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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.

Author: Various

Editor: Northern Nut Growers Association

Release Date: May 25, 2008 [EBook #25597]

Language: English

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NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION

REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING

WASHINGTON, D. C. SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9, 1916.

PRESS OF The Advertiser-republican, ANNAPOLIS, MD.

CONTENTS

PAGE

   Officers and Committees of the Association 4
   Members of the Association 5

Constitution and By-Laws 10

Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting 13

Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 14

Notes on the Chinquapins, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York 15

The Black Walnut, T. P. Littlepage, Washington, D. C. 25

Discussion on the Almond 33

Discussion on the Hazel 37

The Chestnut Bark Disease, Dr. Haven Metcalf, Washington, D. C. 41

Discussion on Quarantine for Chestnut Nursery Stock 49

   Hybrids and Other New Chestnuts for Blight Districts, Dr. Walter
     Van Fleet, Washington, D. C. 54

President's Address, Dr. J. Russell Smith, Roundhill, Va. 58

Diseases of the Persian Walnut, S. M. McMurran, Washington, D. C. 67

Discussion on Winter Killing 72

Address of Col. C. A. Van Duzee, Cairo, Georgia 75

Resolutions on Chestnut Blight Quarantine 80

Resolution on Investigations in Nut Tree Propagation 84

Discussion on the Growth and Fruiting of Pecans in the North 86

Top Working Pecans on Other Hickories 91

Appendix:

Letter from W. C. Reed, Vice-President 98

The Food Value of Nuts, Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Battle Creek, Mich. 101

Letter from J. C. Cooper, McMinnville, Oregon 114

List of those present at the meeting 117

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

President W. C. REED Vincennes, Indiana Vice-President W. N. HUTT Raleigh, North Carolina Secretary and Treasurer W. C. DEMING Georgetown, Connecticut

COMMITTEES

   Auditing—C. P. CLOSE, C. A. REED
   Executive—T. P. LITTLEPAGE, J. RUSSELL SMITH AND THE OFFICERS
   Finance—T. P. LITTLEPAGE, WILLARD G. BIXBY, W. C. DEMING
   Hybrids—R. T. MORRIS, C. P. CLOSE, W. C. DEMING, J. G. RUSH
   Membership—HARRY R. WEBER, R. T. OLCOTT, F. N. FAGAN, W. O. POTTER,
      W. C. DEMING, WENDELL P. WILLIAMS, J. RUSSELL SMITH
   Nomenclature—C. A. REED, R. T. MORRIS, R. L. MCCOY, J. F. JONES
   Press and Publication—RALPH T. OLCOTT, J. RUSSELL SMITH,
      W. C. DEMING
   Programme—W. C. DEMING, J. RUSSELL SMITH, C. A. REED, W. N. HUTT,
      R. T. MORRIS
   Promising Seedlings—C. A. REED, J. F. JONES, PAUL WHITE

STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS

   California T. C. Tucker 311 California St., San Francisco
   Canada G. H. Corsan 63 Avenue Road, Toronto
   Connecticut Charles H. Plump West Redding
   Delaware E. R. Angst 527 Dupont Building, Wilmington
   Georgia J. B. Wight Cairo
   Illinois H. A. Riehl Alton
   Indiana J. F. Wilkinson Rockport
   Iowa Wendell P. Williams Danville
   Kentucky A. L. Moseley Calhoun
   Maryland C. P. Close College Park
   Massachusetts James II. Bowditch 903 Tremont Building, Boston
   Michigan. Miss Maude M. Jessup 440 Thomas St., Grand Rapids
   Minnesota L. L. Powers 1018 Hudson Ave., St. Paul
   Missouri P. C. Stark Louisiana
   New Jersey C. S. Ridgway Lumberton
   New York M. E. Wile 37 Calumet St., Rochester
   North Carolina W. N. Hutt Raleigh
   Ohio Harry R. Weber 601 Gerke Building, Cincinnati
   Pennsylvania J. G. Rush West Willow
   Texas R. S. Trumbull M. S. R. R. Co., El Paso
   Virginia John S. Parish Eastham
   Washington A. E. Baldwin Kettle Falls
   West Virginia B. F. Hartzell Shepherdstown