T. P. Littlepage, of Washington, and
Prof. W. N. Hutt, of Raleigh, N. C., had a good laugh at Roper, but as
the trees bore no labels, they were no more valuable than seedlings and
were treated as such. All three men are now deceased.

Thomas black walnut trees came from E. A. Riehl, Godfrey, Illinois. The
variety had originated in eastern Pennsylvania and was first grafted in
1881 by J. W. Thomas and Son, at King of Prussia, Pa. The parent tree
had been destroyed some time before by the Pennsylvania Railroad, in
extending its lines. The Thomas is today the most widely planted
variety, although it has rarely borne well. Mr. Jones selected and
grafted the Ohio walnut, but the owner of the seed-parent tree was given
credit for its introduction, although she probably knows nothing of the
incident, to this day. She was a Miss Clark, McCutcheonville, Ohio, and
it was felt that it would help more to give her name as originator if
one were ever to locate the tree.

[See Ohio black walnut original tree photos, NNGA Rept., 1946.--Ed.]

The Stabler eastern black walnut, introduced in 1916 by Mr. T. P.
Littlepage by means of a paragraph inserted in the _Country Gentleman_,
was also propagated by Mr. Jones, but he early found it disappointing in
its habits of bearing. He also found that about 80 percent of the nuts
from the parent tree had single kernels, while with young trees 80
percent had double kernels. Most planters have long since discontinued
using this variety. However, Mrs. Jane Baum, Douglassville, Pa., reports
that her customers like the Stabler best. Others she has are Thomas,
Ohio, and Ten Eyck.

Other varieties were tested by Mr. Jones, but he pushed none of them,
rightly thinking that 4 leaders were as many as a nursery could afford
to carry. He insisted that a new variety would have to prove its
superiority before he would insert it in his catalog. Among other
varieties was the Peanut from southern Ohio, the nut of which had single
lobes; but apparently there was some mistake along the line, as nuts
from grafted trees were indifferent and had 2 half kernels. He also had
Creitz from Indiana, which Mr. H. F. Stoke, 1436 Watts Avenue, Roanoke,
Va., thinks well of at this time. It was a prize winner in the 1926
contest of the NNGA. Neither Creitz nor Peanut was a Jones introduction.

+His Work with Hickories+

Among the hickories, there was the Stanley from Indiana in 1916, which
was quite a favorite with Mr