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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950

Author: Various

Editor: Northern Nut Growers Association

Release Date: July 9, 2008 [EBook #26013]

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

41st ANNUAL REPORT

Annual Meeting at

PLEASANT VALLEY, NEW YORK

August 28, 29 and 30, 1950

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cross-pollinating Chestnut Trees 3

Officers and Committees, 1950-51 6

State and Foreign Vice-Presidents 7

Attendance at the 1950 Meeting 8

Constitution 11

By-Laws 12

Proceedings of the Forty-first Annual Meeting. Starting on 15

Secretary's Report—J. C. McDaniel 15

Treasurer's Report—Sterling A. Smith 16

Report of Publications—Lewis E. Theiss 18

Discussion of Time and Place of Meeting 19

Report of Nominating Committee 20

President's Address—Mildred Jones Langdoc 22

Association Sends Greetings to Dr. Deming 24

Talk by the Oldest Member—-George Hebden Corsan 25

The 1949 Persian Walnut Contest with Notes from Persian Walnut Growers—Spencer B. Chase 27

Plans for the 1950 Carpathian Walnut Contest—Spencer B. Chase 30

Carpathian Scions for Testing 32

   The Persian Walnut in Pennsylvania and Ohio—L.
   Walter Sherman 34

Notes on Persian Walnuts in England—Sargent Wellman 40

   Prospects for Persian Walnuts in the Vicinity of
   St. Paul, Minn.—Carl Weschcke 43

Discussion on Persian Walnut Climatic Adaptation 46

Grafted Black and Persian Walnuts in Michigan—Gilbert Becker 48

The Carpathian Walnut in Indiana—W. B. Ward 51

Notes on Nut Growing in New Hampshire—Matthew Lahti 55

Is the Farmer Missing Something?—John Davidson 56

   How to Lose Money in Manufacturing
   Filbert Nut Butter—Carl Weschcke 60

   Filberts, Walnuts and Chestnuts on the
   Niagara Peninsula—Elton E. Papple 63

   Nut Varieties: A Round Table Discussion—H.
   L. Crane, Chairman 66

SECOND DAY'S SESSION

Discussion on the Bunch Disease of Walnuts 89

The Japanese Beetle and Nut Growing—J. A. Adams 92

Insecticides for Nut Insects—E. H. Siegler 100

Nut Insects and Injuries 103, 105, and 107

   Observations of Effects of Low Temperatures in the Winter
   1949-1950 on Walnuts and Filberts in Oregon and
   Washington—John H. Painter 109

   Effects of the Winter of 1949-1950 on Nut Trees in
   British Columbia—J. U. Gellatly 113

Recipes—J. U. Gellatly 116

Description of Filazel Varieties—J. U. Gellatly 116

Experiments with Tree Hazels and Chestnuts—J. U. Gellatly 118

Our Experience with Hickory Nut Varieties—Gilbert L. Smith 120

How About the Butternut?—L. H. MacDaniels 125

   Progress in Nut Culture at the Pennsylvania State College—W. S.
   Clarke, Jr. 132

Nut Tree Culture in Missouri—T. J. Talbert 134

Chestnut Breeding: Report for 1950—Arthur Harmount Graves 145

   A Method for Maintaining Blight—Susceptible Chestnut Trees—Arthur
   Harmount Graves 149

   Experiences with Chestnuts in Nursery and Orchard in
   Western New York—George Salzer 152

Chestnuts in Upper Dutchess County, New York—Alfred Szego 154

Demonstration of Method of