t.

THE WEED (shag. x bitter.):

See Dr. Zimmerman's report, page 23, 1932.

THE WEIKER (shag. x shell.):

See Mr. Bixby's paper in 1926 report; Mr. Reed's paper in 1931 report
and Dr. Zimmerman's report, page 19, 1932. Is growing in the Jones
Nursery at Lancaster, Pa., and the orchards of Carl Weschcke at River
Falls, Wis., and Sargeant H. Wellman at Topsfield, Mass.

THE WESCHCKE:

A hybrid hickory at Fayette, Iowa, owned by Carl Weschcke of St. Paul,
Minn., who has grafted many bitternut seedlings at River Falls, Wis.,
with cions from this tree.

THE WESTPHAL:

See Mr. Reed's paper in this report.

THE WRIGHT (pecan x shell):

Awarded eighth prize in 1929 contest to C. D. Wright, Sumner, Mo. See
Dr. Zimmerman's report, page 20, 1932. This hickory is growing in the
Kellogg plantings at Battle Creek, Mich.

THE WOODS (shag. x shell.):

See Dr. Zimmerman's report, page 19, 1932.

THE ZIMMERMAN (shag. x shell.):

See Dr. Zimmerman's report, page 19, 1932.

THE ZURCHER:

Awarded sixth prize in 1929 contest to Menno Zurcher, Apple Creek, Ohio.

NORTHERN PECANS

THE BUSSERON:

See Mr. Bixby's paper in 1926 report. This pecan has been generally
propagated by nurserymen and is widely distributed. E. C. Rice, Absher,
Ky., reports it does better on shellbark stock than on pignut stock. Dr.
J. Russell Smith, Swarthmore, Pa., reports the Busseron pecan has proved
to be much the most precocious bearer, that ripened well filled nuts on
top of the Blue Ridge mountains, elevation 1,300 feet, fifty miles from
Washington, D. C., in a climate distinctly colder than Philadelphia.

THE BUTTERICK:

See Mr. Bixby's paper in 1926 report. This pecan has been generally
propagated and distributed by nurserymen.

THE GREENRIVER:

See Mr. Bixby's paper in 1926 report. This pecan is also well
distributed. E. C. Rice, Absher, Ky., reports Greenriver graft on
shagbark stock grew eight feet tall in two years.

THE INDIANA:

See Mr. Bixby's paper in 1926 report. This pecan also generally
distributed.

THE KENTUCKY:

See Mr. Bixby's paper in 1926 report.

THE MAJOR:

See Mr. Bixby's paper in 1926 report. Dr. J. Russell Smith, Swarthmore,
Pa., reports the major has ripened nuts on top of Blue Ridge Mountain,
elevation 1,300 feet, fifty miles from Washington, D. C., in a climate
distinctly colder than Philadelphia. The nuts are small.

THE NIBLACK:

See Mr. Bixby's paper in 1926