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[Illustration]
NORTHERN
NUT GROWERS
ASSOCIATION
INCORPORATED
39th Annual Report
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CONVENTION AT NORRIS, TENN.
SEPTEMBER 13-15
1948
TABLE OF CONTENTS
_Fruiting Chinese Chestnut Branches_ (_Courtesy Dr. H. Reid Hunter_) 2
Officers and Committees 6
State and Foreign Vice-Presidents 7
Constitution 8
By-Laws 9
Proceedings of the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention 12
Address of Welcome--George F. Gant 12
Response--Dr. L. H. MacDaniels 14
President's Address--John Davidson 15
Secretary's Report--J. C. McDaniel 16
Treasurer's Report--D. C. Snyder 18
Other Business of the Association, Committee Election and Reports 19
The Development and Propagation of Blight Resistant Chestnut in
West Virginia--Ralph H. Quick 26
The Present Status of the Chestnut in Virginia--R. C. Moore 31
Growing Chinese Chestnuts in Lee County, Alabama--G. S. Jones 34
Processed Chestnuts on the Market throughout the Year--J. C. Moore 38
Chestnut Growing in the Southeast--Max B. Hardy 41
_Mr. Hardy and Some Chestnuts Prepared for Storage_ 41
Marketing Chestnuts in the Pacific Coast--Carroll D. Bush 51
Chestnut Weevils and Their Control with DDT--E. R. Van Leeuwen 54
Diseases Affecting the Success of Tree Crop Plantings--G. F. Gravatt
and Donald C. Stout 60
_Chinese x American Hybrid Chestnut Trees_ 62
_The Brooming Disease of Walnuts_ 64-65
_Trees Killed by the Persimmon Wilt_ 67
Round Table Discussion on Chestnut Problems--Spencer B. Chase,
Presiding 69
Greetings from a Kentucky Nut--Dr. C. A. Moss 83
Nut Trees for West Tennessee--Aubrey Richards, M.D. 85
Marketing Black Walnuts as a Community Projects--Rev. Bernard
Taylor 87
Experiences with Tree Crops in Meigs County, Tennessee--W. A.
Shadow 88
Nut Hobbying in Eastern West Virginia--Wilbert M. Frye 91
A Look, "Backward and Forward" into Nut Growing in Kentucky--W.
G. Tatum 93
Round Table Discussion on Judging Schedule for Black Walnuts--Dr.
L. H. MacDaniels, Chairman 95
_Fruiting Black Walnut at Brooks, Alberta, Canada_ 103
Present Outlook for Honeylocust in the South--J. C. Moore 104
Possibilities of Filbert Growing in Virginia--E. L. Overholser 111
Filberts for Food and Looks in Kentucky--N. R. Elliott 116
J. F. Jones, Introducer of Many Nut Varieties--Clarence A. Reed 118
_J. F. Jones_ 118
_Mildred and Wesley Langdoc_ 125
The Value of Nut Trees in Tennessee--F. S. Chance 126
The Development and Filling of Nuts--H. L. Crane 130
The Grafted Curly Walnut as a Timber Tree--J. Ford Wilkinson 139
The Black Walnut Situation in Tennessee--George B. Shivery 142
Grafting Walnuts in Ohio--Sylvester Shessler 145
Grafting Walnuts in the Greenhouse--George L. Slate 146
Nut Investigations at the Pennsylvania State College--William S.
Clarke, Jr. 148
Black Walnuts: A New Specialty at Renfro Valley--Tom Mullins 149
Marketing Black Walnut Kernels--F. J. McCauley 152
Production of Bacteria-Free Walnut Kernels--Roger W. Pease 157
Pecan Selection in Oklahoma--Dr. Frank B. Cross 160
Pecan Improvement Program for Southwestern Kentucky--W. W.
Magill 164
Pecan Production in South Carolina--T. L. Senn 167
Preservation of Shelled Pecans by Drying and Hermetically
Sealing--Hubert Harris 169
Follow-Up Studies on the 1946 Ohio Black Walnut Prize Winners--L.
Walter Sherman 174
Final Business Session, Election of Officers, Reports of Committees 177
Odds and Ends--Dr. W. C. Deming 181
The Birth of a New Walnut Cracker--B. H. Thompson 183
Marketing of Black Walnuts in Arkansas--T. A. Winkleman 183
Further Notes on Nut Tree Guards for Pasture Plantings--Oliver D.
Diller 184
_Wire Guard Around Young Chestnut Tree_ 185
A Pecan Orchard in Glouchester County, Virginia--Mrs. Selina L.
Hopkins 186
Indiana Nut Shows Have Educational Value--W. B. Ward 188
_View of an Indiana Nut Exhibit_ 189
The Importance of Stock and Scion Relationship in Hickory and
Walnut--Carl Weschcke 190
Progress with Nuts at Wolfeboro, New Hampshire--Matthew Lahti 195
Breeding Chestnuts in the New York City Area--Alfred Szego 196
Winter Injury to Nut Trees at Ithaca, New York, in the Fall and
Winter of 1947-48--L. H. MacDaniels and Damon Boynton 199
What Came Through the Hard Winter in Ontario--George Hebden
Corsan 201
Filberts Grow in Vermont--Joseph N. Collins 202
Report of Necrology Committee 203
Carl E. Schuster 203
Mrs. Laura Selden Ellwanger 204
M. M. Kaufman 205
Norman B. Ward 205
Attendance 206
Northern Nut Growers Association, Membership List 209
Exhibitors at the 39th Annual Meeting 222
Announcements 223
+Please Note: The membership list is in the back of this volume.+
OFFICERS OF
THE ASSOCIATION
1949
_President_--H. F. Stoke, 1436 Watts Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia
_Vice-President_--Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Dept. of Floriculture and
Ornamental Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
_Treasurer_--Sterling A. Smith, 630 West South Street, Vermilion, Ohio
_Secretary_--J. C. McDaniel, Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture, State Office
Bldg., Nashville 3, Tennessee
_Directors_ include above officers _plus_:
John Davidson, 234 E. Second Street, Xenia, Ohio; and
Clarence A. Reed, 7309 Piney Branch Road, N. W., Washington
12, D.C.
_Dean_--Dr. W. C. Deming, 31 S. Highland, West Hartford 7, Connecticut
_Nominating Committee_--Dr. H. L. Crane, Harry R. Weber, Dr. William L.
Rohrbacher, J. Ford Wilkinson, George L. Slate
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
_Press and Publications_--Editorial Section: Dr. Lewis E. Theiss,
Dr. W. C. Deming, Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, C. A. Reed, Dr. A. S. Colby,
George L. Slate, Dr. J., Russell Smith
Publicity Section: Dr. J. Russell Smith, C. A. Reed, Dr. A. S. Colby,
Carrol D. Bush, A. A. Bungart, J. C. McDaniel
Printing Section: John Davidson, Harry R. Weber, J. C. McDaniel
_Program_--H. L. Crane, R. P. Allaman, George L. Slate, C. A. Reed, J. C.
McDaniel, Raymond E. Silvis
_Place of Meeting_--Dr. A. S. Colby, J. F. Wilkinson, D. C. Snyder,
Carl F. Walker, H. H. Corsan
_Varieties and Contests_--Spencer B. Chase, G. J. Korn, J. F. Wilkinson,
Gilbert Becker, A. G. Hirschi, L. Walter Sherman, C. A. Reed, Dr.
L. H. MacDaniels, Dr. J. Russell Smith
Standards and Judging section of this committee: Dr. L. H. MacDaniels,
Spencer B. Chase, C. A. Reed, Dr. J. Russell Smith
_Survey and Research_--R. E. Silvis, plus the state and foreign
vice-presidents
_Membership_--Mrs. Harry Weber, Mrs. Blaine McCollum, Mrs. Stephen
Bernath
_Exhibits_--R. P. Allaman, Carl Weschcke, Fayette Etter, A. G. Hirschi,
G. J. Korn, J. F. Wilkinson, G. L. Smith, Seward Berhow, Royal
Oakes, H. H. Corsan, G. H. Corsan
_Necrology_--Mrs. Herbert Negus, Mrs. Wm. Rohrbacher, Miss Jeannette F.
Johns, Barbara Sly
_Audit_--Dr. Wm. Rohrbacher, E. P. Gerber, Raymond E. Silvis
_Finance_--Harry Weber, D. C. Snyder, Carl Weschcke, Sterling Smith
_Legal Advisers_--Sargent Wellman, Harry Weber
_Official Journal--American Fruit Grower_, 1370 Ontario St., Cleveland 13,
Ohio
State and Foreign Vice-Presidents
Alabama LOVIC ORR
Alberta, Canada A. L. YOUNG
Arkansas A. C. HALE
British Columbia, Canada J. U. GELLATLY
California DR. THOMAS R. HAIG
Connecticut GEORGE D. PRATT, JR.
Delaware LEWIS WILKINS
Denmark COUNT F. M. KNUTH
District of Columbia GEORGE U. GRAFF
Ecuador, South America F. A. COLWELL
Florida C. A. AVANT
Georgia WM. J. WILSON
Idaho J. E. MCGORAN
Illinois ROYAL OAKES
Indiana FORD WALLICK
Iowa IRA M. KYHL
Kansas DR. CLYDE GRAY
Kentucky DR. C. A. MOSS
Manitoba, Canada A. H. YOUNG
Maryland BLAINE MCCOLLUM
Massachusetts I. W. SHORT
Mexico FEDERICO COMPEAN
Michigan GILBERT BECKER
Minnesota R. E. HODGSON
Mississippi JAMES R. MEYER
Missouri RALPH RICHTERKESSING
Nebraska GEORGE BRAND
New Hampshire MATTHEW LAHTI
New Jersey MRS. ALAN R. BUCKWALTER
New Mexico REV. TITUS GEHRING
New York GEORGE SALZER
North Carolina DR. R. T. DUNSTAN
North Dakota HOMER L. BRADLEY
Ohio A. A. BUNGART
Oklahoma A. G. HIRSCHI
Ontario, Canada G. H. CORSAN
Oregon HARRY L. PEARCY
Pennsylvania R. P. ALLAMAN
Prince Edward Island, Canada ROBERT SNAZELLE
Rhode Island PHILIP ALLEN
South Carolina JOHN T. BREGGER
South Dakota HERMAN RICHTER
Tennessee THOMAS G. ZARGER
Texas KAUFMAN FLORIDA
Utah HARLAN D. PETTERSON
Vermont A. W. ALDRICH
Virginia H. R. GIBBS
Washington CARROLL D. BUSH
West Virginia WILBERT M. FRYE
Wisconsin NORMAN KOELSCH
CONSTITUTION
of the
NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED
(As read at the annual meeting, Guelph, Ontario, September 5, 1947, and
adopted September 13, 1948, at Norris, Tennessee)
NAME
ARTICLE I. This Society shall be known as the Northern Nut Growers
Association, Incorporated. It is strictly a non-profit organization.
PURPOSES
ARTICLE II. The purposes of this Association shall be to promote
interest in the nut bearing plants; scientific research in their
breeding and culture; standardization of varietal names the
dissemination of information concerning the above and such other
purposes as may advance the culture of nut bearing plants, particularly
in the North Temperate Zone.
MEMBERS
ARTICLE III. Membership in this Association shall be open to all persons
interested in supporting the purposes of the Association. Classes of
members are as follows: Annual members, Contributing members, Life
members, Honorary members, and Perpetual members. Applications for
membership in the Association shall be presented to the secretary or the
treasurer in writing, accompanied by the required dues.
OFFICERS
ARTICLE IV. The elected officers of this Association shall consist of a
President, Vice-president, a Secretary and a Treasurer or a combined
Secretary-treasurer as the Association may designate.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ARTICLE V. The Board of Directors shall consist of six members of the
Association who shall be the officers of the Association and the two
preceding elected presidents. If the offices of Secretary and Treasurer
are combined, the three past presidents shall serve on the Board of
Directors.
There shall be a State Vice-president for each state, dependency, or
country represented in the membership of the Association, who shall be
appointed by the President.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE VI. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the
members present at any annual meeting, notice of such amendment having
been read at the previous annual meeting, or copy of the proposed
amendments having been mailed by the Secretary or by any member to each
member thirty days before the date of the annual meeting.
BY-LAWS
(Revised and adopted at Norris, Tennessee, September 13, 1948)
SECTION I.--MEMBERSHIP
Classes of membership are defined as follows:
ARTICLE 1. _Annual members._ Persons who are interested in the purposes
of the Association who pay annual dues of Three Dollars ($3.00).
ARTICLE 2. _Contributing members._ Persons who are interested in the
purposes of the Association who pay annual dues of Ten Dollars ($10.00)
or more.
ARTICLE 3. _Life members._ Persons who are interested in the purposes of
the Association who contribute Seventy Five Dollars ($75.00) to its
support and who shall, after such contribution, pay no annual dues.
ARTICLE 4. _Honorary members._ Those whom the Association has elected as
honorary members in recognition of their achievements in the special
fields of the Association and who shall pay no dues.
ARTICLE 5. _Perpetual members._ "Perpetual" membership is eligible to
any one who leaves at least five hundred dollars to the Association and
such membership on payment of said sum to the Association shall entitle
the name of the deceased to be forever enrolled in the list of members
as "Perpetual" with the words "In Memoriam" added thereto. Funds
received therefor shall be invested by the Treasurer in interest bearing
securities legal for trust funds in the District of Columbia. Only the
interest shall be expended by the Association. When such funds are in
the treasury the Treasurer shall be bonded. Provided: that in the event
the Association becomes defunct or dissolves, then, in that event, the
Treasurer shall turn over any funds held in his hands for this purpose
for such uses, individuals or companies that the donor may designate at
the time he makes the bequest of the donation.