Mr. Fisher: Since this question has come up and a cracker is here, and that is the question, whether the commercial cracker would be willing to pay a premium price for premium nuts, I wonder if Tom will answer the question, would he pay twice as much?
Mr. Mullins: Certainly.
Mr. Chase: Mr. Acker is another sheller who operates in Morristown, Tennessee, and Broadway, Virginia, who just dropped in on us. I'd like to ask him that same question.
Mr. Acker: What is the question again?
Mr. Chase: Would a considerable quantity of walnuts such as Thomas be worth more to you?
Mr. Acker: We'd be inclined to buy them according to the value we get out of them.
Dr. MacDaniels: What would you do, run sort of a pilot test on them?
Mr. Acker: If I can buy something for a dollar and make money on it, I am willing to try.
Mr. Chase: I made a little unscheduled talk last night in which I said from my information from shellers in Nashville, particularly, that they at this time would not be able to pay any premium price for higher quality nuts simply because they do not have time to examine each bushel, each hundred pounds that comes in and see whether they would pay a special price for better walnuts. Is that the general situation?
Mr. McCauley: Yes, I think generally that is. They take everything at the price of seedling variety. However, you gentlemen who are growing cultivated nuts shouldn't be too disturbed, because of the fact that there is going to be a time in the not-too-distant future where you can dispose of those nuts according to the kernel content within the nut.