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DISCLAIMER

The articles published in the Annual Reports of the Northern Nut GrowersAssociation are the findings and thoughts solely of the authors and arenot to be construed as an endorsement by the Northern Nut GrowersAssociation, its board of directors, or its members. No endorsement isintended for products mentioned, nor is criticism meant for products notmentioned. The laws and recommendations for pesticide application mayhave changed since the articles were written. It is always the pesticideapplicator's responsibility, by law, to read and follow all currentlabel directions for the specific pesticide being used. The discussionof specific nut tree cultivars and of specific techniques to grow nuttrees that might have been successful in one area and at a particulartime is not a guarantee that similar results will occur elsewhere.

NORTHERN

NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION

INCORPORATED

AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

42nd Annual Report

Annual Meeting at

URBANA, ILLINOIS

August 28, 29 and 30, 1951

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Jacobs Persian Walnut Genoa, Ohio (see pages 86-87)

The above picture shows a view made last winter of the original JacobsPersian walnut in Elmore, Ohio. Member Malcolm R. Bumler of Detroitstands under the tree. The picture was made by Mr. W. G. Schmidt and theengraving is by courtesy of Gilbert Becker, our Michigan vice presidentand president of the Michigan Nut Growers Association.

The Jacobs variety, a second generation seedling of a German walnut, wasbrought to the attention of the NNGA by Sylvester Shessler, Genoa, Ohio,who has been regularly taking prizes with it and another seedling hefound growing at Clay Center. The Jacobs was fourth in the 1950-51 NNGAcontest, having a good nut with 47.1% kernel. The tree, now over seventyyears old, bears regularly, having 200 pounds of nuts in one recentyear. Several members in Ohio, Michigan, and other states arepropagating the Jacobs, and it appears to be one of the most promising[Pg 3]non-Carpathian Persian varieties for the Midwest.—J. C. McDaniel

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