--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |J. F. Jones | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Lancaster, Pa. |100.0| 6| 5 | 4 | 5 | 5| 20| 2 | 3 | 5| 18| 78| |Imperial | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |J. F. Jones | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Lancaster, Pa. |100.0| 8| 5 | 3 | 5 | 7| 20| 2 | 0 | 10| 20| 70| |Barcelona | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The abbreviations used under the species column are: Am for American hazel (Corylus Americana), Av for Corylus Avellana, a European, species, M for Corylus maxima, a European species, P for Corylus pontica, a European species. It seems quite probable that many of the European varieties noted above are hybrids and not pure species. The species identification of the European varieties are those of Mr. Conrad Vollertsen. PERSIAN WALNUTS--5 ENTRIES The prize winning nuts and the prizes awarded are shown in the table on page 154. This is the first time that I have had opportunity to test some of the propagated Persian walnuts. The results shown are given for what they are worth. A sufficient number of Persian walnuts have not as yet been examined to enable us to determine the constants so that they are as valuable as they will be later, and as they are on the hickories, black walnuts, and butternuts where hundreds of nuts have been examined. Consequently, conclusions based on the figures in the table should be conservatively drawn. The position of the Franquette at the bottom of the list of the propagated nuts it is believed will be materially changed with the redetermination of the constants that an examination of a large number of nuts would require. OBSERVATIONS The number of entries in the 1919 contest was about 50% greater than in 1918. No hickories, no black walnuts or butternuts deemed worthy of experimental propagation appeared as was the case in 1918, but on the other hand, two pecans, the Dunn No. 1 and Koontz, it is believed, are well worth while propagating experimentally even though the Dunn nut comes from a somewhat more southern section than the other northern pecans now being propagated. The need for additional heartnuts makes it seem advisable to propagate experimentally the Stranger heartnut, even though it comes from Jackson, S. C., a section so far south that the southern pecan grows and bears well. The contest has helped to bring out the value of the Rush hazel, which has been propagated experimentally for a long time but which, so far as I know, has never been offered to the public by nurserymen.