[A] Means that these varieties were known to the Association before the 1929 contest. There are nearly as many others which came within two or three points of being prize winners and which it is believed should be propagated experimentally. These will be noted on the complete report. There are also the following which are notable for unusual excellence in one characteristic and which it is believed should be propagated experimentally and are here given honorable mention. George S. Homan, Easton, Mo., laciniosa large, Wt. 24.3g, 56 H. M. 3.00 Mrs. E. W. Freel, Pleasantville, Ia., Shellbark, No. 1, laciniosa large, Wt. 27.6g, 54 H. M. 3.00 W. P. Ritchey, Marietta, Tex., alba large, Wt. 25.7g, 44 H. M. 3.00 J. Droska, Pierce City, Mo., alba large, Wt. 23.7g, 39 H. M. 3.00 _______ $120.00 BUTTERNUTS The last contest where prizes were offered for butternuts was that of 1919 and no nuts of value were entered. The 1929 contest has a number of unusually good ones. The score card for butternuts was revised for this contest on the basis of the one adopted for the black walnut in the 1926 contest and the constants recalculated. The prizes awarded are noted below: L. K. Irvine, Menominee, Wis. cinerea 83 1 $ 50.00 H. J. Thill, Bloomer, Wis., Box 109 cinerea 78 2 15.00 C. F. Hostetter, Bird-In-Hand, Pa. cinerea 75 3 10.00 John F. Kenworthy, Rockton, Wis. cinerea 74 4 5.00 F. E. Devan, Rock Creek, Ohio cinerea 73 5 5.00 E. J. Lingle, Pittsfield, Pa. cinerea 70 6 3.00 John Hergert, St. Peter, Minn., Nut No. 1 cinerea 69 7 3.00 Evert E. Van Der Poppen, Hamilton, Mich. cinerea 66 8 3.00 Mrs. A. B. Simonson, Mondove, Wis. cinerea 66 8 3.00 Mrs. E. Sherman, Montague City, Mass. cinerea 64 9 3.00 W. A. Creitz, Cambridge City, Ind. Bixbyi ? 64 9 3.00 Mrs. Abbie C. Bliss, Bradford, Vt. Nut No. 1 cinerea 61 10 3.00 At first it might be thought that but one species of nuts would be sent in as butternuts, and this was true up to 15 or 20 years ago. The chance hybrids of the Japan walnut and the butternut, named Juglans Bixbyi by Prof. C. S. Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum, resemble the butternut so much that as time grows on it is increasingly probable that these will be sent in as butternuts. One came in to the 1919 contest and it is thought that the Creitz of this contest may possibly be such. CHESTNUTS