duction,
died February 6, 1948, in Corvallis as a result of a heart attack. At
the time of his death, he was 58.

Associated with the Northwest's growing nut industry for more than 30
years, he was recognized for his outstanding contributions to filbert
and walnut production. One of his first and most outstanding
developments was related to the pollination requirements of filbert
trees. After research proved the common commercial filbert variety, the
Barcelona, was self-sterile, he recommended to filbert growers that they
plant DuChilly, Daviana and White Aveline filbert trees with their
Barcelona to insure complete pollination. Full crops resulted.

+Organized Summer Tours+

For approximately 20 years prior to 1941, he served as
secretary-treasurer of the Western Nut Growers Association. In this
capacity he assisted in starting the summer tours which have been
carried on continuously since. He helped guide the Association through
its early years to a position of importance among the commodity groups
of the state. In 1941, he was forced to relinquish his office as a
result of the enactment of a federal regulation. At this time, he was
given an honorary life membership in the Association.

In recent years, he devoted major attention to orchard management with
emphasis on fertilization and general nutrition needs of nut trees. In
this work he co-operated with Dr. R. E. Stephenson at Oregon State
College. Their outstanding development was in the field Of boron
deficiency in walnuts.

Walnut production of many orchards, they discovered, could be increased
two and three fold by the addition of borax fertilizer. The presence of
"snake heads" or sprouts in summer walnut growth and "die-back" or
winter kill noticeable in some walnut trees during the winter months are
now generally recognized as signs of boron deficiency.

+Wrote Many Nut Articles+

Other work in walnuts proved that fertilizer applications can and do
pay. Prior to this work with resulting fertilizer recommendations, many
walnut growers had not made heavy enough applications on certain soil
types and felt that fertilizers were not worthwhile in walnut
production.

Mr. Schuster was the author of many articles pertaining to nut culture.

In the 10 years he was on the staff of the college horticulture
department before entering federal service, he made an outstanding
record in teaching and research. With other scientists he worked in
developing a suc