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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946

Author: Various

Editor: Northern Nut Growers Association

Release Date: June 18, 2008 [EBook #25831]

Language: English

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+————————————————————————————————————+ |DISCLAIMER | | | |The articles published in the Annual Reports of the Northern Nut Growers| |Association are the findings and thoughts solely of the authors and are | |not to be construed as an endorsement by the Northern Nut Growers | |Association, its board of directors, or its members. No endorsement is | |intended for products mentioned, nor is criticism meant for products not| |mentioned. The laws and recommendations for pesticide application may | |have changed since the articles were written. It is always the pesticide| |applicator's responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current | |label directions for the specific pesticide being used. The discussion | |of specific nut tree cultivars and of specific techniques to grow nut | |trees that might have been successful in one area and at a particular | |time is not a guarantee that similar results will occur elsewhere. | +————————————————————————————————————+

Northern Nut Growers Association INCORPORATED

Affiliated with The American Horticultural Society

37th Annual Report

CONVENTION AT WOOSTER, OHIO

SEPTEMBER 3, 4, 5 1946

Table of Contents

   Officers and Committees 3
   State Vice Presidents 4
   List of Members 5
   Constitution 21
   By-Laws 22
   Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention 23
     Address of Welcome—Dr. J. H. Gourley 23
     Response—John E. Cannaday, M.D. 24
     Address of Retiring President—Carl Weschcke 24
     Report of Secretary—Mildred M. Jones 25
     Report of the Treasurer—D. C. Snyder 26
   Aims and Aspirations of the Ohio Nut Growers—A. A. Bungart 27
   Notes on the Annual Meeting 31
   Nut Growing Under Semi-Arid Conditions—A. G. Hirschi 32
   Weather Conditions versus Nut Tree Crops—J. F. Wilkinson 37
   Nut Tree Notes from Southwestern Ohio—Harry R. Weber 39
   Black Walnut Nursery Studies—Stuart B. Chase 40
   My Experiments, Gambles and Failures—John Davidson 42
   Nut Trees in Wildlife Conservation—Floyd B. Chapman 45
   Commercial Aspects of Nut Crops as far North as St. Paul,
     Minnesota—Carl Weschcke 48
   The 1946 Status of Chinese Chestnut Growing in the Eastern
     United States—Clarence A. Reed 51
   Bearing Record of the Hemming Chinese Chestnut Orchard—E. Sam
     Hemming 58
   Walnut Notes—G. H. Corsan 60
   Self-fruitfulness in the Winkler Hazel—Dr. A. S. Colby 60
   Hickories and Other Nuts in Northwestern Illinois—A. B. Anthony 61
   Nut Trees for Ohio Pastures—Dr. Oliver D. Diller 62
   How Hardy Are Oriental Chestnuts and Hybrids?—Russell B.
     Clapper and G. F. Gravatt 64
   Growing Chestnuts for Timber—Jesse D. Diller 66
   Improved Methods of Storing Chestnuts—H. L. Crane and J. W. McKay 71
   Essential Elements in Tree Nutrition—W. F. Wischusen 73
   Nut Tree Propagation as a Hobby for a Chemist—Dr. E. M. Shelton 83
   Notes on Propagation and Transplanting in Western
     Tennessee—J. C. McDaniel 87
   Propagating Nut Trees Under Glass—Stephen Bernath 90
   The Economic, Ecological and Horticultural Aspects of
     Intercropping Nut Plantings—Dr. F. L. O'Rourke 91
   Nut Work at the Mahoning County Experiment Farm, Canfield,
     Ohio—L. Walter Sherman 93
   The Ohio Black Walnut Contest of 1946 96
   1946 Iowa Black Walnut Contest 98
   Grafting Methods Adapted to Nut Trees—H. F. Stoke 99
   Beginnings in Walnut Grafting—C. C. Lounsberry 103
   Forest Background—John Davidson 106
   Graft the Persian Walnut High in Michigan—Gilbert Becker 111
   Pecan Growing in Western Illinois—R. B. Best 112
   Random Notes from Eastern New York—Gilbert L. Smith 114
   Yield and Nut Quality of the Common Black Walnut in the
     Tennessee Valley—Thomas G. Zarger 118
   The 1946 Field Tour—C. A. Reed 124
   Report of Resolutions Committee 126
   Obituary—Gourley, Bixby 126
   Letters to the Secretary; Notes; Extracts 128
   List of Exhibits 133
   Attendance 134

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

 President—CLARENCE A. REED, 7309 Piney Branch Rd., N.W., Washington,
 D. C.

 Vice President—DR. L. H. MACDANIELS, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.
 Y.

Treasurer—D. C. SNYDER, Center Point, Iowa

Secretary—MILDRED M. JONES, BOX 356, Lancaster, Penna.

Director—CARL WESCHCKE, 96 S. Wabasha St., St. Paul, Minn.

Director—DR. A. S. COLBY,