Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report / Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946

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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
37th Annual Report
Officers and Committees 3 State Vice Presidents 4 List of Members 5 Constitution 21 By-Laws 22 Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention 23 Address of Welcome—Dr. J. H. Gourley 23 Response—John E. Cannaday, M.D. 24 Address of Retiring President—Carl Weschcke 24 Report of Secretary—Mildred M. Jones 25 Report of the Treasurer—D. C. Snyder 26 Aims and Aspirations of the Ohio Nut Growers—A. A. Bungart 27 Notes on the Annual Meeting 31 Nut Growing Under Semi-Arid Conditions—A. G. Hirschi 32 Weather Conditions versus Nut Tree Crops—J. F. Wilkinson 37 Nut Tree Notes from Southwestern Ohio—Harry R. Weber 39 Black Walnut Nursery Studies—Stuart B. Chase 40 My Experiments, Gambles and Failures—John Davidson 42 Nut Trees in Wildlife Conservation—Floyd B. Chapman 45 Commercial Aspects of Nut Crops as far North as St. Paul, Minnesota—Carl Weschcke 48 The 1946 Status of Chinese Chestnut Growing in the Eastern United States—Clarence A. Reed 51 Bearing Record of the Hemming Chinese Chestnut Orchard—E. Sam Hemming 58 Walnut Notes—G. H. Corsan 60 Self-fruitfulness in the Winkler Hazel—Dr. A. S. Colby 60 Hickories and Other Nuts in Northwestern Illinois—A. B. Anthony 61 Nut Trees for Ohio Pastures—Dr. Oliver D. Diller 62 How Hardy Are Oriental Chestnuts and Hybrids?—Russell B. Clapper and G. F. Gravatt 64 Growing Chestnuts for Timber—Jesse D. Diller 66 Improved Methods of Storing Chestnuts—H. L. Crane and J. W. McKay 71 Essential Elements in Tree Nutrition—W. F. Wischusen 73 Nut Tree Propagation as a Hobby for a Chemist—Dr. E. M. Shelton 83 Notes on Propagation and Transplanting in Western Tennessee—J. C. McDaniel 87 Propagating Nut Trees Under Glass—Stephen Bernath 90 The Economic, Ecological and Horticultural Aspects of Intercropping Nut Plantings—Dr. F. L. O'Rourke 91 Nut Work at the Mahoning County Experiment Farm, Canfield, Ohio—L. Walter Sherman 93 The Ohio Black Walnut Contest of 1946 96 1946 Iowa Black Walnut Contest 98 Grafting Methods Adapted to Nut Trees—H. F. Stoke 99 Beginnings in Walnut Grafting—C. C. Lounsberry 103 Forest Background—John Davidson 106 Graft the Persian Walnut High in Michigan—Gilbert Becker 111 Pecan Growing in Western Illinois—R. B. Best 112 Random Notes from Eastern New York—Gilbert L. Smith 114 Yield and Nut Quality of the Common Black Walnut in the Tennessee Valley—Thomas G. Zarger 118 The 1946 Field Tour—C. A. Reed 124 Report of Resolutions Committee 126 Obituary—Gourley, Bixby 126 Letters to the Secretary; Notes; Extracts 128 List of Exhibits 133 Attendance 134