Origin: in Roanoke, Va., by H.F. Stoke from mixed seed sent him for stock purposes by the Div. of Forest Pathology, U.S. Plant Industry Sta., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md. The seed was produced at the Plant Propagating Garden (Bell Station), Glenn Dale, Md. Introd. in 1936 by Stoke. Parentage largely or altogether Japanese, although possibly part Chinese. Nut: ripens at Roanoke very early, usually beginning during the third week in August. Tree: extremely precocious; prolific; little else to commend it. Probably obsolete. Fruit:
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