This is almost identical with Indiana, and the owner tells me has borne as many as seven bushels to twelve bushels at a single crop.  The tree being very tall, the entire top was cut out of it a few years ago and it is just now commencing to bear again.  The lower limbs, however, of older wood that were left, have borne annual crops.  In the nursery this variety has shown a tendency to very early bearing; most one year trees, spring 1914, set full of catkins, and one tree produced 16 well-developed nuts.  These, however, dropped during the extreme drouth of August.  The past spring most Busseron trees in the nursery again set full of catkins and at the present time we have one tree, coming two years old from bud, bearing one nut that is full grown and looks as though it would mature during the next thirty days.

Several other varieties have set full of catkins in the nursery row but have not developed any pistillate blossoms.  The Busseron has furnished much propagating wood and at the present time there are, perhaps, more trees growing in the nurseries of this than of any other northern variety.  Crop of 1915 promises to be fairly good.

Niblack

Crop of 1912, 100 pounds; crop 1913, about 50 pounds; crop 1914, 225 pounds; crop 1915, I would estimate at 100 pounds.  This tree is very deceiving; the top is rather open and the nuts are usually scattered all through.  The crop of 1914 was not considered heavy until after it was gathered.  The past spring this tree bloomed very full, but owing to wet, cold weather when in full bloom did not set well.  Size of tree 18 to 20 inches in diameter; 50 to 60 feet high with 40 feet spread, and is located in a cultivated field.

Posey

Crop of 1914 was 125 pounds saved; this tree is about the same size as the Niblack, located in the edge of a cornfield near heavy timber, being far from any house.  A large part of the crop is often stolen; the crops of 1911 and 1912 were not so heavy, perhaps 50 to 75 pounds.  It usually bears a fair crop, however, but I do not consider it a heavy cropper like the Indiana or Niblack.  Its large size and splendid cracking qualities, however, will make it a popular variety and it may prove to bear much better on budded trees under cultivation.

Butterick

This giant tree stands out in the open field, measures 14 feet in circumference, 90 feet spread and perhaps 100 feet high, and usually bears from 5 to 7 bushels.  The owner tells me he has owned this tree for forty-four years and that it has not missed more than two or three crops during that time and that the former owner told him he owned the tree for fifty years and that it was a good sized tree when he bought the farm and bearing regular crops.

Major

Crop 1912, 160 pounds saved, and from what information I can get this tree usually bears 100 pounds or more; tree about 3 feet in diameter, 120 feet high and 60 feet to first limb.  Owing to its height and size it is very hard to get much of an estimate in regard to the crop it may carry until after it is gathered.  Being located in the dense forest a large part of the crop is often carried off.