[A] Not entered in contest.

Beechnuts

Never before, so far as the writer is aware, has there been a score card proposed for beechnuts, but the need of one is apparent and the following is suggested till a better one is found. It is not doubted that one will appear, for our present score cards for hickories, walnuts, etc., are the result of changes made as nuts received in the contests have shown such to be advisable, and work on the beechnut is 10 years or so behind that on other nuts.

Size is the most important characteristic in the beechnut, for all are thin shelled and practically all are well flavored. If we had a beechnut the size of a chestnut we should have a most valuable addition to our nuts. The points awarded for size have therefore been on the basis that eventually we would get a beechnut the size of a chestnut, although we are very far from that now. Forty points are allowed for size and it is figured that eventually we will get a beechnut 4 grams in weight which is the weight of a medium size chestnut. The constants used in figuring the number to be awarded for other characteristics require little comment for they are figured on the basis of existing nuts as constants have hitherto been calculated. The suggested score card is as follows:

Weight	40	points
Color of shell	5	points
Percent of kernel	15	points
Ease of removing pellicle	15	points
Quality and flavor of kernel	25	points
Total	100	points

The details and methods used in judging beechnuts this year, also the calculations of the constants and the details of the awards, will be typed for the report.

The prizes awarded were as follows:

Mrs. John M. Pepaw, Johnson, Vt.	grandiflora	40	1	$10.00
Mrs. George Marshey, Johnson Vt.	grandiflora	39	2	5.00
James Radle, Harbor Springs, Mich.	grandiflora	38	3	3.00
Anthony Andreson, Burke, N. Y.	grandiflora	35	4	3.00
Fagus sylvatica	sylvatica	44	[A]	——
Fagus sylvatica purpurea	sylvatica	41	[A]	——
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				$21.00