MR. KEPLINGER: (North Central Michigan) I was born and raised in Saginaw County where the Saginaw River is fed by five or six different runs and you have prairie farms. More hickories grow there than any place in the United States—enormous size. We think we have better hickories than anyone.
PRESIDENT MacDANIELS: Why couldn't you send some in for testing? Mr. Becker would be glad to take them. Any other discussion on hickory varieties? How many are growing the Wilcox? (5 hands). How many find it a good variety? (Two). How many have Davis? (Three). The shucks are fairly thin, compared with the Wilcox.
Who else has a variety that is doing very well? We ought to have a hickory show here sometime and see who has the best hickory.
DR. MCKAY: I'd like to ask if anyone has the variety Lingenfelter.
PRESIDENT MacDANIELS: We have it at Ithaca; doesn't mature.
DR. McKAY: We have two varieties at Beltsville that are outstanding as far as bearing is concerned. One is Lingenfelter, which has been a consistent bearer for us for a number of years, and the variety Shaul, that was mentioned in Mr. Stokes' report and has been mentioned here before, is a very good producer.
MR. MCDANIEL: What species is the Shaul, is it ovata or laciniosa?
DR. MCKAY: It's ovata. It's a shagbark, as also is Lingenfelter. The one characteristic that is outstanding with these two varieties with us is the fact that they bear while they are young trees; from the time our trees were as tall as one's head, they have been full of nuts.
MR. MCDANIEL: Have you fruited the Weschke at Beltsville?
DR. MCKAY: No.