FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
AUGUST 20 AND 21,
1914

CONCORD, N. H. THE RUMFORD PRESS 1915

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Officers and Committees of the Association[4]
Members of the Association[5]
Constitution and Rules of the Association[10]
Proceedings of the Meeting held at Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914[11]
Report of the Secretary-Treasurer[17]
Proposed Score Card for Judging Nuts[20]
Status and Possibilities of Nut Culture in the North, T. P. Littlepage, Washington, D. C.[23]
Discussion on Cultivation and Fertilizers for Nut Trees[31]
Personal Experiences with Hybridization of Nut Trees, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York[37]
The Use of Dynamite in Tree Planting, C. D. Evans, Delaware[43]
Demonstration of Grafting and Budding Nut Trees, R. L. McCoy, Indiana, and Paul White, Indiana[47]
Discussion on Seedling Trees[52]
Seedling Nut Trees. The Nomenclature of Northern Pecans, Dr. J. Russell Smith, Pennsylvania[54]
Practical Suggestions on the Production of Nut Orchards, Dr. C. A. Van Duzee, Georgia[61]
The Function of the Class Journal, Ralph T. Olcott, Editor American Nut Journal[65]
Discussion on Top Working Large Nut Trees[68]
Report of the Committee on Nomenclature[73]
Report of the Committee on Exhibits[74]
Report of the Committee on Resolutions[74]
Session at Enterprise[75]
A Plea for the Planting of Nut Trees, Colonel C. K. Sober, Pennsylvania[85]
Discussion on the Hazel or Filbert[88]
Appendix:
The History of the Persian Walnut in Pennsylvania, J. G. Rush, Pennsylvania[93]
A Comparison of Northern and Southern Conditions in the Propagation of Nut Trees, J. F. Jones, Pennsylvania[96]
Top Working Large Walnut Trees, W. C. Reed, Indiana[101]
Interest in Nut Growing in the Intermountain States, Dr. L. D. Batchelor, Utah[104]
Report from G. H. Corsan, Canada[105]
Distribution of Persian ("English") Walnut Seedlings in Michigan[107]
Examples of Some Recent Correspondence[109]
Preliminary Report on the Persian Walnut, by the Secretary[114]
Correspondents and Others Interested in Nut Culture[118]
Some Recent Literature on Nuts and Nut Growing[124]
Present at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association[126]
Annual Meeting in 1915[127]