*Lebanon Junction (L J) - KY Lebanon Junction. Large smooth nut (38 grams) Nice, sweet tasting kernel that cracks out well. Early season. Twig girdlers like this tree. Took first place in the Kentucky State Fair.
Lindauer - IL. Very heavy producer of large nuts which crack out whole halves. Medium shell thickness and this clone is reported to be precocious and weevil resistant. Healthy foliage.
Productive, but does not have as good a flavor.
Longnecker - Has ribs but cracks out well. 90% of nuts have weevils. Has 5 leaflets.
*Merle's Best - Large shellbark with a nice cavity and good flavor. Found by Merle Winter in IL. Cracks out well, heavy dark green foliage.
Preston 7 - Eugene Ulrich's favorite shellbark, Grand Chain, IL.
Rausch - Very thin shell, good cavity, found in a pasture with Brouse and Bullnut near Zanesville, OH. Collected by Bud Luers. Hull 3" X 3", nut 2" X 1.5"
*Scholl - Large nut that cracks well with a good-flavored kernel. Rarely has weevils.
*Selbhers - From IA. A regular and heavy bearing short season variety, producing nuts 1.5 inches long with excellent cracking qualities. High quality kernels. Excellent orchard variety.
*Simpson No. 1 - Heavy cropping variety with medium sized nuts that easily crack out beautiful, tasty kernels, excellent cavity, produces lots of pollen. Crack end to end when dried out. Rarely has weevils.
Sinda - From northern OH, nut fractures to produce two halves, has good flavor.
Stephens - Very large nut, parent of Kreider.
T5 - KY 2004. Seedling of Simpson #1, From the Tinsley farm close to where Simpson #1 was found. Round nut with a two lobed kernel. Squirrels usually get this one in the milk stage. Weevil prone.
Abundance - Franklin County PA. discovered by Fayette Etter, this shellbark x shagbark hybrid produces a shagbark type nut of large size (7 grams) with 36% kernel. Annual bearing thin shelled variety shows good cracking qualities.
*Mitch Russell - Bloomfield, KY 1995. Fred Blankenship discovery. Original tree over 150 years old. Nut is medium size, fills well and kernel is light in color. Harvests mid-season and good to crack any time. Has leaves with 5 or 7 leaflets. Probably self-pollinates.
Weschcke - Fayette, IA 1928. Bitter nut x shagbark Consistent producer of medium sized nuts, 53% kernel, which crack out in whole halves. Early maturing northern variety. Does not get weevils in KY like it does up north according to the late John Brittain. Pollen-sterile.
*Etter Hican - Weschcke x MacAllister A large flat hican with good production. Tyler Halvin and Fred Blankenship originally called this Grimo 5.
*Hoaghland - Large nut, excellent cavity.
MacAllister - Pecan x shellbark, likes wet ground to fill.
*Highly recommended
Shellbark varieties take longer to produce than shagbark varieties. Hickory nuts may be floated to remove nuts that haven't filled. Crack shellbarks within a month of harvest as the shell gets very hard.