. H. MacDaniels, and H. F. Stoke, assisted by S. B. Chase.

The entries were first evaluated independently by the judges. Then each
judge made a second evaluation with the knowledge of the findings of the
other two judges. The Chairman then arbitrated the differences of
opinion among the three judges. This action amounted only to the placing
of four entries after the first prize had been unanimously agreed upon.

The following table shows the results of the contest:

Results of 1950 Persian Walnut Contest
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Prize Entry Submitted By Nut Kernel Kernel
Weight Weight Percentage
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1 030 Mrs. W. H. Metcalfe, 11.9 6.5 54.5
Webster, New York
2 011 (Hansen) S. Shessler, Genoa, Ohio 9.8 5.8 58.5
3 002 (McKinster) Roy McKinster, Columbus, Ohio 12.5 6.4 51.2
4 012 (Jacobs) S. Shessler, Genoa, Ohio 12.9 6.0 47.0
5 006 Lewis Weng, Dayton, Ohio 12.4 6.4 51.9

_Honorable Mention_
001 Mrs. Gale Harrison, 14.7 6.2 42.2
Pemberton, New Jersey
008 A. C. Orth, Dayton, Ohio 14.7 6.7 45.8
014 (Burtner) Fayette Etter, Lemasters, 10.4 4.6 44.4
Pennsylvania
016 (S-66) G. L. Smith, Millerton, 15.1 6.8 44.9
New York
025 P. F. Countryman, Ontario, 13.9 6.3 45.3

031 (Colby[19]) A. S. Colby, Urbana, Illinois 10.8 5.9 54.1
032 (S-M-9) Royal Oakes, Bluffs, Illinois 15.8 6.6 41.5
033 S. Elwell, Homer, Michigan 19.2 8.3 43.2

A brief history of the prize-winning trees follows:

_Entry 030:_ A Carpathian originally obtained through the Wisconsin
Horticultural Society in 1936 (Rev. Crath's selections). In 1950 this
tree was 14 years old, 22 feet high, with a trunk circumference of 23
inches. It has withstood 18 degrees below zero without damage. The tree
began bearing a few nuts in 1947, 4 quarts in 1948; 1 peck in 1949; and
1/2 bushel in 1950.

_Entry 011:_ This is the Hansen variety which was