Freak trees of the State of New York

by Gurth Adelbert Whipple

SELECTING WINNERS, BIG PROBLEM

Choosing the winners was rather a difficult problem. A marked divergence of opinion developed on the part of the seven judges who made the selections. The committee was composed of a forest botanist and pathologist, a wood technologist, a landscape architect, an expert in woodcraft and nature study, a professional forester, a collector of photographs of freak trees and a newspaper man.

The pictures were judged from the viewpoint of their shape and form that seemed to be contrary to the nature of the species the freak trees represented.

Prizes were awarded as follows: $5.00 for the first prize, $4.00 for the second, $3.00 for the third, $2.00 for the fourth, and four prizes of $1.00 each.