MR. SLATE: Spencer asked me to find out about the North Star Juglans Regia, which was advertised in the Flower Grower. I called up the local nursery that was selling them, and they said they got their seeds from some Pomeroy trees in the western part of the state. I guess they are just Juglans Regia.
MR. STOKE: Down in Virginia we have Virginia Thin Shell purchased sometimes one place and sometimes another.
MR. CHASE: The secretary's office had an inquiry from the executive secretary of the American Nurserymen's Association wanting to know if those claims could be substantiated. I couldn't say on the basis of what information I had, and I so told him. Apparently they, through their organization, have stopped further advertising of that strain under the claims that they made for it.
MR. KORN: We find our public at large, not only our members, seem to be fascinated by the fact that the Persian walnut can be grown in this latitude. So in speaking to them about it, when I am speaking to our members, I try to say Persian walnut, but when speaking to the public at large, they don't know what I am talking about so I come out flatly and say English walnut. I tell them that we can't expect to grow the California type, but we have a hardier type coming from the Carpathian mountains or Germany or Russia or Holland, that can be grown successfully in this part of the country.
MR. CHASE: I think that's the only approach you can use.
MR. KORN: That's the one I use, and I think it quickly helps people to understand what you are talking about, and doesn't get them confused. If you talked to them about Persian walnuts, they wouldn't know what you were talking about, but if you say English walnuts, immediately they understand, or should, at least.
MR. CHASE: I believe Dr. Crane meant that in our inner sanctum he would prefer Juglans Regia.
DR. CRANE: I would like to ask if there are any growers here who have propagated the Persian walnut on Eastern black walnut, that is, experienced any trouble with graft union failure on them.
MR. STOKE: I haven't.
DR. MACDANIEL: Mr. Oakes?