Chapter V: Appendix: Report of the Secretary-Treasurer

Receipts:
Dues $200.00
Gift 200.00
Sale of report 10.00
Advertisement 15.00
Miscellaneous 7.15
________
$432.15

Expenses:
Deficit $17.54
Reporting convention 47.13
Printing 355.74
Postage 66.34
Typewriting 19.14
Advertising 6.79
Expense of secretary to Albany 10.05
Expense of secretary to New York 2.75
Miscellaneous 11.72
________
$537.20

Deficit $105.05

Through the generosity of one of our members the secretary was
enabled to issue the annual report, to have other printing done,
and to represent the Association at Albany at the conference on the
hickory bark borer called by the Commissioner of Agriculture of the
State of New York.

It is not likely that this gift will be repeated and it will be a
great misfortune if the means for publishing the annual report are
not found, as well as for taking up the present deficit of over a
hundred dollars.

Of course our membership is increasing rapidly and, in the years to
come, we should have members enough to pay our annual expenses,
including the publishing of the report. The secretary would like
also to have enough to issue reprints or bulletins from time to
time.

The secretary asks for instructions in the face of this difficulty
and would suggest the appointment of a finance committee, not to
include the secretary, and to be composed of persons who will work.

There might be a similar hard-working committee on programme. The
secretary is willing to be the clearing house for the Association,
but would like to have something to clear besides the cloudy
results of his own labors.

The secretary has a list of over six hundred names of persons
interested in nut culture, which he thinks should be circularized
from time to time with reprints, or bulletins, setting forth the
importance of, and the advances in, the art of nut culture.

The secretary would be pleased if each member would send in a new
member during the year, would send an advertisement of his own, or
some other person's, business for the annual report, and would pay
his own dues promptly on the first intimation from the secretary.
Members whose dues for the year are not paid will not receive the
annual report and, after a decent interval, their names will
automatically drop from the roll of membership and not appear in
the next annual report.

Except from a financial standpoint the Association may fairly
consider that it has had a prosperous year. Our present membership
is 134, an increase of 48 over the number reported at the last
meeting. (At date of going to press the membership is 143.)

Three members have resigned and we have lost two by death, Mr.
George W. Gachwind of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mr. W. D. Ellwanger of
Rochester, N. Y. (News came during the meeting of the death of
Henry Hales of Ridgewood, N. J., the first honorary member of the
Association. An account of Mr. Hale's work with nuts appears
elsewhere in this report.)

Thirty-one members have failed to pay their dues and have not been
sent copies of the report. The secretary asks permission to drop
the names of these members from the rolls and that a rule be
formulated to guide his action in the future.

That interest in nut growing is increasing is shown by the issuance
this year of three catalogues devoted entirely to nuts for
northern, or northern and middle, planting. One nurseryman grows
nothing else. All are members of this Association and the nuts
propagated have all been shown at our meetings.

The work of the secretary during the year, besides the preparation
and issuing of the annual report, has been given to answering a
large and increasing correspondence, by personal letters and our
various bulletins and circulars. The resolutions introduced by the
Committee on Resolutions at the last meeting, and ordered by the
Association to be printed and distributed as directed in the
resolutions, were sent out by the secretary. A number of very
complimentary letters in reply to this were received.

Arrangements and announcements were made that all members were to
receive a subscription for one year to the _American Fruit and Nut
Journal_ as a part of their membership, and that new members would
receive in addition copies of both the reports that we have issued.
This proved very attractive, but unexpected complications have
arisen that have kept the secretary busy explaining why he has been
unable to fulfil both of these promises.

At the suggestion of Professor Hutt a circular was issued to gather
information about the Persian walnut tree in the North. Replies are
still coming in and the information obtained has not yet been
collated. It shows already, however, that there is a great number
of trees in the North; that there are two large centers so far
shown, one about Rochester, N. Y., and the other in Ontario,
Canada, on the strip of land between. Lakes Erie and Ontario, known
as the Niagara Peninsula. In both localities reporters speak of
hundreds of trees. One grower near Rochester has 225 seedling trees
about 27 years old from which he is marketing nuts.

The original trees in these locations are often spoken of as grown
from seed brought from Philadelphia at the time of the Centennial
Exposition. Another center seems to be about Lancaster, Pa. There
it appears that the original trees were brought in by the Germans.
Perhaps the Philadelphia trees above referred to had the same
origin. This would be a good subject for investigation by some of
our Pennsylvania members.

There is a tree, said to bear good crops of good nuts, at
Newburyport in the extreme northeastern corner of Massachusetts.
(Specimens were shown at the meeting.)

If not already undertaken by the Government agents, I would suggest
the making of a map on which all known bearing trees of the Persian
walnut in the East should be located. If not in the Government plan
the secretary would under-take to make such a map. In any case he
is very anxious to learn as much as possible about these trees and
he urges the members to furnish him any knowledge about them that
they may have. Circulars to be filled out will be sent on
application.

A member has offered to give $25 as a prize to be offered by the
Association for the best shagbark hickory nut sent in. This offer
came too late to make suitable announcement this year, but it is
too valuable not to be accepted and encouraged, and I would suggest
that either a special committee be appointed to devise means of
offering prizes, with the above mentioned sum of $25 as a
foundation, or that the matter be referred to the committee on
promising seedlings.

THE CHAIRMAN: I think we should take some action on the secretary's report. It is before the association. What shall we do about it?

PROFESSOR SMITH: I move that the situation of the finances be referred to the executive committee.

A MEMBER: I second the motion.

THE CHAIRMAN: It is moved and seconded that the matter of the financial standing of the association be placed in the hands of the executive committee.

(Motion was carried.)

THE SECRETARY: The next is the election of the Nominating Committee.

THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any nominations for Nominating Committee?

MR. JONES: I place in nomination Professor Smith, Mr. C. A. Reed, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ridgway and Mr. Albert Stabler.

MR. POMEROY: I second that nomination.

THE CHAIRMAN: It has been moved and seconded that these gentlemen be appointed as a nominating committee to nominate the officers for the ensuing year.

(The motion was carried.)

RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION NOVEMBER 18 AND 19, 1913

_Resolved_, That the Secretary of the Northern Nut Growers Association be instructed to keep "an accredited list of northern nut nurserymen," such list to be made up by the Executive Committee of this Association of such nurserymen as the Executive Committee may feel satisfied make no misrepresentations as to whether the trees they sell are budded and grafted varieties or as to the specific varieties which they sell, or any other statement calculated to mislead the purchaser to his detriment. The said Executive Committee is to have full authority to make any necessary inquiries into the reputation or practices of any nurseryman, and shall take steps as soon as practicable to make up such an "accredited list," and such list shall consist not only of nurserymen who belong to this Association, but of any nurserymen engaged in the sale of northern nut trees. Such accredited list of nurserymen shall be furnished anyone upon inquiry. The Executive Committee shall have full power in making up this list of accredited nurserymen and shall add to the list from time to time such names as in their judgment shall be entitled to be entered on this list and shall drop from such list any names of such persons as in their judgment at any time violate the standard required for admission to such accredited list. Any nurseryman whose name is to be dropped shall first be notified and permitted to appear before the Executive Committee and be heard and shall, if he chooses, have the right to appeal from the action of said Committee to the Association at any annual meeting, and the majority vote of said Association shall be binding.

PRESENT AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION

AT WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 18 AND 19, 1913

Members:

Batchelor, Leon D., Logan, Utah
Close, C. P., Washington, D. C.
Coleman, H. H., Newark, N. J.
Crockett, E. B., Lynchburg, Va.
Deming, Dr. W. C, Georgetown, Ct.
Druckemiller, W. C, Sunbury, Pa.
Fullerton, H. B., Medford, L. I.
Hume, H. H., Glen St. Mary, Fla.
Hutt, W. H., Raleigh, N. C.
Jones, J. F., Willow St., Lancaster, Pa.
Kinsell, Mrs. Ida J., Rock Mills, Pa.
Lake, E. R., Washington, D. C.
Mayo, E. S., Rochester, N. Y.
Pomeroy, A. C, Lockport, N. Y.
Prange, Mrs. N. M. G., Jacksonville, Fla.
Reed, C. A., Washington, D. C.
Ridgeway, C. S., Lumberton, N. J.
Roper, W. N., Petersburg, Va.
Rush, J. G., West Willow, Pa.
Smith, J. R., Roundhill, Va.
Stabler, Albert, Washington, D. C.
Storrs, A. P., Oswego, N. Y.
Wile, Th. E., Rochester, N. Y.
Van Deman, H. E., Washington, D. C.

Others:

Editor _Life and Health_, Washington, D. C.
McHatton, Prof., Georgia
Frost, Mr., Boston, Mass.
Stabler, Mr., Jr., Washington, D. G.
Evans, Mr.
Lee, Mr.
Collins, J. F., Washington
Wiggins, J. B., S. Carolina
Waite, M. B., Washington
Quaintance, A. L., Washington
Sober, C. K., Pennsylvania
Davis, Mr.
Rhodes, Mr., Washington, D. C.
Mittlepage, Mrs. T. P., and friends
Pomeroy, Mrs. A. C.
Reed, Mrs. C. A.
Metcalf, Dr. J. B., Washington
Roberts, Horace, Moorestown, N. J.

EXHIBITS

By George W. Endicott, Villa Ridge, Ill.

The Boone chestnut and unnamed Boone seedlings, Nos. 4, 6, 7, 8, 22 and 24. Staminate parent of Boone. Chinquapin x Boone; Boone x Rochester; Boone x Ridgeley; Boone x McFarland. Blair, Burrill, best native, Champ Clark, McFarland, President, Ridgeley, Reliance, Rochester, William P. Stark.

C. K. Sober, Lewisburg, Pa.

Paragon chestnuts.

Mrs. Annie E. K. Bidwell, Rancho Chico, Chico, Cal.

American sweet chestnut, Italian chestnut, butternuts, black walnuts, I. X. L. almonds, seedling filbert, Bidwell pecan.

D. H. Hulseman, Lakeside, Wash.

Chelan and Hulseman walnuts.

Fancher Creek Nurseries, Fresno, Cal.

Eureka, Placentia Perfection, Neff's Prolific walnuts.

A. C. Pomeroy, Lockport, N. Y.

Pomeroy walnuts.