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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923

Author: Various

Editor: Northern Nut Growers Association

Release Date: June 2, 2008 [EBook #25675]

Language: English

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NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)

REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING

WASHINGTON, D. C. SEPTEMBER 26, 27 and 28, 1923

CONTENTS

Officers and Committees of the Association 3

State Vice-Presidents 4

Members of the Association 5

Constitution and By-Laws 11

Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Convention 15

Report of the Secretary 19

Some Further Notes on Nut Culture in Canada, Jas. A. Neilson 24

Address by Dr. L. C. Corbett 28

Address by C. A. Reed 33

Commercial Nut Culture, T. P. Littlepage 36

Notes by Mr. Bixby 39

Address, Mrs. W. N. Hutt 41

Report of Chairman of the Committee on Incorporation 47

Minutes of First Meeting of Directors 50

Report of the Finance Committee 51

Address by Dr. Oswald Schreiner 51

Address by Dr. W. E. Safford 54

Extension Work in Nut Growing, Professor C. P. Close 60

Roadside Planting vs. Reforestation, Hon. W. S. Linton 61

Encouragement from Failures in Grafting, Dr. G. A. Zimmerman 64

Letter from F. H. Wielandy 76

The Chestnut, C. A. Reed 77

Report of the Committee on Nomenclature 81

Notes from an Experimental Nut Orchard 81

Appendix 88

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

President HARRY R. WEBER, Cincinnati, Ohio

Vice-President J. F. JONES. Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Secretary WILLIAM C. DEMING, 983 Main St., Hartford, Conn.

Treasurer H. J. HILLIARD, Sound View, Connecticut

DIRECTORS

JAMES S. MCGLENNON, DR. ROBERT T. MORRIS, WILLARD G. BIXBY, HARRY R. WEBER, DR. W. C. DEMING.

COMMITTEES

Auditing—C. P. CLOSE, C. A. REED.

Executive—HARRY R. WEBER, J. F. JONES, W. C. DEMING, H. J. HILLIARD, W. S. LINTON, J. S. MCGLENNON.

Finance—T. P. LITTLEPAGE, W. G. BIXBY, W. C. DEMING.

Hybrids—R. T. MORRIS, C. P. CLOSE, W. G. BIXBY, HOWARD SPENCE.

Membership—H. R. WEBER, H. D. SPENCER, J. A. SMITH, J. S. MCGLENNON, R. T. OLCOTT, W. G. BIXBY, J. A. NEILSON, W. C. DEMING.

Nomenclature—C. A. REED, R. T. MORRIS, J. F. JONES.

Press and Publication—R. T. OLCOTT, W. G. BIXBY, W. C. DEMING.

Programme—H. R. WEBER, R. T. OLCOTT, C. A. REED, R. T. MORRIS, W. G. BIXBY.

Promising Seedlings—C. A. REED, J. F. JONES, W. G. BIXBY, J. A. NEILSON.

STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS

Arkansas Prof. N. F. Drake University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

California Will J. Thorpe 1545 Divisadero St., San Francisco

Canada James A. Neilson Hort. Exp. Sta., Vineland, Ontario

 China P. W. Wang Sec'y Kinsan Arboretum, 147 N.
                                         Sechuan Road, Shanghai

Connecticut Ernest M. Ives Sterling Orchards, Meriden

 Dist.
  of Columbia Prof. C. P. Close Pomologist, Dept. of Agriculture,
                                         Washington, D. C.

England Howard Spence The Red House, Ainsdale, Southport

Georgia J. M. Patterson Putney

Illinois Henry D. Spencer Decatur

Indiana J. F. Wilkinson Rockport

Iowa D. C. Snyder Center Point

Kansas James Sharp Council Grove

Maryland P. J. O'Connor Bowie

Massachusetts C. Leroy Cleaver 496 Commonwealth Ave., Boston

Michigan Dr. J. H. Kellogg Battle Creek

Missouri P. C. Stark