Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting / Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920

by Unknown

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

REPORT

OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE

ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING

WASHINGTON D. C.
OCTOBER 7 AND 8,
1920

---

CONTENTS

Officers and Committees of the Association	[4]
State Vice-Presidents	[5]
Members of the Association	[6]
Constitution and By-Laws	[11]
Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Convention	[13]
Report of the Secretary-Treasurer	[13]
Chestnut Work at Bell Experiment Plot, Dr. Walter Van Fleet, Glendale, Maryland	[16]
Report of Prof. Close and Discussion	[22]
Constitution and By-Laws Amended	[26]
Report of Committee on Importation, Mr. Littlepage	[27]
Excursion to Dr. Van Fleet's and Mr. Littlepage's Places	[29]
Nut Culture in the United States, C. A. Reed, Washington, D. C.	[33]
Address of Dr. David Fairchild	[42]
President's Address	[56]
The Place of Nut Trees in Our Northern Nut Culture, Dr. William A. Taylor, Washington, D. C.	[66]
Address by Charles Lathrop Pack, President American Forestry Association	[70]
A Nursery of Improved Filberts, Conrad Vollertsen, Rochester, N. Y.	[73]
Nuts Needed as Supplementary Foods, Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Battle Creek, Michigan	[83]
Propagated Hickories, Willard G. Bixby, Baldwin, N. Y.	[93]
Selecting and Handling Scions, J. F. Jones, Lancaster, Pa.	[99]
Address of F. E. Brooks on Some Insects that Injure Nuts	[101]
Top Working Hickories, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York	[105]
Selection and Propagation for Improvement of Pecans, Theodore Bechtel, Ocean Springs, Mississippi	[112]
Georgia's Pecan Industry, A. S. Perry, Cuthbert, Ga.	[118]
Appendix	[131]