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