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eight varieties of black walnut, 5 named Persian and 18 unnamed
Carpathians, 5 heartnuts, 5 hickory and hickory hybrids, 12 pecans, and
7 hazels and filberts. The total number of trees, including all
varieties, is well over three hundred. A few of the trees have been
under my observation for 11 years on down to some that I have just
acquired.

I shall not bore you with a list of unsatisfactory varieties nor with
the ones that have not had sufficient observation in this section, but
shall confine my remarks to less than two dozen varieties.

Pecans I shall touch only lightly, as they are a highly specialized crop
only a little farther south. Stuart and Success are favorites here.
Schley and Mahan are good if scab can be controlled. Sun scald on newly
planted trees is our greatest problem, which I control by a paper wrap
made by cutting two inch sections from a 36 inch roll of cheap felt-base
wall paper. It gradually weathers away during the second summer. I wrap
from the top down in a spiral, and when I reach the bottom, I place a
hand full of earth on the end of the paper. No tying is required. In
this way I have reduced the mortality rate of young nut trees greatly.
I am also a strong believer in cover crops and mulching, for Tennessee
weather is very temperamental.

Although we get ample rainfall per annum, it is often not well
distributed, especially during mid-summer. During the winter we have
several days of balmy spring weather with a drop to possibly below zero
occuring overnight.

Thomas black walnut grows well here, but tends to over-bear, with many
poorly filled nuts on alternate years. I counted an average of 8 nuts
per lineal foot of bearing wood on one tree this season.

Snyder and Stambaugh are excellent nuts, setting about all they can
mature.

Elmer Myers is a beautiful thin shelled nut, but so far a little shy in
bearing. I believe this can be corrected if I can find another walnut
that will shed pollen late enough to catch the Myers pistils. Homeland
may be the one to do it. I have set some grafts of it with the Myers to
see.

Carpathian D, and a variety of unknown origin from Haywood County are
the only Persian walnuts I have fruited. This tree of unknown origin
grows alone, is at least 50 years old, is three feet in diameter, has a
spread of 40 feet, and is about the same in height. Some years it
produces a heavy crop, others, nothing. To my knowledge, it has received
no care i