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It was found that Rush crossed Cosford made the largest nuts but the
kernels of these nuts were not of the best quality.
On our eastern market I think it will be found that the longer type nuts
will bring the premium in price. I find in selling the nuts that people
mostly desire the longer nuts, but will take the other nuts if they cannot
get the longer ones.
This past spring we tried to graft several of the most promising hybrids
in the older block of trees. We used the modified cleft graft method and
we set the grafts on layered plants of the Barcelona filbert which were
lined out in April. We grafted them in May after the layers had started
to grow. Out of 200 plants grafted we have growing 16 nice plants from
18 to 24 inches tall, an 8% stand. The roots of the Barcelona layers
died also on the grafts that failed to live. I believe the main trouble in
this experiment was that there was not enough root system to carry the
graft rather than the fault of the grafting, as most of the grafts started
to grow. We should have tried grafting on layers established one year
and we will try this next spring.
We have several very promising filberts in the older block of bearing
plants. The Buchanan, No. 92, was named for President Buchanan, the
only President of the U. S. from Pennsylvania, whose home is in
Lancaster. No. 200 is also an excellent plant and was classed by my
Father as one of the best in the collection. This plant has not been
given a name as yet. I would like to have a name suggested that would
be suitable. These two plants just mentioned bear nuts very much the
shape of Italian Red. The kernels come out with little or no corky
substance on the kernel. The flavor is very good and the plants have
borne very well. We have a plant called "B." Letters were given to the
plants where mice got in the seed beds and mixed the nuts. The nut of
this plant is more the shape of Barcelona and is very good. It also
bears well.
In the younger block of plants we have quite a few promising plants but
these must be tested further before we can say anything definite for or

against them.
I notice considerable leaf burn in the block of hybrids since the severe
storm we had two weeks ago. Quite a few of the nuts were knocked off
too but there is still a good crop which you will see tomorrow.
Since my Father died we have not done any hybridizing. We hope to do
so in the future as the work is very interesting.
Mr. Stoke: Year before last I bought 2 lbs. of supposedly stratified nuts.
I planted them but only one or two came up. This year they have made
a pretty fair start so I know it takes two years to germinate. It seems as
though it sometimes takes three years because these were stratified for
a year and it took them two years to come up after I had them planted. I
think you could probably get some stratified nuts from Carlton Nursery
Co., Carlton, Oregon. I sent to Carlton for mine but they were shipped
by someone else. It is my belief that the Carlton Nursery Co. controls
the supply, so you will have to write to them for them.
I have three or four dozen trees out of the first planting. They were
planted in a very crowded position among walnut trees but are doing
surprisingly well. The trees are now three years old and are shoulder
high.
Prof. Slate: I planted some Turkish hazel nuts. They have been planted
two years and have not yet come up, but I believe they will next year, as
they take two years to germinate.
The following is a list of houses where seed of different species can be
obtained. Submitted by the courtesy of Miss Jones:
Sources of CORYLUS
CHINENSIS Hillier Bros., Winchester, England. Vilmorin & Co., Paris,
France.
CORYLUS COLURNA Carlton Nursery Co., Carlton, Ore.

C. TIBITICA Forest Experiment Station, Dehra Dun, British India.

Notes on the Commercial Cracking of Black Walnuts
By H. F. STOKE, Roanoke, Virginia
A year ago I reported to this body an experiment in the commercial
production of black walnut kernels by factory methods, including the
use of a power-driven cracking device. During the past year the
experiment was continued, with the variation that the shelling was done
as a home industry rather than as a factory operation. Ten families
were furnished with hand-power cracking devices and the whole nuts
were delivered to their homes. The workers received