The parent Throp tree stood bordering a road along the Ralph Throp farm
in Indiana, 40 miles from my home. About six years ago, with the
permission of Mr. Throp, and being a very old tree, it was cut down as
its branches interfered with overhanging wires. When I last saw the
stump early in 1942, it had staged a come-back by throwing numerous
suckers. However, the main point in mentioning this tree is to register
the fact that it bears two kinds of nuts, single-lobed, or peanut type,
and doubled-lobed, with the peanut type predominating. A Throp tree of
mine showed this variation, and on my next visit to the Throp farm, in
the presence of Mr. G. A. Gray, one of our members, Mr. Throp definitely
confirmed the fact that the parent tree bore the two kinds of nuts
aforesaid and that the peanut type predominated.
I am prompted to make this statement for the reason that one of our
prominent members, well versed in the performance of our best varieties
of northern nut trees, had not been aware of the dual performance of the
Throp tree, until I called it to his attention.