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قراءة كتاب Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933
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Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933
again. It is this class of people that are interested in such things as nut trees as something new and different.
It is Downingtown's faculty of being prepared for what is to come that makes it a particularly appropriate place for your convention. It is always a little ahead of the parade. We are proud of our local nut nursery which, in line with the spirit of the town, is just a little ahead of the parade. You too are a little ahead of the parade, so in that spirit I welcome you.
The Burgess has directed me to welcome you to Downingtown. I trust your stay will be interesting and helpful and we shall count it a privilege for you to call upon us for any further services you may require. I hope I shall be able to go on the bus trip with you but I am very busy and cannot make any promises for the moment. So, welcome!
Dr. Zimmerman: Fellow members of the convention! I am sure that it has been a pleasure to receive the fine welcome that Rev. Musselman has given us and I wish to assure him that it is a pleasure to be here. We are particularly glad to be in this district which is a land of plenty compared with other parts of the country which have suffered greatly from the depression. I am sorry that I do not live here.
We nut growers have been in the habit of thinking of growing nut trees on land which is good for nothing else, so that it is interesting to find nurseries using this good land and making a success of nut tree growing. In fact nut culture had its beginning in this district through Mr. Rush, and Mr. Jones and then Mr. Hershey.
I do not wish to take any more of your time as we have a heavy program and a lot of good speakers, and if they can add anything to nut culture, I shall be happy indeed.
Dr. Zimmerman: We welcome members of the Penna. Nut Growers Association. It is their field day tomorrow in connection with ours and we welcome them to this convention.
The President appointed the resolutions and the nominating committees.
TREASURER'S REPORT
| Balance September 1, 1932 as reported to Washington Convention | $ 8.79 | ||
| Stamps and Canadian money redeemed by Treasurer | 3.42 | ||
| Balance in Litchfield Savings Society | 15.94 | ||
| —— | |||
| Receipts | $28.15 | $ 28.15 | |
| Profit on Bus Trip at Washington | 15.00 | ||
| Memberships @ $3.50 old rate. No Nut News 21 @ $3.50 | 73.50 | ||
| Memberships @ $4.00 new rate. No Nut News 3 @ $4.00 | 73.50 | ||
| Memberships @ $4.50—$3.50 to Assn. $1.00 to Nut News 2 @ $4.50 | 9.00 | ||
| Memberships @ $5.00—$4.00 to Assn. $1.00 to Nut News 43 @ $5.00 | 215.00 | ||
| Memberships @ $5.00 without Nut News 3 @ $5.00 | 15.00 | ||
| Membership @ $10.00—Mr. Ellis | 10.00 | ||
| Membership @ $10.00 with Nut News—Mr. Neilson | 10.00 | ||
| Miscellaneous Receipts | 9.00 | ||
| —— | |||
| Total Receipts | $ 396.65 | $ 396.65 | |
| DISBURSEMENTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Refund to D. C. Snyder | $ 2.00 | ||
| Programs Washington Convention | 25.00 | ||
| Paid National Nut News | 38.00 | ||
| Membership American Horticultural Society | 3.00 | ||
| C. A. Reed. Expense Washington Convention | 6.70 | ||
| —— | |||
| Total | $ 74.70 | $ 74.70 | |
| Balance to account for | $321.95 | ||
| Litchfield Savings Society | $ 15.94 | ||
| Cash on hand or in bank | 306.01 | ||
| ——— | |||
| Total | $321.95 | $321.95 | |
J. F. Jones' Experimental Work in Hybridizing Filberts and Hazels
By Mildred Jones
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The first crosses of the hybrid filberts were made in the year 1919. The small plants when taken from the nursery row were set 5 x 8 feet with the thought in mind of taking out every other bush in the rows when they began to crowd, and in case they were of value they could be transplanted to a permanent place. It was not thought that many of the plants would bear superior nuts promising enough to keep longer than to observe the type of nuts the bushes bore. The first lot of plants, which were mostly of the Barcelona cross, bore in the fall of 1924.
The object in view mainly was to produce, if possible, a variety or varieties that could be made a commercial proposition here or elsewhere in the eastern U. S. Not very much was thought at the time about the flavor or the quality of the kernel. The main thought was to get away from the corky substance adhering to the kernel of the most of the filberts. Barcelona, the main commercial nut in the West, has a lot of this, which makes the kernel unattractive and is probably more or less injurious to the digestive system because of the tannin content. After this fault was eliminated it was going to be necessary to work for size and quality of the nut.
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