THE SECRETARY'S REPLY
Georgetown, Conn., November 13, 1914.
My Dear Mr. ——:
It gives me great pleasure to reply as well as I am able to your letter of November 10th. You are in the position of many thoughtful men of the present day in craving the peace and delight of a life that is nearer to nature. You have also a small tract of land in a favored part of our country, and you have been led to believe, by the statements that you have run across in chance sources, that the returns from nut growing may enable you to attain your ambition.
Our president has a place at Roundhill, Va., not very many miles from yours. He is a professor of something like "Efficiency" in the University of Pennsylvania. He is young, aggressive and very efficient himself. His father was, and he himself is, an orchardist and fruit grower. Both he and I have been for some years working at the problems of nut growing. But it is only this year that we seem to have overcome the difficulties of grafting and budding nut trees. We have the greatest faith in the future success of nut growing, but we do not know how long it will be before we shall know just what varieties of nuts to plant ourselves, least of all to advise others to plant, with any certainty of success. For the man, however, who realizes that nut growing in the North is still in the experimental stage, we have no end of information and advice.
The information you have had from interested sources is misleading. Probably you would not live long enough to get satisfactory results from the seedling trees you might plant, even if such results ever came. To get reasonably prompt and certain results from nut trees it is necessary to grow such trees grafted or budded from trees of known good bearing record, just as the same thing is necessary with the common fruit trees.
Your information about the Kentish cob and the filbert is but half the truth. The shrubs will thrive for a time in almost any place. But they have nowhere in the East been a success because sooner or later they are destroyed by a disease. One of our great nut growing wants is a filbert or hazel of good size and quality that has the blight resistant quality of our native hazel.
My advice to you then would be as follows. If it is your idea to make a living by nut growing on your ten acres in Virginia within a reasonable number of years, I do not advise you to attempt it. If you wish to take up nut growing as offering an occupation of the greatest interest, with opportunity for the solution of problems of great importance to mankind, and a fair promise of eventual money profit to yourself or to your heirs, then I should certainly advise you to take up nut growing.
I would not attempt to grow the hazel or the chestnut at present, except in an experimental way. The nuts of best promise for you are the Indiana or northern pecans and the English walnut. But it requires considerable study of the subject before one may take up the practice of nut growing without the probability of making unnecessary mistakes, and unnecessarily losing time and money in repeating the experiences of others.
The wilful misstatements of some nurserymen, and the ignorance or carelessness of others, has hindered the progress of nut growing. Fortunately we have several nurserymen who have made a study of the subject, who are honorable and truthful men, and on whose statements you may rely. The only possible qualification of this statement that I know of is that an allowance for enthusiasm might be borne in mind without risk of harm. I enclose a list of such nurserymen, accredited by this association.
Your letter seems to call for this extended reply which I hope will be of service to you. If I have left anything obscure that you would like to know about, or if I can assist you in any other way, please let me know.
With the hope that you may be able to take up this most fascinating avocation with pleasure and profit, I am
Very truly yours,
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE PERSIAN WALNUT
The secretary herewith presents a preliminary report on the investigation of the Persian walnut. No attempt has been made to collect information about the walnut on the Pacific Coast, which is quite another matter. But the investigation reports very briefly on trees from Canada to Georgia and from Massachusetts to Utah.
The result of the investigation so far is hardly more than a bare catalogue of the trees which the secretary has been able to locate, and is intended simply as an aid to further investigation. It is now published with the hope that members and others may become informed of Persian walnut trees that it may be possible for them to locate, observe and report upon. It is manifestly impossible for any one person, unless some paid agent of the government or other institution, to investigate many of these trees personally, they are scattered over such a wide area. Correspondence is usually unsatisfactory and personal investigation is the only way to get good results.
Probably only a small part of all the existing trees is here catalogued. But among them, and among the others that will come to light in the constantly widening investigation by an increasing number of interested persons, will certainly be found varieties of merit and adaption to different sections of the country.
As the meeting next year at Rochester is to give especial attention to the Persian walnut it is to be hoped that members and others will make special efforts to send to the meeting specimen nuts and reports of trees.
THE PERSIAN WALNUT
Canada
Brantford—Dr. D. S. Sager. Knows at least 50 trees. Is top working native walnuts and other work.
Grimbsy—H. K. Griffith. Bearing tree or trees.
Grimbsy—Louisa Neller. Bearing tree or trees.
Grimbsy East—Beverley Book. Bearing tree or trees.
St. Catherins—Miss Alice Berger, 251 Queenston St. Several bearing trees. One tree 100-200 pounds annually.
St. Catherins—Harper Secord, R. 2. Twenty-eight young seedlings.
St. Catherins—James Titherington. Bearing tree or trees.
St. Catherins—J. J. Fee, Niagara St. Bearing tree or trees.
St. Catherins—F. D. Solvyne, Carleton St. Bearing tree or trees.
Toronto—G. H. Corsan, University of Toronto. Many young walnut and other nut trees. "Hundreds of thousands being planted in Niagara Peninsula."
New York
Chappaqua—F. M. Clendenin. Just bearing few nuts after 8 years.
Lockport—A. C. Pomeroy. Bearing orchard, seedlings.
North Avon—Adelbert Thompson. Bearing orchard, seedlings, 225 trees.
Hilton—E. B. Holden. Bearing trees.
Rochester—B. F. Whitmore, 520 Park Ave. Three bearing trees.
Holley—W. E. Howard. Four bearing trees. Knows of others. "Hundreds of trees."
Canandaigua—Bradley Wynkoop. Bearing tree.
Brockport—Marcus Cook, 90 Holley St. "Nearly 100 bearing trees within 5 miles of Brockport."
Fairport—Pickering Bros., Some Pomeroys.
Fairport—N. A. Baker.
Victor—E. Y. Shilling. Bearing tree.
Victor—A. B. Wood. Bearing tree.
Victor—Josiah Snyder. Bearing tree.
Watkins—Write E. C. Gabriel, Rock Stream. Tree reported by Prof. Corbett at N. Hector, 2 or 3 more east side of lake.
Earlville—Francisco I. L. Mulligan. Twenty-nine Pomeroys and others.
Hoosick Halls—A. A. Baker, R. 2. Knows of bearing tree near Long Island.
Port Jefferson—Joseph Schriever. "Fine Specimen."
Huntington—Historical Society. "Fine Specimen."
Between Huntington and Centerport, on Gallows Hill, old Geo S. Conklin place, occupied by "Peachy,"
as reported by Uncle Jerry Wockers of the Ithaca Journal office. Bearing tree.
Oyster Bay—Joseph H. Sears. Bearing tree, reported by Henry Hicks.
Oyster Bay—Mrs. W. H. Burgess. Bearing tree, reported by Henry Hicks.
Glen Cove—John T. Pratt. Bearing tree, reported by Henry Hicks.
Glen Cove—W. L. Harkness (Dosoris). Bearing tree, reported by Henry Hicks.
Woodbury—L. Piquet. Bearing tree, reported by Henry Hicks.
Roslyn—Admiral Aaron Ward. Bearing tree, reported by Henry Hicks.
Hempstead—Rev. Chas Snedaker, St. George's Rectory. Bearing tree, reported by Henry Hicks.
New York City, Westchester—Dr. Deming. Three Morris trees.
District of Columbia
Washington—Barnes, Weaver, Kaingler, Stabler and other trees.
Delaware
Wilmington—Dr. Rumford.
Smyrna—Walter L. Marks.
Magnolia—J. B. Tisdale. One or more bearing trees. Reported by E. B and J. M. Reed, Fredonia.
Millsboro—G. L. Ellis. Twenty miles away some trees.
North Carolina
Carthage—I. W. Williamson. Few young trees.
Carthage—John A. McLeod, R. 3.
Pomona—J. Van Lindley. Several trees near Southern Pines.
Ohio
Cincinnati—I. B. Johnston. "About 50 trees near Cincinnati."
Gypsum—H. G. Miller, of Wm. Miner and Son, Elmwood Fruit Farm. Two trees, 20 years old.
Also young Pomeroy trees. "Several very large bearing trees within a few miles of here."
Dayton—Fred Kircher, 221 S. McDonough St.
Amherst—O. F. Witte, R. 2. Bearing tree.
Middletown—Levi Leonard. One hundred seedlings. Knows of old trees in Lancaster Co., Pa.
New Jersey
Lumberton—C. S. Ridgeway. "Peerless Paper Shell," 25 years, 50-100 pounds.
Paterson—Thos. Rodgers, 236 W. 25th St., W. End. Bearing tree.
Salem—Weber; write D. Harris Smith, Att'y. Rep. J. L. Doan.
Haddonfield—J. Hutchinson.
Raritan—Philip Lindsley, Box 350. Bearing tree.
Flemington—Rev. Dr. Sonne. Bearing tree.
Marlton—C. D. Barton. Knows good bearing trees.
Moorestown—Charles Haines. Bearing tree.
Delanco—Frank Jones. Bearing tree.
Virginia
Williamsburg—D. S. Harris, Box 416, 33 Febrey. "Grafted."
Williamsburg—J. A. Bechtel, R. 2.
Mint Springs—Williams place. Two trees; rep. Am. Nut. Jour. 8, 14, p. 39.
Lynchburg—Crockett.
Roslyn—R. S. Carter, Box 41. Three trees.
Emporia—H. W. Weiss. "Fifty trees on different farms; English, Japanese and black."
Maryland
Sandy Spring—Ava M. Stabler.
Colton's Point—James K. Jones. See Circular of J. F. Jones. "Eight or ten bearing trees."
Forest Hill—Wilmer P. Hoopes.
Churchville—Alexis Smith. "Alexis."
Sharon—Mrs. S. J. Poleet. "Sheffield."
Berkeley—J. T. Smith. "Smith."
Janettsville—David Hildt. "Beder."
Vale—Kate Hooker. "Hooker."
Baltimore—Franklin-Davis Nurseries.
Princess-Anne—Ida M. Lankford. Bearing trees.
Cooperstown—L. J. Onion, P. O. Sharon. "Sir Clair."
Massachusetts
Boston—Mrs. Schultz, 335 Cornell St., Roslindale, Boston. Bearing tree.
Newburyport—Reported by C. F. Knight, Rowley. Bearing tree.
Winchester—Brackett (Bro. of G. B. Brackett). Bearing trees.
New Hampshire
Keene—Reported by A. C. Pomeroy. Pomeroy trees.
Newmarket—Alfred C. Durgin. Six Pomeroy, 2 Rush, "Supposed to be grafted."
Enfield—Forest Colby. Some trees.
Michigan
Mt. Pleasant—Myron A. Cobb, Central State Normal School. Has been distributing thousands of walnut seedlings.
Coloma—W. C. Reed, Vincennes, Ind.
Almont—F. P. Andrus. Bearing tree and seedlings.
Augusta—Orville I. Miller. Buds from Andrus.
Alabama
Huntsville—Mr. Mayhew, Westchester, New York City. Reports tree.
Tennessee
Greenville—Wm. H. Brown, 516 Main St. Reports 3 trees, El. 1500.
Georgia
Sharpe—Paul Dyer. Reported by Prof. McHatton.
Idaho
Boise—S. A. Gehman. Local bearing trees. C. C. Vincent, Ag. Exp. Sta. Moscow.
Utah
Lehi—Mrs. J. T. Winn. Several trees.
Salt Lake City—J. T. Harwood (brother of above). Many bearing trees. Leon D. Batchelor, Horticulturist, Ag. Exp. Sta. Logan.
CORRESPONDENTS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN NUT CULTURE
CALIFORNIA
D. P. T. MacDonald, Horticultural Inspector, 418 20th Street, Oakland
CANADA
Albert H. Lawrence, Edmonton, Alberta, Box 142
COLORADO
Dr. J. W. Benners, Silver Plume
Albert E. Mauff, Secretary State Board of Horticulture, Denver
CONNECTICUT
P. G. Wallmo, Stony Creek, Box 314
Royal J. Barter, Farmington
Lester S. White, Collinsville
Noah Wallace, Farmington
C. K. Decherd, Meriden, Box 464
F. Perry Hubbard, care of The Rogers & Hubbard Co., Middletown
Clarence T. Hatch, New Milford
Chester Hart, Barkhamstead
Paul Steinmann, Waterbury, R. 3
Charles E. Chester, New London, Box 593
DELAWARE
M. L. Anderson, Lincoln City
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
William A. Taylor, Department of Agriculture
FLORIDA
C. E. Browne, Glen Saint Mary
IDAHO
Thomas Judd, St. George Crystal Springs Orchard Co., Twin Falls
John Gourley, Filer
Mr. Squires, Buhl, Rio Vista Fruit Ranch
ILLINOIS
Jacob Wyne, Lintner
Miss Maude Davidson, Lewiston
L. H. Calloway, Chapin
Benj. Buckman, Farmingdale
William E. Walsh, Sparta, R. 4.
Geo. R. Hemingway, 121 Marion Street, Oak Park
Mrs. R. Matthews, McClure
Mrs. Ida L. Rice, Disco
Chas. E. Graves, University of Illinois Library, Urbana
Mrs. Truman Sweet, Durand
Geo. Findlay, 102 So. Market Street, Chicago
J. C. Gibbs, Elmwood
Dr A. W. Foreman, White Hall
Editor Journal American Medical Association, 535 Dearborn Street, Chicago
INDIANA
John F. Woods, Utility Farm, Owensville, R. 19
W. E. McElderry, Princeton Nursery, Princeton
H. J. Berendes, 509 E. Pennsylvania Street, Evansville
Vickery Bros., Evansville
Jarodsky & Co., Mt. Vernon
Henry Titus, Grand View
J. W. Jeffries, Carbon
Indiana Pecan Co., 234 3d Street, Mt. Vernon
H. B. Hill, Knightstown, Henry Co.
R. R. Katterjohn, Boonville
E. Hicks Trueblood, Salem, R. 9, Box 62
H. B. Halloway, 1132 No. Illinois Street, Indianapolis
D. W. McFarland, No. Manchester
Thomas L. Kerth, 408 Second Avenue, Evansville
Leo H. Fisher, Huntingburg
Harry Gieseke, Patoka
C. A. Weilbrenner, Mt. Vernon
J. W. Gleichman, Evansville
H. M. Thurber, Rockport
Dr. F. L. Davis, 209 Dover Street, Evansville
John F. Woods, Owensville
L. P. Dorr, Howell, R. 9
Clarence Cook, Indianapolis
Robert J. Tracewell, Evansville
W. A. Graham, Enterprise
J. C. Haines, Lake
W. A. Taylor, Oaktown
Chas. F. Hartzmetz, Evansville
J. W. Strassell, Rockport
IOWA
Wendell P. Williams, Danville
KANSAS
H. S. Baker, Secretary Winfield Nursery Co., Winfield
G. H. Dodge, 1000 Kearney Street, Manhattan
J. H. Brown, Gridley
KENTUCKY
J. W. Blunk, Maceo
James Speed, Editor Farm and Family, Louisville
H. C. Hargis, Hebbardsville
C. F. Kleiderer, Henderson
Professor Carmody, Agricultural Experiment Station, Lexington
MAINE
G. I. Hamlin, So. Waterford
E. F. Hitchings, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Orono
MARYLAND
Mrs. W. C. Taylor, 700 N. Broadway, Baltimore
I. S. Winfree, Salisbury
Frank J. Hoen, 213 Courtland Street, Baltimore
Wm. E. Little, Westminster
Mrs. W. C. Taylor, 700 No. Broadway, Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS
Capt. William H. Dole, N. Dartmouth, R. 4
Prof. W. D. Clark, Department of Forestry, Agricultural College, Amherst
Leavitt Perham, Ludlow Center
Orrin C. Cook, Milford
Chas. Ripley, 173 Harvard Street, Dorchester
Harris E. Chace, Clifford
Wilfred Wheeler, Secretary State Board of Agriculture, 136 State House, Boston
Chas. R. Green, Librarian Agricultural College, Amherst
John H. Chard, 263 Salem Street, Bradford
Prof. W. D. Clark, Department of Forestry, Agricultural College, Amherst
MICHIGAN
J. Arthur Whitworth, Michigan Desk Co., Grand Rapids
Dr. H. M. Dunlap, Battle Creek
William L. Davies, 1780 St. Aubin Avenue, Detroit
L. O. Cook, Litchfield
Miss Marie Palmer, Plymouth, R. 2
Daniel A. Edwards, Newaygo
B. W. Madill, Linden
J. J. Robinson, Lamont
Geo. W. Bolton, Sparta, R. 20
MISSISSIPPI
G. H. Sadler, Columbia, R. F. D., care of Yale Cany.
C. J. Hayden, Assistant Professor Horticulture, Agricultural College
MISSOURI
William A. F. Hain, 22 Tiffin Avenue, Ferguson
Frank Wild Floral Co., Sarcoxie
F. A. Chambers, Sherrill
E. A. Ester, 1102 Rogers Avenue, Springfield
MONTANA
J. L. Pfeiffer, Joliet
NEW HAMPSHIRE
C. W. Hoitt, 24 Odd Fellows Building, Nashua
NEW JERSEY
Thomas Rodgers, 236 W. 25th Street, Paterson
J. N. Jarvie, Beemerville
Dr. W. H. Pounds, Paulsboro
H. G. Taylor, Secretary State Horticultural Society, Riverton
Nobel P. Randel, The High School, Montclair
C. C. Doorly, Sussex, R. 2
Joseph S. Smith, Burlington, R. 3
Lemuel Black, Hightstown
Herman Tice, Westwood
Philip Lindsley, Raritan, Box 350
Rev. Dr. Sonne, Flemington
C. D. Barton, Marlton
Chas. Haines, Moorestown
Frank Jones, Delanco
John Hutchinson, Haddonfield
NEW YORK
Dr. William B. Jones, 525 Lake Avenue, Rochester
F. H. Pough, Union Sulphur Co., 17 Battery Place, New York City
W. V. S. Thorne, V. P. Union Pacific System, 165 Broadway, New York City
B. F. Butler, The Warrington, New York City
Fred Mackintosh, 3 Gillespie Street, Schenectady
J. Wallace Bush, Central Valley
Frank O. Ayres, 1 Madison Avenue, New York City
Peter H. Beller, Gallupville
Jordan Philip, Cashier First National Bank, Hudson
W. Robert Bruce, Brick Church Institute, Rochester
O. N. Fisher, 3390 Park Avenue, New York City
Hayward Greenland, care of Wilbur Van Dayer, White Memorial Building, Syracuse
A. Davis, 1240 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn
R. W. Tompkins, Brewster, R. 2
Ralph Hammersley, 88 Helderberg Avenue, Schenectady
S. Klaussner, Ferndale, Sullivan County
C. C. Sanders, 206 Broadway, New York City
M. R. Ford, Dundee
F. Gilmore, Piffard
Mrs. S. T. Smith, Bath
Isaac Conover, Randall
E. H. Kelly, State Road, Plattsburgh, R. 2
Morris M. Whitaker, Nyack
Fred Blizzard, Westtown
Wm. T. Laing, 716 Flatiron Building, New York City
Frank Hyde, Peekskill, Box 177
Mrs. J. Robert Tice, Marlborough, R. F. D.
Miss Lathrop, care of Alex D. Lathrop, Stockport
E. L. Overholser, State College of Agriculture, Ithaca
Trueman's Farm, Lake Katrine
C. H. Hechler, Harbor Hill, Roslyn
Everett C. Foster, Sagaponack, L. I.
NEW MEXICO
F. V. Pattison, Clovis
NORTH CAROLINA
Buffalo Nursery Co., McCullers
C. W. M. Hess, Manager Audubon Nursery, Wilmington
C. H. Gochnauer, New Bern, R. 2
Jesse M. Howard, 413 No. Kerr Street, Concord
OHIO
S. Prentiss Baldwin, Leslie Block, Water and Decatur Streets, Sandusky
Miss Minnie Lehrer, 812 Osborne Street, Sandusky
Chas. A. Clark, Ravenna, R. 2
E. L. Moseley, 125 Vine Street, Sandusky
Geo. T. Bishop, 1000 Scofield Building, Cleveland
J. W. Peters, Peters Buggy Co., Reynoldsburg
Mrs. C. C. Arms, St. Clair Road, Euclid
D. S. Burch, Assistant Editor Farm and Fireside, Springfield
William N. Neff, Martel, Box 31
H. M. Farnsworth, Brooklyn Bank Building, Cleveland
C. M. Knight, 129 South Union Street, Akron
H. A. Lockwood, The Lockwood-Owen Farm Co., Port Clinton
N. G. Buxton, Johnstown
Mrs G. W. Henderson, Cadiz, R. 6
J. W. Flaherty, Scio, R. 3
A. M. Preston, Vanatta, R. D. Box 122
G. L. Hyslop, Deshler
T. A. Dilley, Duncan Falls
Henry Bannon, Portsmouth
F. H. Wickey, Greenwich, R. 1
R. P. Fowler, Jr., Coshocton, R. 4
Leroy V. Ewing, Cambridge, R. 5
Prof. W. J. Green, Horticulturist, Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster
Wm. Schiller, Poland, R. F. D.
E. Gill, Mechanicsburg
W. J. Miller, 134 Garvin Avenue, Elyria
W. P. Deppen, Tiffin, R. 1, Box 20
OREGON
W. A. Orr, Milton
PENNSYLVANIA
Dr. Leedon-Sharp, 4041 Catherine Street, Philadelphia
Paul Mease, Pleasant Valley
J. A. Calderhead, Wilmerding
R. P. Wright, Reed Mfg. Co., Erie
John L. Hanna, Manager River Ridge Farm, Franklin
Elam G. Hess, Mannheim, Box 232
Chester Rick, Girard College, Philadelphia
Sam. P. Moyer, Meyerstown
John Dierwechter, Richland
Joseph T. Huss, Wellsville
W. F. Beers, Three Springs
Editor Medical Council, Philadelphia
S. B. Detwiler, Chestnut Blight Commission Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia
A. Y. Satterthwaite, Swarthmore
Donald Hutcheson, Warriors Mark
SOUTH CAROLINA
T. B. Ellis, Jr., Lyndhurst
TEXAS
O. A. Triplett, 215 No. Elm Street, Fort Worth
UTAH
L. M. Gillilan, High School, Salt Lake City
J. T. Harwood, High School, Salt Lake City
Mr. Calahan, Calahan's Book Store, Salt Lake City
Miss Maud Harwood, Lehi
Joseph Broadbent, Utah Lake Irrigation Co., Lehi
Jesse Knight, Provo
Carl Isacson, Brigham City
W. O. Knudson, Brigham City
William Zollinger, Providence
E. D. Ball, Logan
Antone Pherson, Logan
A. R. Hurst, No. Logan
Sam Judd, St. George
John Stuki, Santa Clara
Nelson Fenton, Pleasant Grove
Richard Brerton, Provo
Charles Stay, Calders Station, Salt Lake
Mrs. J. T. Winn, Lehi
Dr. T. B. Beatty, Salt Lake City
J. F. Knudson, Brigham City
J. Fred Odell, Woods Cross
Joseph A. Smith, Providence
VERMONT
Mrs. Charles A. Lewis, Grafton
Arthur H. Hill, Isle La Motte
VIRGINIA
Warren Tomlinson, Farmville
R. G. Bickford, Lee Hall Farm, Newport News
Mrs. W. S. Mott, Dixondale
R. G. Bickford, Newport News
James H. Denmead, West Point, Box 50
John J. Rhodes, Potomac View Farm, Sterling
R. M. Fontaine, Richmond, care of Chesapeake and Potomac Telegraph Co., 7th and Grace Streets
WASHINGTON
J. P. Douglass, Tonasket
A. H. Irish, Wapato
Robert W. Bryan, Alderdale
WEST VIRGINIA
Martin Crow, Dallas
WISCONSIN
W. S. Liston, 459 Van Buren Street, Milwaukee
WYOMING
W. C. Deming, Editor Wyoming Stockman-Farmer, Cheyenne
AUTHORITIES AND SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS
For a list of authorities and special correspondents in all the states of the Union, and elsewhere, see the report of this Association for 1913.
SOME RECENT LITERATURE ON NUTS AND NUT GROWING
The Agriculture of the Future. J. Russell Smith, Harper's Magazine, January,
1913, p. 273.
The Doctor's New Job. J. Russell Smith, Country Gentleman, June 28, 1913,
p. 970.
Nut Farming For Tomorrow. J. Russell Smith, Country Gentleman, July 5,
1913, p. 1015.
The Pecan and the Patient Waiter. J. Russell Smith, Country Gentleman,
December 20, 1913.
Pigs, Peas and Pecans. J. Russell Smith, Ibid., December 27, 1913.
The Real Dry Farmer. J. Russell Smith, Harper's Monthly, May, 1914.
Tree Crops as a Control of Erosion. J. Russell Smith, Science, June 12, 1914.
Two Story Farming. J. Russell Smith, Century Magazine, July, 1914.
The Agriculture of the Garden of Eden. J. Russell Smith, Atlantic Monthly,
August, 1914.
Vacations that Counted. J. Russell Smith, Harper's Weekly, September 12,
1914.
The Life History and Habits of the Walnut Weevil or Curculio, Conotrachelus
juglandis. Part III of the Annual Report of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment
Station, New Haven, 1912, p. 240.
The Walnut Bud-moth, Acrobasis caryae. Ibid., p 253.
Japan Walnuts, Juglans sieboldiana. Rural New-Yorker, February 1, 1913.
H. O. Mead on variation in type and crossing.
Persian Walnuts for Indiana. Van Deman, Rural New-Yorker, February 22,
1913, p. 225.
Dropping Walnuts. Ibid., p. 259.
Chestnut Bark Disease. Part V of the Annual Report of the Connecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, 1912. Very full account, 100
pages, plates, charts and bibliography.
The Chestnut Bark Disease. Ibid., bul. 178, September, 1913.
So-called Chestnut Blight Poisoning. Ibid. Part I of the Annual Report for
1914. 12 pages and plate.
Supposed Poisonous Properties of Chestnuts Grown on Trees Affected with
Chestnut Blight. C. Dwight March. Journal of the American Medical Association,
July 4, 1914, p. 30.
Studies in Juglans, 1. Study of a Form of Juglans Californica, Watson. By
Ernest B. Babcock. University of California Publications in Agricultural Sciences
Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 1-46, pls. 1-12. December 4, 1913.
Studies in Juglans, II. Further Observations on a New Variety of Juglans
Californica, Watson, and on Certain Supposed Walnut-Oak Hybrids. By
Ernest R. Babcock. Ibid. Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 47-70, pls. 13-19. Oct. 31, 1914.
Production of the Walnut in the Northwest. Ferd Groner. Fifth Annual
Report, Oregon State Horticultural Society, December, 1913. p. 159.
Top-Working Seedling Pecan Trees. W. N. Hutt. Bul. 224, North Carolina
Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh, January, 1914. Excellent description
and illustrations.
Birds as Carriers of the Chestnut Blight Fungus. Journal of Agricultural
Research, September, 1914, Vol. II, No. 6, Department of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C. Account of experiments, with plates and bibliography.
Pecan Rosette. By W. A. Orton and Frederick V. Rand. Reprint from
Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. III, No. 2. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C., November 16, 1914.
The Possibilities of Nut Culture in New England. By Dr. William C. Deming.
Reprinted from the Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society,
1914, Part 1. Boston, August, 1914.
Nut Culture. By William C. Deming. Circular No. 26, Massachusetts
State Board of Agriculture. June, 1914.
Nut Growing and the Propagation of Nut Trees. By William C. Deming.
To be printed in the Annual Report of the New Jersey State Horticultural Society,
1914.
Grafting the Hickory. By William C. Deming. Rural New-Yorker, December
12, 1914. Note on a simple method for grafting the hickory by the slip bark
method.
Nuts for the North. H. E. Van Deman. Green's Fruit Grower, December,
1914, p. 7.
Cracking the Walnut Blight. Walter V. Woehlke. The Country Gentleman,
November 28, 1914, p. 1910. Illustrations of top-working the walnut in California.
American Nut Journal. Published monthly at Rochester, N. Y., by Ralph
T. Olcott, Editor of American Fruits. $1.25 a year, or $2.50 with yearly membership
in this Association. First number issued June, 1914, Ellwanger & Barry
Building.
Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Convention of the National Nut Growers
Association, Thomasville, Georgia, October, 1914. J. B. Wight, Secretary,
Cairo, Georgia.
PRESENT AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
W. C. Reed
M. T. Reed
C. A. Reed
R. T. Morris
J. Russell Smith
Col. C. K. Sober
W. O. Potter
E. A. Riehl
J. L. Doan
H. R. Weber
C. P. Close
R. L. McCoy
J. F. Wilkinson
T. P. Littlepage
R. T. Olcott
W. C. Deming
H. D. Simpson
Ray C. Simpson
Dr. A. J. Knapp
L. W. Kiefer
Col. C. A. Van Duzee
John S. Parish
Miss Ellen Littlepage
Mrs. H. S. Kramer
Dr. Worsham
Mr. C. D. Evans
Paul White
Mr. A. C. Pomeroy
Mrs. Pomeroy
Harry Gieseke, Patoka, Ind., R. 22
D. C. Hargis, Hebbardsville, Ky.
C. A. Weilbrenner, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
C. E. Browne, Glen St. Mary, Fla.
J. W. Gleichman, Evansville
H. M. Thurber, Rockport
A. L. Moseley
W. E. McElderry, Princeton, Ind.
John F. Woods, Owensville, Ind.
Dr. F. L. Davis, 209 Dover St., Evansville
A. M. Williams, Evansville Press
L. P. Doarr, Howell, Ind., R. 9
Clarence A. Cook, Indianapolis
Robert J. Tracewell, Evansville, and son
Thomas L. Kerth, 910 Third Ave., Evansville
W. A. Graham, Enterprise
Carl J. Poll
C. F. Kale
C. F. Kleiderer, Henderson, Ky.
J. C. Haines, Lake
C. H. Baldwin, State Entomologist
Leo H. Fisher, Huntingburg, Ind.
Prof C. W. Matthews
Prof. Carmody
Mrs. J. W. Wilkinson
Mrs. Amy Norris
Miss Lottie Lee Mattingly
Anthony Dodds, Enterprise
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dodds
Mrs. Ed. J. Fehn
Miss Ollie Dilday
Mrs. Fred Elmendorf
Miss Halma May Dodds
Miss Laura Hostetter
E. E. Lockwood, Poseyville, Ind.
Mason J. Niblack
W. A. Taylor, Oaktown
Hugh C. Schmidt, Evansville
J. W. Strassell, Rockport, Ind.
Mrs. J. W. Strassell, Rockport, Ind.
Miss Helen Gentry, Rockport, Ind.
Chas. F. Hartmetz, Evansville, Ind.
Reporters
ANNUAL MEETING IN 1915
The following letter was sent to our members and some of our correspondents living in or near Rochester. The secretary would be pleased if every person who opens this volume at this page would read this letter and, having read, would make a note of it for action.
Georgetown, Conn., September 10, 1914.
Dear Sir:
Rochester, N. Y., is quite likely to be selected as the place for the next meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association, and the Persian ("English") walnut as the subject for especial consideration.
There are many Persian walnut trees in Rochester and vicinity. Will you not bear in mind that we shall probably meet there and help to make the meeting a success? One way in which this can be done is to look up now any walnut trees, or other superior nut trees, observe their bearing and get their records and samples of the nuts, with photographs if desirable.
Another way to help is to talk about the association and this meeting to others and get them interested in the association and in reporting nuts.
Any assistance in making arrangements, or in providing attractions for the meeting will be most welcome.
I append a list of members and correspondents in and about Rochester. Mr. Olcott, the editor of the American Nut Journal, will undoubtedly act as a central bureau for information and report.
Let us make this coming meeting go far toward settling some of the undecided points about the Persian walnut in the East.
Yours truly,