Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the 38th Annual Meeting 1947

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Northern Nut Growers Association

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Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947

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22721

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Contents

1. 1.NORTHERN — NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION — INCORPORATED — AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
2. 2.38th Annual Report
3. 3.CONVENTION AT GUELPH, ONTARIO — URBANA, ILLINOIS — SEPTEMBER 3, 4, 5, 1947
4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS
5. 5.OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION — EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
6. 6.State Vice-Presidents
7. 7.Northern Nut Growers Association — Membership List as of December 1, 1947
8. 8.CONSTITUTION — Article I—NAME — Article II—OBJECT — Article III—MEMBERSHIP — Article IV—OFFICERS — Article V—ELECTION OF OFFICERS — Article VI—MEETINGS — Article VII—QUORUM — Article VIII—AMENDMENTS — BY-LAWS — Article I—COMMITTEES — Article II—FEES — Article III—MEMBERSHIP — Article IV—AMENDMENTS — Article V
9. 9.PROCEEDINGS — of the — Thirty-eighth Annual Convention — of the — Northern Nut Growers Association, Inc. — Meeting At — ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA — SEPTEMBER 3-5, 1947
10. 10.Address of Welcome — DR. J. S. SHOEMAKER, Head of Horticulture Department, Ontario Agricultural College. — RESPONSE
11. 11.COMMITTEES APPOINTED
12. 12.SECRETARY'S REPORT, SEPT. 3, 1947 — Miss Mildred M. Jones
13. 13.Report of Treasurer — For Period from September 1, 1946 to August 30, 1947. — Report from the Constitution and By-Laws Committee—Dr. MacDaniels.
14. 14.Factors Influencing the Hardiness of Woody Plants — H. L. CRANE, Principal Horticulturist [1]
15. 15.Nut Culture In Ontario — I. C. MARRITT, District Forester, Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
16. 16.Nut Growing at the Horticultural Experiment Station, Vineland Station, Ontario — W. J. STRONG
17. 17.Soil Management for Nut Plantations in Ontario — J. R. van HAARLEM, Horticultural Experiment Station, Vineland Station, Ontario
18. 18.Report from Southern Ontario — ALEX TROUP, Jordan Station, Ontario
19. 19.Nut Trees Hardy at Aldershot, Ontario, Canada — O. FILMAN, Aldershot
20. 20.Report from Echo Valley, 1947 — GEORGE HEBDEN CORSAN, Islington, Ontario
21. 21.Report from Beamsville, Ontario — LEVI HOUSSER
22. 22.Nut Growing in New Hampshire — L. P. LATIMER, Assistant Horticulturist, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
23. 23.Nut Notes from New Hampshire — MATTHEW LAHTI — DDT Dust versus Butternut Curculio — Persian Walnuts — Black Walnuts — Hickories — Heartnuts — Filberts and Hazelnuts
24. 24.A Simplified Schedule for Judging Black Walnut Varieties — L. H. MacDANIELS and S. S. ATWOOD, Cornell University — Table I. Average scores from 18 black walnut samples cracked by three operators and computed by two scoring systems. — Table II. Scores from five samples of black walnuts each cracked by six operators according to scoring schedule II. — References Cited
25. 25.Test Plantings of Thomas Black Walnut in the Tennessee Valley — SPENCER B. CHASE, Tennessee Valley Authority — The Test — The Results — Discussion — Summary — Figure 1. The Thomas variety appears well adapted to Tennessee conditions. This 7-year-old tree began bearing annual crops 3 years after planting. In 1946 it was 18 feet tall and heavily laden with nuts yielding 2½ pounds of cracked-out kernels. (Hancock County, Tenn.) — Figure 2. Black walnut makes an ideal combination nut and ornamental tree. This 8-year-old Thomas has been producing nut crops for 3 years. In addition, it has enhanced the beauty of the lawn and provided welcome shade. (Anderson County, Tenn.) — Table 1.—Number of Questionnaires Sent and Returned, Reported Tree Survival and Cause of Tree Mortality by State. — Reported cause of tree mortality — Table 2. Number of Bearing Thomas Plantings Established 1939-44, by Age of First Bearing and Growth Class. — Table 3. Tree Survival, Growth, and Percent Bearing by State and Year of Planting — Table 4. Data Obtained from Returned Questionnaires and Actual Field Examination of 40 Plantings and Field Data Only on 68 Plantings.
26. 26.West Tennessee Variety, Breeding and Propagation Tests, 1947 — AUBREY RICHARDS, M.D., Whiteville, Tennessee
27. 27.Notes on Some Kansas and Kentucky Pecans in Central Texas
28. 28.Experiences of a Nut Tree Nurseryman — J. F. WILKINSON, Rockport, Indiana — Discussion after Mr. Wilkinson's paper.
29. 29.Morphology and Structure of the Walnut — C. C. LOUNSBERRY, Iowa State College — Literature Cited
30. 30.A Method of Budding Walnuts — H. LYNN TUTTLE, Clarkston, Wash. — Questions asked Mr. Stoke after his demonstration of grafting and budding. [See his paper in 1946 Report, pp. 99-103.—Ed.]
31. 31.Importance of Bud Selection in the Grafting of Nut Trees — G. J. KORN, Kalamazoo, Michigan — Discussion after G. J. Korn's paper.
32. 32.The Hemming Chinese Chestnuts — E. SAM HEMMING, Easton, Maryland — 1947 CROP — Pounds of Chestnuts from Original Trees at Eastern Shore Nurseries, Inc. — Discussion after E. Sam Hemming's paper
33. 33.Results of a Chinese Chestnut Rootstock Experiment — J. W. McKAY [4] — Introduction — Description and Results — Discussion — Table I. Results of budding each of five Chinese chestnut clones on its own seedlings and on the seedlings of four other clones. The figure for each combination represents the number of buds that grew out of 20 buds placed. — Discussion After Dr. McKay's Paper
34. 34.Breeding Chestnut Trees: Report for 1946 and 1947 — ARTHUR HARMOUNT GRAVES [5] — Fig. 1—Japanese-American hybrid chestnut (Hammond 86-31) 34½ feet in height, 16 years old. This is the same tree three years later as that shown in figures 1 and 2, in 35th Ann. Rept. of Northern Nut Growers Assoc. for 1944. Note healthy development, as shown by foliage and long yearly growth. Hamden, Conn. Photo. Sept. 13, 1947 by Louis Buhle. — Fig. 2.—Close-up of lower part of tree in fig. 1, showing inarched basal shoots which at the beginning were as slender as the leafless shoot now showing on right side, below, coming from base of trunk. Note exposed dead part of trunk showing old canker disease. Photo Sept. 13, 1947, by Louis Buhle.
35. 35.Chinese Chestnuts in the Chattahoochee Valley — G. S. JONES, Route 1, Box 140, Phenix City, Alabama
36. 36.Some Results with Filbert Breeding at Geneva, N.Y. [6] — GEORGE L. SLATE New York (Geneva) Agricultural Experiment Station — Evaluating the Seedlings — Table 1. Results from filbert crosses. — Table 2. Yields and winterkilling of filbert catkins, Orchard 16, 1935 1937, 1938 and 1939. Yields are 4 year total. Catkin injury is 5 year mean — Table 3. Yields and winter injury of filbert catkins, Orchard 16, 1937-41 inclusive. — Table 4. Filbert selections. Orchard 22. Yields 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1946. Catkin injury records 1939-42, inclusive. — Table 5. Filbert selections. Orchard 8. Yields 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1944. Catkin injury records 1940, 1941 and 1942. — Discussion after Mr. Slate's paper—
37. 37.Nut News from Wisconsin — CARL WESCHCKE
38. 38.Home Preparation of Filbert Butter and Other Products — MRS. JEANNE M. ALTMAN, Bellingham, Washington
39. 39.Notes from Central New York — S. H. GRAHAM, Ithaca, N. Y.
40. 40.Experience with the Crath Carpathian Walnuts — GILBERT L. SMITH, Wassaic, New York
41. 41.Observations on Hardiness of the Carpathian Walnuts at Poughkeepsie, New York — STEPHEN BERNATH — Discussion after Graham, Smith, and Bernath Persian walnut papers.
42. 42.Nuts About Trees — R. E. HODGSON, Superintendent, Southeast Experiment Station, University of Minnesota.
43. 43.Report on Nut Trees at Massillon — RAYMOND E. SILVIS, Massillon, Ohio — Discussion after R. E. Silvis' paper.
44. 44.Planting of Nut Trees on Highways Undesirable — R. P. ALLAMAN, Harrisburg, Pa.
45. 45.Nut Growing for the Farm Owner — H. GLEASON MATTOON
46. 46.Tree Crop and Nut Notes from Southern Pennsylvania — JOHN W. HERSHEY
47. 47.Notes from the New Jersey Section of the Northern Nut Growers Association — MRS. ALAN R. BUCKWALTER
48. 48.Report of Resolutions Committee
49. 49.Report of the Necrology Committee — JOSEPH GERARDI
50. 50.MAJOR HIRAM B. FERRIS
51. 51.Exhibitors At the Annual Meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association, Guelph, Ontario, Sept. 3, 4, 5, 1947 — Pictures Made on the 1947 Tour — The photograph on this page was taken by Sterling Smith, those on pp. 126-7 are by Dorothy Milne. Groups of NNGA members are shown examining nut trees and other items of interest on G. H. Corsan's place, "Echo Valley," Islington, Ontario.
52. 52.Attendance
53. 53.Announcements — Publications — Publicity — Style Manual — 1948 Meeting — Hybrid Walnut Scions Offered for Nut Breeding — Hybrid Oak Information — FOOTNOTES

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