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the spring frosts so that there have been fourteen consecutive years of
bearing without interruption. The foliage is vigorous, has no diseases
so far; the young branches are sometimes cut off by oak tree pruners or
girdlers. This happens to many kinds of trees, including all the oaks,
butternut, black walnut, all the hickories and even the chestnuts. When
you take into consideration the fact, that no other hickory has such a
fine record it makes me very enthusiastic over this variety in spite of
the fact that it bears my name. Were you to classify this hickory from
casual observation, you would think it is a pure shagbark, and it is
only the extreme thinness of shell and the outside appearance pf the nut
shell which indicates some slight hybridity.

Progress with Nuts at Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

MATTHEW LAHTI

Inasmuch as I do not expect to be able to attend the thirty-ninth annual
meeting, I thought I would report to you on the progress of my nut trees
since my letter of a year ago.

Last winter was a severe one in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (43 deg. 36' north
latitude.) We had more than the usual amount of snow, and although the
temperature did not get down much lower than 25 deg. below zero at my place,
it remained cold for many days at a time without relief. This, and the
fact that last fall was one of the driest seasons on record, plus the
fact that this spring it rained almost continuously for more than a
month, resulted in considerable damage to my nut trees.

My Broadview Persian walnut graft suffered severe damage, with branches
up to two inches in diameter being killed. Whether this was from frost
or lack of moisture in the fall I do not know, but two Crath Persian
walnuts, one of which is situated within fifty feet of the Broadview,
suffered no apparent winter injury at all. Neither Broadview nor Crath
bore any nuts this year, whereas last year the Broadview produced
eighteen nuts.

My Gellatly heartnut also suffered severe winter injury similar to the
Broadview Persian walnut, and after it leafed out it looked as if a fire
had gone through it because of the dead wood. However, it is bearing
thirteen nuts this year.

Strange to say, the black walnut trees did not suffer any winter injury
(the Thomas, set out in the spring of 1939, having been injured in each
previous winter), except that the Tasterite is barren of nuts this year
against a pretty good crop last year. However, the Thomas i