Black walnuts, Anthony shagbark hickory.
Mrs. F. L. Baum, Yellow House, Pa.
Black walnut kernels.
G. H. Corsan, "Echo Valley", Islington, Ont.
Black walnuts, Persian walnuts, Japanese walnuts, heartnuts,
filberts, shellbark and shagbark hickories.
H. H. Corsan, Hillsdale, Mich.
Black walnuts, Persian walnuts, Japanese heartnuts and walnuts,
pecans, hicans, butternuts, butternut hybrids, shagbark and
shellbark hickories.
Dr. R. T. Dunstan, Greensboro College, Greensboro, N. C.
Black walnuts, filberts, shagbark hickories, pecans.
Fayette Etter, Lemasters, Pa.
Black walnuts, Persian walnuts, Chinese chestnuts, filberts,
shagbark and shellbark hickories.
J. U. Gellatly, Westbank, B. C.
Hybrid filberts, hybrid butternuts, photographs.
A. G. Hirschi, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Pecan clusters, various varieties.
E. F. Huen, Eldora, Iowa.
Black walnuts.
G. J. Korn, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Black walnut kernels, black walnuts, Persian walnuts, Persian
walnut hybrids, shagbark hickories.
Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Ithaca, N. Y.
Black walnuts, Japanese heartnuts, Turkish filbert, shagbark and
shellbark hickories.
J. C. McDaniel, Nashville 3, Tenn.
Shagbark hickories, heartnut, Texas walnut.
Papple Brothers, Brantford, Ont.
Black walnuts, Japanese heartnuts, filberts.
Jay L. Smith, Chester, N. Y.
Filberts, Japanese chestnuts.
H. F. Stoke, Roanoke, Va.
Black and Persian walnuts, heartnuts, filberts, shagbark and
shellbark hickories, Chinese, Japanese, American and hybrid
chestnuts, papaws, chestnut grafts.
Kenneth Thomas, Baltimore, Md.
Black walnuts.
Lynn Tuttle, Clarkston, Wash.
Persian walnut nuts and shield buds, filberts.
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md.
Persian walnuts, heartnuts, pecans, Chinese and Japanese chestnuts,
Allegheny chinkapin.
Vineland Experiment Station, Vineland, Ont.
Persian walnuts, filberts, almonds.
J. F. Wilkinson, Rockport, Ind.
Black walnuts, hicans.
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The photograph on this page was taken by Sterling Smith, those on pp.
126-7 are by Dorothy Milne. Groups of NNGA members are shown examining
nut trees and other items of interest on G. H. Corsan's place, "Echo
Valley," Islington, Ontario.
Attendance
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Oakes, Bluffs, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gressel, Mohawk, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. O'Rourke, East Lansing, Mich.
Mr. Ford Wallick, Peru, Ind.
Mr. Carl Prell, South Bend, Ind.
Dr. Arthur S. Colby, U. of Ill., Urbana, Ill.
Rosamond H. Waite, M.D., Perrysburg, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Silvis, Massillon, O.
Mrs. Herbert Negus, Mt. Rainier, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Gravatt, U. S. Plant Industry Sta., Beltsville, Md.
W. M. Churchill, Chicago, Ill.
Edwin W. Lemke, Detroit, Mich.
Wm. C. Hodgson, White Hall, Md.
Ivor H. Harrhy, Burgessville, Ont.
Gordon Porter, Windsor, Ont.
Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Rohrbacher, Iowa City, Ia.
Betty Rohrbacher, Iowa City, Ia.
Anne Clarke, Columbus, Ohio.
G. L. Slate, Geneva, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Connelly, Milford, N. J.
J. F. Wilkinson, Rockport, Ind.
Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Ithaca, N. Y.
Sterling A. Smith, Vermilion, Ohio
D. C. Snyder, Center Point, Iowa
Dr. J. Russell Smith, Swarthmore, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Stoke, Roanoke, Va.
Eugene F. Cranz, Ira, Ohio
Victor Brook, Rochester, N. Y.
George Salzer, Rochester, N. Y.
Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Crane, Hyattsville, Md.
Spencer B. Chase, Norris, Tenn.
Ira M. Kyhl, Sabula, Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Allaman, Harrisburg, Pa.
H. A. English, Duncan, B. C.
Wm. J. Little, St. George
W. J. Strong, Vineland, Ont.
Harry R. Weber, Cincinnati, Ohio
G. J. Korn, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Roy E. Ferguson, Center Point, Iowa
Elton E. Papple, Cainsville, Ont.
Merle H. Papple, Cainsville, Ont.
E. F. Huen, Eldora, Iowa
C. C. Lounsberry, Ames, Iowa
Ralph Emerson, Highland Park, Mich.
Joseph C. McDaniel, Nashville 3, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine McCollum, White Hall, Md.
H. W. Guengerich, Louisiana, Mo.
J. S. Shoemaker, Guelph, Ont.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bernath, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
William S. Clarke, Jr., State College, Pa.
E. Sam Hemming, Easton, Md.
John Rick, Reading, Pa.
Lewis E. Theiss, Lewisburg, Pa.
Ralph Gibson, Williamsport 15, Pa.
Gilbert L. Smith, Wassaic, N. Y.
Levi Housser, Beamsville, Ont.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Moyer, Harrisburg, Pa.
Ernest Chitton, Norwich, Ont.
H. Lynn Tuttle, Clarkston, Wash.
Mrs. J. A. Neilson, Guelph, Ont.
Mildred Jones, Lancaster, Pa.
J. R. VanHaarlem, Vineland Station, Ontario
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Announcements
PUBLICATIONS
Fall, 1947 and Winter, 1947-48 numbers of "The Nutshell", news bulletin
of the NNGA, have been issued by the Secretary's office. It is intended
to have this bulletin distributed to members four times a year. It will
carry news of the Association's activities, supplementing the "Nut
Growers News" column in the American Fruit Grower magazine, as well as
reprints of items from other sources that concern nut growers in the
northern two-thirds of the United States plus southern Canada. Beginning
with the Winter, 1947-48 issue, advertising is being accepted in "The
Nutshell." Members who have not received the first two issues, and
others who want additional copies, may obtain them by writing to the
Secretary.
This Report is a few pages short of its anticipated size, because of the
withdrawal for additional entries of a "Bibliography of References on
Nuts of Special Interest in the North." We hope to have this brought up
to date for publication in the next Annual Report.
PUBLICITY
All members can contribute to the strength of the Northern Nut Growers
Association, Inc., by showing its publications to their neighbors, and
by calling them to the attention of local farm paper and newspaper
editors.
Several of our members have helped swell the NNGA membership by
mentioning it in nut tree articles for local and regional publications.
As an example, Mr. H. F. Stoke wrote a short article on Chinese
chestnuts for the "Southern Agriculturist", February, 1948 issue. At the
end he stated that a list of nurseries selling Chinese chestnut and
other nut trees could be obtained from the NNGA Secretary's office. To
date (January 26, 1948) more than 50 requests have been received and
each day brings more. Along with the nursery list, these correspondents
receive information about the Northern Nut Growers Association, so any
sudden increase in our membership in the States from North Carolina to
Texas can be ascribed to this bit of publicity.
STYLE MANUAL
Mr. Clarence A. Reed, our retiring President (1946-47), has a suggestion
for writers for publication:
"An authoritative guide for writers is the _STYLE MANUAL_ issued by the
U. S. Government Printing Office (Washington 25, D. C.) Its use by
Association writers would go far toward standardizing their papers and
in simplifying the work of editing. The 1945 edition contains 435 pages.
Cloth bound $1.50. Paper cover 35c. There is no charge for postage."
1948 MEETING
The dates selected by the Directors for the 39th Annual Meeting of the
Northern Nut Growers Association, Inc. are September 13, 14, and 15. The
place is Norris, Tennessee. Norris is about 25 miles from Knoxville.
J. C. McDANIEL, Secretary,
c/o Tennessee Department of Agriculture,
Nashville 3, Tennessee.
Hybrid Walnut Scions Offered for Nut Breeding
(The following note seems to me to belong in the NNGA Report, even
though it wasn't on the program. It is an invitation to the
experimenters to get something they might want.--J. Russell Smith.)
Thomas R. Haig, M.D., 3344 H. St., Sacramento, California, reports a
promising cross of northern California black X Persian walnut: "The nuts
are fertile. This hybrid produces =pistillate flowers only=, lending
itself easily to pollination with the various varieties of Persian.
Should any experimenter wish scions he is welcome. Such scions could
save considerable time.
"The tree is now 9-10 years old. I obtained 5 nuts in 1947, by
back-crossing the hybrid to Persian walnut. One seedling obtained
previously by this hybridization is not yet bearing."
Other members who have available scions of promising hybrids or other
new varieties of nut trees are invited to communicate promptly with the
Secretary. A list of these will be published in =THE NUTSHELL= for Spring,
1948.
Hybrid Oak Information
Mr. Thomas Q. Mitchell, 16 East 48th Street, New York 17, New York,
calls our attention to his article on "Hybrid Oak Crop Trees," in
Harper's Magazine for February, 1948. He adds: "A much longer article is
in preparation (in collaboration with Mr. Charles Morrow Wilson) for
Scientific Monthly. Can you report any hybrid or exotic oaks there, or
put me in touch with any Dendrophiles interested in oak hybrids as crop
trees?"