fered 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:

Will