Nielson. It definitely is not Broadview, as Stoke at
first thought.)

My Crath #1 had over four bushels of hulled and unhulled nuts (as they
are picked up, after shaking) this fall. It was grafted on black walnut
in 1938.

At my folks' place I planted a grafted Crath #1, and a Carpathian "D",
side by side. There are no other Persian walnuts near, and they have
always had nuts, since they started to bear. I feel that this is a
proper combination. I do not know whether the blooming periods overlap.

Suggested Blooming Data to be Recorded for Nut Tree Varieties

J. C. MCDANIEL, _Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, Ill._

Such experiences as Mr. Becker's (extracted from a letter to me) are
well worth knowing, and we need similar information for several years
and at different locations, for all the promising Persian seedlings and
new varieties. I would suggest that all of us who have them flowering in
our plantings (even if only one tree) make an effort in 1953 to record
as much as possible of the phenological data on them. A form such as the
following might be used, for flowering, fruiting, and related data.

Year: 19_____ Location: ____________________
Data by: _______________ First freeze previous fall: (Date) _______________
Minimum temperature previous winter: _____ deg.F. on (Date) _______________
Last killing frost this spring (Date) ______________________________

+---------+-----+-------+---------+--------+---------+----------+-----+-------+
|Variety |Age |Date |First |End |Date |Nuts |Yield|Remarks|
|(or |of |from |catkins |of |pistils |harvested | | |
|seedling |tree |new |shedding |shedding|appear |(date) | | |
|No.) |or |growth |(date) | |receptive| | | |
| |graft|scion | | | | | | |
+---------+-----+-------+---------+--------+---------+----------+-----+-------+
|1. | | | | | | | | |
+---------+-----+-------+---------+--------+---------+----------+-----+-------+
|2. | | | | | | | | |
+---------+-----+-------+---------+--------+---------+----------+-----+-------+
|3. | | | | | | | | |
+---------+-----+-------+---------+--------+---------+----------+-----+-------+

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