, Windsor, Conn. (Nut No. 1). Ruth A. Reeves, Newark, N. Y. Snyder Bros., Center Point, Ia. (Nut No. 1, seedling). Mort Stuarts, Hazel Dell, Ill. (Nuts No. 4, No. 5, No. 6). Walter K. Wilson, Watertown, Conn., Lock Box 2. Kate Yawger, Port Bryon, N. Y. (Nut No. 1). Grant Yeagley, Jamestown, Penn., R. R. No. I.

BLACK WALNUTS—51 ENTRIES

The prize winning black walnuts exhibited and the prizes awarded are noted in the table of page 154. There is but one species of walnuts of the black walnut class native in the north eastern United States, the eastern black walnut, Juglans nigra. In this contest specimens of the Texas black walnut, Juglans rupestris, and of the California black walnut, Juglans hindsii were entered. Tests on these two black walnuts are noted for the purpose of record although no characteristics of value were noted. The California black walnut has a smoother shell than the eastern black walnut. The Texas black walnut has beautiful willowy foliage and grows very late in the fall and holds its leaves much longer than the other walnuts and it is of dwarf habit of growth. Tests on the Werner black walnut are noted because it is the largest black walnut we have. The black walnuts sent in this year were much poorer on the whole than those exhibited in some years. Some well known trees bore scarcely a nut. Some well known propagated black walnuts were tested but only two of them tested out high enough to get into the prize winning class, the Thomas and Ten Eyck. From what we know of the variation of nuts particularly of black walnuts, it is evident that we must test black walnuts more than one year to get a good idea of their value.

The nut sent in by John S. Bomberges is particularly noticeable on account of the unusually fine flavor of the kernel and would seem to be a standard of excellence for black walnut kernels.

Other black walnuts received from:

William A. Agner, Rockport, Ind., R. F. D. No. 1. George A. Ede, Cobden, Ill. M. H. Hoover, Lockport, N. Y. C. S. Ketchum, Middlefield, Ohio. (Nuts No. 1, 3, 5, 11, 12). A. H. Lang, 1628 Collingwood Ave., Toledo, Ohio, (Nut No. 1). James E. Ripley, Tippecanoe, O., R. F. D. No. 2. (Nut No. 2). S. A. Toy, Freeman, W. Va. (Nut No. 1). G. G. Truman, Perrysville, Ohio. Box 167. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Peanut black walnut. Ira C. Wilson, New Truxton, Mo.

BLACK WALNUTS

KEY:

A: Species B: Prize awarded C: Average weight of nut D: Average weight of kernel E: Average weight of kernel that dropped out after cracking F: Average weight of kernel that could be easily picked out with fingers after cracking G: Average cracking pressure H: Proportion of kernel I: Cracking quality absolute J: Cracking quality commercial K: Size (10) K: Form (5) M: Color of shell (5) N: Husking quality (5) O: Thinness of shell (10) P: Cracking quality commercial (20) Q: Cracking quality absolute (5) R: Color of kernel (5) S: Proportion of kernel (15) T: Quality of kernel (20) U: Total points awarded (100)

NAME ADDRESS DESIGNATION A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U

C. S. Ketchum Middlefield, O. Nut No. 10 B 1 14.1g 3.6g 2.9g 3.6g 185kg 25.5 80.5 100.0 2 4 3 3 7 20 4 4 7 18 71

John S. Bomberges Lebanon, Pa. —— B 2 16.4g 3.9g 2.5g 3.4g 208kg 23.8 64.1 87.1 3 1 4 4 6 16 3 4 5 23 69

Henry Hicks Westbury, N. Y. —— B 3 13.6g 3.1g 1.6g 3.1g 222kg 22.8 51.6 100.0 1 3 3 4 6 20 2 4 5 20 68

Amy A. Alley Lagrangeville, N.Y. Not the 1918 prize nut B 4 15.8g 3.3g 2.1g 3.3g 177kg 20.9 53.7 100.0 2 3 3 4 7 20 3 4 3 18 67

James E. Ripley Tippecanoe, O. Nut No. 1 B 4 26.7g 6.3g 3.7g 6.3g 247kg 23.6 58.8 100.0 8 3 3 3 5 20 2 3 5 15 67

Snyder Bros. Center Point, Ia. Thomas black walnut B 19.7g 4.7g 3.6g 3.9g 247kg 23.9 76.6 83.0 4 4 4 4 5 15 3 3 5 20 67

A. H. Lang Toledo, O. Nut No. 2 B 5 20.5g 4.6g 2.9g 4.1g 313kg 22.4 63.1 89.2 5 3 3 4 3 17 3 2 4 20 64

Kate Yawger Port Byron, N. Y. —— B 5 20.3g 4.5g 2.4g 3.8g 291kg 22.2 53.4 84.5 5 3 3 4 3 16 2 4 4 20 64

E. M. Ten Eyck So. Plainfield, N. J. Ten Eyck black walnut B 16.7g 3.5g 1.8g 3.1g 154kg 21.0 51.5 88.6 3 3 4 4 8 17 2 2 4 15 62

C. S. Ketchum Middlefield, O. Nut No. 9 B 6 20.1g 4.7g 2.4g 3.5g 297kg 23.4 51.2 74.5 5 3 3 3 6 13 2 3 5 18 61

S. A. Toy Freeman, W. Va. Nut No. 2 B 7 21.9g 5.5g 1.6g 3.9g 225kg 20.5 29.1 71.0 5 3 4 4 6 12 1 2 3 20 60

Arnold Arboretum Jamaica Pl'n., Mass. From Rochester, N. Y. R 6.1g 0.9g 0.7g 0.8g 357kg 14.8 67.8 89.0 1 4 5 4 1 17 3 1 0 15 51

G. Hunger Tolhouse, Calif. California black walnut C 22.3g 5.0g 1.9g 3.1g 407kg 22.4 38.0 62.0 6 5 5 4 0 10 1 2 4 20 57

Edward A. Werner Marion, Ia. R5 —— B 30.4g 6.5g 1.4g 2.5g 353kg 21.4 21.5 38.4 10 2 2 3 1 4 1 4 4 20 51

The abbreviations used under the species column are: B for Black walnut (Juglans nigra), C for California black walnut (Juglans hindsii), R for (Juglans rupestris).

Transcribers Note: last column in row 11 corrected to 51 from 49

PERSIAN WALNUTS

KEY:

A: Species B: Prize awarded C: Average weight of nut D: Average weight of kernel E: Average weight of kernel that dropped out after cracking F: Average weight of kernel that could be easily picked out with fingers after cracking G: Average cracking pressure H: Proportion of kernel I: Cracking quality absolute J: Cracking quality commercial K: Size (10) K: Form (5) M: Color of shell (5) N: Husking quality (5) O: Thinness of shell (10) P: Cracking quality commercial (20) Q: Cracking quality absolute (5) R: Color of kernel (5) S: Proportion of kernel (15) T: Quality of kernel (20) U: Total points awarded (100)

NAME ADDRESS DESIGNATION A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U

D. N. Pomeroy Lockport, N. Y. Crocker P 1 9.6g 4.4g 0.0g 4.4g 5kg 45.9 0.0 100.0 1 4 4 5 10 20 0 4 9 18 75

Joseph H. Bair Haddonfield, N. J. Nut "L" P 2 9.4g 5.0g 0.0g 5.0g 16kg 53.2 0.0 100.0 0 4 3 5 2 20 0 3 15 18 70

D. N. Pomeroy Lockport, N. Y. Howard P 3 9.0g 4.1g 0.0g 4.1g 11kg 45.4 0.0 100.0 0 4 3 5 8 20 0 4 9 15 68

Richard Bagg Hartford, N. J. —— P 4 11.8g 5.2g 4.2g 5.2g 42kg 44.3 80.3 100.0 4 4 3 5 0 20 4 3 8 15 66

O. F. Witte Amherst, O. —— P 5 9.8g 3.3g 0.0g 3.3g 22kg 33.7 0.0 100.0 1 4 3 5 6 20 0 4 0 15 58

J. F. Jones Lancaster, Pa. Eureka (from Calif.) P 14.9g 7.4g 0.0g 7.4g 25kg 49.6 0.0 100.0 10 4 5 5 4 20 0 2 12 20 82

Mrs. F. Schultz Roslindale, Mass. Boston P 10.0g 4.0g 0.0g 4.0g 12kg 40.0 0.0 100.0 1 5 4 5 8 20 0 5 4 15 77

E. B. Holden Hilton, N. Y. Holden P 12.2g 6.3g 0.0g 6.3g 31kg 51.4 0.0 100.0 5 3 4 5 3 20 0 5 13 18 76

David Landis Lancaster, P. A. Rush P 11.1g 5.2g 0.0g 5.2g 18kg 46.8 0.0 100.0 3 4 4 5 6 20 0 4 10 18 74

John Garretson Aspers, Pa. Franquette P 12.4g 5.6g 3.9g 5.6g 40kg 45.7 70.2 100.0 5 3 4 5 1 20 2 4 9 20 73

The abbreviation used under the species column is: P for Persian walnut (Juglans regia).