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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

FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING

WASHINGTON, D. C.

NOVEMBER 18 AND 19

1913

CONCORDE N. H.
THE RUMFORD PRESS
1914

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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 Washington, D. C., November 18 and 19, 1913	[11]
Experiences and Experiments with the Persian Walnut, A. C. Pomeroy, New York	[11]
Forage Nuts and the Chestnut and Walnut in Europe, J. Russell Smith, Virginia	[20]
Present State of the Chestnut Blight, J. Franklin Collins, Washington, D. C.	[25]
Top-Working Seedling Pecan Trees, W. N. Hutt, North Carolina	[32]
Unusual Methods of Propagating Nut Trees, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York City	[43]
The Possibilities of Nut Culture in Utah, Leon D. Batchelor, Utah	[48]
The Diseases of Nut Trees, M. B. Waite, Washington, D. C.	[50]
Insects Injurious to Nut Trees, A. L. Quaintance, Washington, D. C.	[62]
Demonstrations of Methods of Propagating Nut Trees	[64]
Appendix:
Report of the Secretary-Treasurer	[69]
Resolution Concerning Nurserymen Adopted at the Annual Meeting of the Association, November 18 and 19, 1913	[71]
Present at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association	[72]
Exhibits	[73]
George W. Endicott—The Boone Chestnut, E. A. Riehl, Alton, Ill.	[74]
Letters from Members	[75]
The Late Henry Hales as a Nut Culturist, H. W. Hales, New Jersey	[77]
The Filbert Blight. Abstract of Paper by Humphrey	[78]
The Truth about Tree Planting with Dynamite	[79]
Correspondents and Others Interested in Nut Culture	[81]
Authorities and Special Correspondents	[89]
The Chestnut Blight and Immune Hybrids. Recent Publications	[92]

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

President	T. P. Littlepage	Indiana
Vice-President	W. N. Roper	Virginia
Secretary and Treasurer	W. C. Deming	Georgetown, Conn.