This also originated as one of two seedling trees sent to a private
grower by the Department. He was Mr. James Hobson, Jasper, Ga., in whose
honor it was named in 1930. It was later taken up by commercial
nurserymen and widely distributed for several years. It has much in its
favor as it is easy to graft, precocious, prolific, annual in bearing,
and the nuts are very sweet. Also, the cleaning quality is very good,
but the nuts are too small to meet market requirements of this country
to best advantage. Furthermore, being small, they are expensive and time
consuming of labor at time of harvest. The average per pound for a lot
of 110 nuts received in 1930 was 78. Others received during later years
were even smaller. The variety rapidly lost favor with most nurserymen
and its propagation was largely if not entirely discontinued. However,
for home use, it is much to good to be abandoned at this time.