rbank's works
that this work had to be done on a rather large scale in order to make
any kind of an adequate test.

Let us start by taking the most obvious species, the black walnut,
which, because of its native hardiness, and public popularity might have
succeeded the best in a commercial way if everything had gone right. I
have planted at least five hundred black walnut trees altogether; these
included the Thomas, Ohio, Ten Eyck and Stabler, and later on the
Patterson, Rohwer, Pearl, the Throp, Adams and others were added. The
Ohio probably produced the first nuts, with the Thomas a close second.
For a few years I was able to make good reports on the Stabler and its
behavior but since that, our severe test winters of recent years have
wiped them out and have substantially proved that the only one of the
older varieties which can be trusted in this territory is the Ohio, and
although derogatory things have been said of the Ohio because of its
hull, I am inclined to put it high on the list because of its fine
cracking quality and excellent flavor, also it has been a prolific
variety, bearing good crops most of the years.

The Thomas grew faster, and the nuts were considered a better commercial
product when hulled, but, alas, it could not take our winters nearly so
well, and today the Thomas has a poor physical appearance although it
shows tremendous power of recovery and seldom a tree will die entirely.

The Ten Eyck was a negligible experiment, and the Stabler as mentioned
before, is much too tender for this climate. The Rohwer and the
Patterson from Iowa did much better and even in an off year, like this
one, some of these trees had fairly good crops. I like the Patterson the
best of these--it is a roundish nut that cracks quite well and the
kernels are on the sweet side.

The Throp was a curiosity and we did not have any of our grafted Throp
trees bear.

Pearl has borne several crops of good nuts; they are large but are
inclined not to ripen in time.

Vandersloot was considered the largest nut of any variety at one time.
It has a very rough appearance but aside from its size it is of no
particular interest as compared to others.

Adams, a long narrow type of nut similar to the Ohio, but still more
elongated, was one of the best crackers I have ever seen, but did not
seem to be prolific although it has lived and demonstrated its
hardiness.

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