'40 D-12 shrunken Thomas Wilkinson, Ind. S-12 18.5 21.5 27.1 26 77.7 End cracks; 21 bound qtrs., '40 D-24 Kernels plump; oily, clinging Thomas No. Ithaca, N.Y. D 20.6 19.1 22.1 96 79.4 Some shrunken 1 '42 Tree 1 Thomas No. Ithaca, N.Y. S-1-1/2 20.6 14.4 18.2 91 -1.0 67.6 1 empty nut; some shrunken 2 No. 2 '42 D-6 Thomas No. Ithaca, N.Y. D 20.4 19.1 22.1 96 79.2 3 No. 3 '42 Thomas No. Ithaca, N.Y. D 20.1 15.5 16.8 82 -16.0 36.2 4 empty nuts; all shrunken 4 '42 No. 4 Thomas No. Ithaca, N.Y. S-12 20.5 23.4 24.0 90 -8.0 80.5 4 empty nuts; 8 shr. kernels; 5 (24) 2 blind qtrs. Thomas Ithaca, N.Y. S-12 19.8 17.6 18.4 94 -10.0 63.7 2 empty nuts; 16 shr. kernels (20) No. 6 '42 D-24 Thomas Wilkinson, Ind. S-12 20.5 21.1 25.4 69 -7.0 75.3 3 empty nuts; 4 shr. kernels, '40 D-24 23 bound qtrs. Troup Graham, Ithaca, S-12 16.0 16.0 18.0 16 -20.0 51.0 All kernels shr., 2 empty (4) N.Y. '42 D-24 100% nuts, quality poor Vail Ithaca, N.Y. S-12 15.3 20.8 21.8 30 4 empty nuts, 6 shr. kern., (8) '42 D-24 94%-17.0 60.2 2 blind qtrs., end cracks Vandersloot " S-12 27.5 13.4 16.6 58 -3.0 64.4 1 empty nut, 4 shr. kern., D-24 11 bound qtrs., ext. poor Wiard Snyder, Iowa S-12 18.8 26.8 29.4 83 95.4 One of best, well filled. '40 D-12 Smooth kernel, good flavor, good extraction DISCUSSION In the light of the data presented some conclusions can be drawn on the various questions raised at the beginning of this paper. It is evident that if approximately the same score is to be obtained by one operator on duplicate or replicate random samples, great care must be used in sampling. There is a tendency in taking samples to pick out the larger nuts or in some other way fail to take a good random sample. Selections submitted for contests are likely to be quite misleading as to the value of the variety and reflect in considerable part the contestant's skill in selection rather than the merit of the clone. The Freel walnut seems to be an example of this. At least as grown at Ithaca it is very disappointing.