Chapter I: Front Matter

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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

39th Annual Report

CONVENTION AT NORRIS, TENN.

SEPTEMBER 13-15

1948

TABLE OF CONTENTS

_Fruiting Chinese Chestnut Branches_ (_Courtesy Dr. H. Reid Hunter_) 2

Officers and Committees 6

State and Foreign Vice-Presidents 7

Constitution 8

By-Laws 9

Proceedings of the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention 12
Address of Welcome--George F. Gant 12
Response--Dr. L. H. MacDaniels 14
President's Address--John Davidson 15
Secretary's Report--J. C. McDaniel 16
Treasurer's Report--D. C. Snyder 18
Other Business of the Association, Committee Election and Reports 19

The Development and Propagation of Blight Resistant Chestnut in West Virginia--Ralph H. Quick 26

The Present Status of the Chestnut in Virginia--R. C. Moore 31

Growing Chinese Chestnuts in Lee County, Alabama--G. S. Jones 34

Processed Chestnuts on the Market throughout the Year--J. C. Moore 38

Chestnut Growing in the Southeast--Max B. Hardy 41

_Mr. Hardy and Some Chestnuts Prepared for Storage_ 41

Marketing Chestnuts in the Pacific Coast--Carroll D. Bush 51

Chestnut Weevils and Their Control with DDT--E. R. Van Leeuwen 54

Diseases Affecting the Success of Tree Crop Plantings--G. F. Gravatt and Donald C. Stout 60

_Chinese x American Hybrid Chestnut Trees_ 62

_The Brooming Disease of Walnuts_ 64-65

_Trees Killed by the Persimmon Wilt_ 67

Round Table Discussion on Chestnut Problems--Spencer B. Chase, Presiding 69

Greetings from a Kentucky Nut--Dr. C. A. Moss 83

Nut Trees for West Tennessee--Aubrey Richards, M.D. 85

Marketing Black Walnuts as a Community Projects--Rev. Bernard Taylor 87

Experiences with Tree Crops in Meigs County, Tennessee--W. A. Shadow 88

Nut Hobbying in Eastern West Virginia--Wilbert M. Frye 91

A Look, "Backward and Forward" into Nut Growing in Kentucky--W. G. Tatum 93

Round Table Discussion on Judging Schedule for Black Walnuts--Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Chairman 95

_Fruiting Black Walnut at Brooks, Alberta, Canada_ 103

Present Outlook for Honeylocust in the South--J. C. Moore 104

Possibilities of Filbert Growing in Virginia--E. L. Overholser 111

Filberts for Food and Looks in Kentucky--N. R. Elliott 116

J. F. Jones, Introducer of Many Nut Varieties--Clarence A. Reed 118

_J. F. Jones_ 118

_Mildred and Wesley Langdoc_ 125

The Value of Nut Trees in Tennessee--F. S. Chance 126

The Development and Filling of Nuts--H. L. Crane 130

The Grafted Curly Walnut as a Timber Tree--J. Ford Wilkinson 139

The Black Walnut Situation in Tennessee--George B. Shivery 142

Grafting Walnuts in Ohio--Sylvester Shessler 145

Grafting Walnuts in the Greenhouse--George L. Slate 146

Nut Investigations at the Pennsylvania State College--William S. Clarke, Jr. 148

Black Walnuts: A New Specialty at Renfro Valley--Tom Mullins 149

Marketing Black Walnut Kernels--F. J. McCauley 152

Production of Bacteria-Free Walnut Kernels--Roger W. Pease 157

Pecan Selection in Oklahoma--Dr. Frank B. Cross 160

Pecan Improvement Program for Southwestern Kentucky--W. W. Magill 164

Pecan Production in South Carolina--T. L. Senn 167

Preservation of Shelled Pecans by Drying and Hermetically
Sealing--Hubert Harris 169

Follow-Up Studies on the 1946 Ohio Black Walnut Prize Winners--L. Walter Sherman 174

Final Business Session, Election of Officers, Reports of Committees 177

Odds and Ends--Dr. W. C. Deming 181

The Birth of a New Walnut Cracker--B. H. Thompson 183

Marketing of Black Walnuts in Arkansas--T. A. Winkleman 183

Further Notes on Nut Tree Guards for Pasture Plantings--Oliver D. Diller 184

_Wire Guard Around Young Chestnut Tree_ 185

A Pecan Orchard in Glouchester County, Virginia--Mrs. Selina L. Hopkins 186

Indiana Nut Shows Have Educational Value--W. B. Ward 188

_View of an Indiana Nut Exhibit_ 189

The Importance of Stock and Scion Relationship in Hickory and
Walnut--Carl Weschcke 190

Progress with Nuts at Wolfeboro, New Hampshire--Matthew Lahti 195

Breeding Chestnuts in the New York City Area--Alfred Szego 196

Winter Injury to Nut Trees at Ithaca, New York, in the Fall and Winter of 1947-48--L. H. MacDaniels and Damon Boynton 199

What Came Through the Hard Winter in Ontario--George Hebden Corsan 201

Filberts Grow in Vermont--Joseph N. Collins 202

Report of Necrology Committee 203
Carl E. Schuster 203
Mrs. Laura Selden Ellwanger 204
M. M. Kaufman 205
Norman B. Ward 205

Attendance 206

Northern Nut Growers Association, Membership List 209

Exhibitors at the 39th Annual Meeting 222

Announcements 223

+Please Note: The membership list is in the back of this volume.+

OFFICERS OF
THE ASSOCIATION
1949

_President_--H. F. Stoke, 1436 Watts Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia

_Vice-President_--Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Dept. of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

_Treasurer_--Sterling A. Smith, 630 West South Street, Vermilion, Ohio

_Secretary_--J. C. McDaniel, Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture, State Office
Bldg., Nashville 3, Tennessee

_Directors_ include above officers _plus_:
John Davidson, 234 E. Second Street, Xenia, Ohio; and
Clarence A. Reed, 7309 Piney Branch Road, N. W., Washington
12, D.C.

_Dean_--Dr. W. C. Deming, 31 S. Highland, West Hartford 7, Connecticut

_Nominating Committee_--Dr. H. L. Crane, Harry R. Weber, Dr. William L.
Rohrbacher, J. Ford Wilkinson, George L. Slate

EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS

_Press and Publications_--Editorial Section: Dr. Lewis E. Theiss,
Dr. W. C. Deming, Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, C. A. Reed, Dr. A. S. Colby,
George L. Slate, Dr. J., Russell Smith
Publicity Section: Dr. J. Russell Smith, C. A. Reed, Dr. A. S. Colby,
Carrol D. Bush, A. A. Bungart, J. C. McDaniel
Printing Section: John Davidson, Harry R. Weber, J. C. McDaniel

_Program_--H. L. Crane, R. P. Allaman, George L. Slate, C. A. Reed, J. C.
McDaniel, Raymond E. Silvis

_Place of Meeting_--Dr. A. S. Colby, J. F. Wilkinson, D. C. Snyder,
Carl F. Walker, H. H. Corsan

_Varieties and Contests_--Spencer B. Chase, G. J. Korn, J. F. Wilkinson,
Gilbert Becker, A. G. Hirschi, L. Walter Sherman, C. A. Reed, Dr.
L. H. MacDaniels, Dr. J. Russell Smith
Standards and Judging section of this committee: Dr. L. H. MacDaniels,
Spencer B. Chase, C. A. Reed, Dr. J. Russell Smith

_Survey and Research_--R. E. Silvis, plus the state and foreign
vice-presidents

_Membership_--Mrs. Harry Weber, Mrs. Blaine McCollum, Mrs. Stephen
Bernath

_Exhibits_--R. P. Allaman, Carl Weschcke, Fayette Etter, A. G. Hirschi,
G. J. Korn, J. F. Wilkinson, G. L. Smith, Seward Berhow, Royal
Oakes, H. H. Corsan, G. H. Corsan

_Necrology_--Mrs. Herbert Negus, Mrs. Wm. Rohrbacher, Miss Jeannette F.
Johns, Barbara Sly

_Audit_--Dr. Wm. Rohrbacher, E. P. Gerber, Raymond E. Silvis

_Finance_--Harry Weber, D. C. Snyder, Carl Weschcke, Sterling Smith

_Legal Advisers_--Sargent Wellman, Harry Weber

_Official Journal--American Fruit Grower_, 1370 Ontario St., Cleveland 13,
Ohio

State and Foreign Vice-Presidents

Alabama LOVIC ORR

Alberta, Canada A. L. YOUNG

Arkansas A. C. HALE

British Columbia, Canada J. U. GELLATLY

California DR. THOMAS R. HAIG

Connecticut GEORGE D. PRATT, JR.

Delaware LEWIS WILKINS

Denmark COUNT F. M. KNUTH

District of Columbia GEORGE U. GRAFF

Ecuador, South America F. A. COLWELL

Florida C. A. AVANT

Georgia WM. J. WILSON

Idaho J. E. MCGORAN

Illinois ROYAL OAKES

Indiana FORD WALLICK

Iowa IRA M. KYHL

Kansas DR. CLYDE GRAY

Kentucky DR. C. A. MOSS

Manitoba, Canada A. H. YOUNG

Maryland BLAINE MCCOLLUM

Massachusetts I. W. SHORT

Mexico FEDERICO COMPEAN

Michigan GILBERT BECKER

Minnesota R. E. HODGSON

Mississippi JAMES R. MEYER

Missouri RALPH RICHTERKESSING

Nebraska GEORGE BRAND

New Hampshire MATTHEW LAHTI

New Jersey MRS. ALAN R. BUCKWALTER

New Mexico REV. TITUS GEHRING

New York GEORGE SALZER

North Carolina DR. R. T. DUNSTAN

North Dakota HOMER L. BRADLEY

Ohio A. A. BUNGART

Oklahoma A. G. HIRSCHI

Ontario, Canada G. H. CORSAN

Oregon HARRY L. PEARCY

Pennsylvania R. P. ALLAMAN

Prince Edward Island, Canada ROBERT SNAZELLE

Rhode Island PHILIP ALLEN

South Carolina JOHN T. BREGGER

South Dakota HERMAN RICHTER

Tennessee THOMAS G. ZARGER

Texas KAUFMAN FLORIDA

Utah HARLAN D. PETTERSON

Vermont A. W. ALDRICH

Virginia H. R. GIBBS

Washington CARROLL D. BUSH

West Virginia WILBERT M. FRYE

Wisconsin NORMAN KOELSCH

CONSTITUTION

of the

NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED

(As read at the annual meeting, Guelph, Ontario, September 5, 1947, and adopted September 13, 1948, at Norris, Tennessee)

NAME

ARTICLE I. This Society shall be known as the Northern Nut Growers Association, Incorporated. It is strictly a non-profit organization.

PURPOSES

ARTICLE II. The purposes of this Association shall be to promote interest in the nut bearing plants; scientific research in their breeding and culture; standardization of varietal names the dissemination of information concerning the above and such other purposes as may advance the culture of nut bearing plants, particularly in the North Temperate Zone.

MEMBERS

ARTICLE III. Membership in this Association shall be open to all persons interested in supporting the purposes of the Association. Classes of members are as follows: Annual members, Contributing members, Life members, Honorary members, and Perpetual members. Applications for membership in the Association shall be presented to the secretary or the treasurer in writing, accompanied by the required dues.

OFFICERS

ARTICLE IV. The elected officers of this Association shall consist of a President, Vice-president, a Secretary and a Treasurer or a combined Secretary-treasurer as the Association may designate.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ARTICLE V. The Board of Directors shall consist of six members of the Association who shall be the officers of the Association and the two preceding elected presidents. If the offices of Secretary and Treasurer are combined, the three past presidents shall serve on the Board of Directors.

There shall be a State Vice-president for each state, dependency, or country represented in the membership of the Association, who shall be appointed by the President.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE VI. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any annual meeting, notice of such amendment having been read at the previous annual meeting, or copy of the proposed amendments having been mailed by the Secretary or by any member to each member thirty days before the date of the annual meeting.

BY-LAWS

(Revised and adopted at Norris, Tennessee, September 13, 1948)