Chapter I: Front Matter

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_44th Annual Report_

OF THE

Northern Nut Growers Association

Incorporated

AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

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_Annual Meeting at_

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

August 31--September 1, 1953

ROCHESTER N.Y.-1953]

Table of Contents

Officers and Committees 1953-54 4
State and Foreign Vice-Presidents 6
Constitution and By-laws 8
Call to Order, 44th Annual Meeting 11
Address of Welcome--Wilbur Wright 12
Business Session--Secretary's Report--Treasurer's Report 13, 14, 15
Blossoming Habits of the Persian Walnut--H. F. Stoke 18
President's Address--Richard B. Best 22
About Nuts--Ira M. Kyhl 28
Natural Variation Observed in Shagbark Hickory, Carya ovata
(Mill.) K. Koch. in Central New York--David H. Caldwell 29
The Control of the Hickory Weevil (Curculio caryae) 39
Round Table Discussion--What's Your Problem 43
The International Chestnut Commission and the Chestnut Blight
Problem in Europe, 1953--G. Flippo Gravatt 52
Rooting Chestnuts from Softwood Cuttings--Roger W. Pease 56
Evaluating Chestnuts Grown under Forest Conditions--Jesse
D. Diller 59
Panel Discussion--Chestnuts 62
Development of the Nut Industry in the Middle West--J. F.
Wilkinson 70
Some Aspects of the Problem of Producing Curly-Grained
Walnuts--L. H. MacDaniels 72
Late Rev. Paul C. Crath--L. K. Devitt 80
The Eastern Black Walnut as a Farm Timber Tree--John Davidson 84
The McKinster Persian Walnut--P. E. Machovina 89
Carpathian Walnuts in the Colombia River Basin--Lynn Tuttle 94
Walnuts and Filberts in Southern Wisconsin--C. F. Ladwig 95
Biology, Distribution and Control of the Walnut Husk
Maggot--F. L. Gambrell 98
Panel Discussion: The Persian Walnut Situation 104
Banquet Session--Resolutions Committee Report 109
Walnuts in Lubec, Maine--Radcliffe B. Pike 115
My Thirty Years Experience with Nut Trees--Carl Weschcke 116
Growing American Chestnuts and Their Hybrids Under Blight
Conditions--Alfred Szego 119
Experiences and Observations on Nut Growing in Central
Texas--Kaufman Florida 121
Propagation of the Hickories--F. L. O'Rourke 122
A Root Disease of the Persian Walnut--G. Flippo Gravatt 127
Factors That Influence Nut Production--W. B. Ward 129
Pictorial Record of Grafting at Climax Michigan--W. M. Beckert 134
Rock Phosphate for Nut Trees--Harry B. Burgart 135
A Report from Southern Minnesota--R. E. Hodgson 136
Chestnut Breeding--Report for 1953--Arthur Harmount Graves and
Hans Nienstaedt 136
Dr. W. C. Deming--John Davidson 144
The Nomenclature of Nut Varieties--George H. M. Lawrence 145
The New Code for the Naming of Cultivated Plants--J. S. L. Gilman 149
Exhibit at the Harvest Show of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society 158
Attendance Register, Rochester, N. Y. 1953 159
Membership List 160

Officers for 1953-54

President Richard B. Best, Eldred, Illinois
Vice-President Gilbert Becker, Climax, Michigan
Secretary Spencer B. Chase, Knoxville, Tennessee
Treasurer William S. Clarke, Jr., State College, Pennsylvania
Directors Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Ithaca, New York
Dr. William Rohrbacher, Iowa City, Iowa
Dean of the Association Dr. W. C. Deming, Litchfield, Connecticut

EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS 1953-54

Program Committee:
Dr. Lloyd L. Dowell, Royal Oakes, Dr. J. W. McKay, Roy D. Anthony,
J. G. McDaniel, Lewis E. Theiss, W. B. Ward.

Local Arrangements:
Mrs. Herbert Krone, R. P. Allaman, John Rick, Elwood B. Miller,
Victor Brook.

Place of Meeting Committee:
To explore meeting places for three years, Michigan and Connecticut
as possible places for the 1955 and 1956 annual conventions. W. M.
Beckert, R. P. Allaman, Carl Prell, Lloyd L. Dowell.

Publication Committee:
Professor George L. Slate, Dr. L. H. MacDaniels.

Varieties and Contests Committee:
J. C. McDaniel, Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Sylvester M. Shessler, H. F.
Stoke, Royal Oakes.

Standards and Judging Committee: (Section of Varieties Committee)
Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Dr. H. L. Crane, Louis Gerardi, Spencer B.
Chase, Professor Paul E. Machovina.

Survey and Research Committee:
H. F. Stoke (With all state and foreign vice-presidents).

Exhibits Committee:
Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Fayette Etter, H. F. Stoke, Royal Oakes, J. F.
Wilkinson, G. J. Korn.

Understock Committee:
J. C. McDaniel, Albert B. Ferguson, Dr. Aubrey Richards, Louis
Gerardi, Dr. A. S. Colby, Max Hardy, Gilbert L. Smith.

Auditing Committee:
Raymond E. Silvis, Sterling A. Smith, Edward W. Pape.

Legal Advisor:
Sargent H. Wellman, Esq.

Finance Committee:
Carl F. Prell, Ford Wallick, Sterling A. Smith.

Necrology Committee:
Mrs. H. L. Crane, Mrs. C. A. Reed, Mrs. Wm. J. Wilson.

Nominating Committee:
(Elected at Rochester, N. Y.) Paul E. Machovina, Raymond Silvis,
George Salzer, Dr. H. L. Crane, Ira M. Kyhl.

Membership Committee:
Gilbert Becker, Raymond E. Silvis, Edward W. Pape, Gordon Pulliam,
Hon. Paul C. Daniels, Max B. Hardy.

Publicity Committee:
Paul E. Machovina, Wm. J. Wilson, Carl F. Prell, Frank M. Kintzel.

Change of Name Committee:
Elwood B. Miller, John Davidson, Dr. J. W. McKay, Dr. H. L. Crane.

State and Foreign Vice-Presidents

Alabama Edward L. Hiles, Loxley Alberta A. L. Young, Brooks Arkansas W. D. Wylie, Univ. of Ark., Fayetteville Belgium R. Vanderwaeren, Bierbeekstraat, 310, Korbeek-Lo British Columbia, Canada J. U. Gellatly, Box 19, Westbank California Thos. R. Haig, M.D., 3021 Highland Ave., Carlesbad Colorado J. E. Forbes, Julesburg Connecticut A. M. Huntington, Stanerigg Farms, Bethel Delaware Lewis Wilkins, Route 1, Newark Denmark Count F. M. Knuth, Knuthenborg, Bandholm District of Columbia Ed. L. Ford, 3634 Austin St., S.E. Washington 20 Florida C. A. Avant, 960 N. W. 10th Ave., Miami Georgia William J. Wilson, North Anderson Ave., Fort Valley Hawaii John F. Cross, P. O. Box 1720, Hilo Hong Kong P. W. Wang, 6 Des Voeux Rd., Central Idaho Lynn Dryden, Peck Illinois Royal Oakes, Bluffs (Scott County) Indiana Edw. W. Pape, Rt. 2, Marion Iowa Ira M. Kyhl, Box 236, Sabula Kansas Dr. Clyde Gray, 1045 Central Ave., Horton Kentucky Dr. C. A. Moss, Williamsburg Louisiana Dr. Harald E. Hammar, 608 Court House, Shreveport Maryland Blaine McCollum, White Hall Massachusetts S. Lothrop Davenport, 24 Creeper Hill Rd., North Grafton Michigan Gilbert Becker, Climax Minnesota R. E. Hodgson, Southeastern Exp. Station, Waseca Mississippi James R. Meyer, Delta Branch Exp. Station, Stoneville Missouri Ralph Richterkessing, Route 1, Saint Charles Montana Russel H. Ford, Dixon Nebraska Harvey W. Hess, Box 209, Hebron New Hampshire Matthew Lahti, Locust Lane Farm, Wolfeboro New Jersey Mrs. Alan R. Buckwalter, Route 1, Flemington New Mexico Rev. Titus Gehring, P. O. Box 177, Lumberton New York Stephen Bernath, Route No. 3, Poughkeepsie North Carolina Dr. R. T. Dunstan, Greensboro College, Greensboro North Dakota Homer L. Bradley, Long Lake Refuge, Moffit Ohio Christ Pataky Jr., 592 Hickory Lane, Route 4, Mansfield Oklahoma A. G. Hirschi, 414 North Robinson, Oklahoma City Ontario, Canada Elton E. Papple, Cainsville Oregon Harry L. Pearcy, Route 2, Box 190, Salem Pennsylvania R. P. Allaman, Route 86, Harrisburg Prince Edward Is. Canada Robert Snazelle, Forest Nursery, Route 5, Charlottetown Rhode Island Philip Allen, 178 Dorance St., Providence South Carolina John T. Bregger, P. O. Box 1018, Clemson South Dakota Herman Richter, Madison Tennessee W. Jobe Robinson, Route 7, Jackson Texas Kaufman Florida, Box 154, Rotan Utah Harlan D. Petterson, 2076 Jefferson Ave., Ogden Vermont A. W. Aldrich, R. F. D. 2, Box 266, Springfield Virginia H. R. Gibbs, Linden Washington H. Lynn Tuttle, Clarkston West Virginia Wilbert M. Frye, Pleasant Dale Wisconsin C. F. Ladwig, 2221 St. Lawrence, Beloit

CONSTITUTION
of the
NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED
(As adopted September 13, 1948)

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, a 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)