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

SECOND ANNUAL MEETING

ITHACA, NEW YORK

DECEMBER 14 AND 15,

1911

PRESS OF THE ITHACA JOURNAL
ITHACA, NEW YORK
1912

Transcriber's note:
The errors listed below have been corrected.

Errata

Page 3, under "Officers" transpose addresses of President and Vice-President.
Page 23, line 5, for "Pennsylvania" read "Louisiana."
Page 103, line 2, for "Siebold" read "Nebo."

MR. HENRY HALES OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
And the Original Hales' Paper Shell Hickory Tree

	Page
Officers and Committees of the Association	[3]
Members of the Association	[4]
Constitution and Rules of the Association	[6]
Proceedings of the meeting held at Ithaca, New York, Dec. 14th and 15th, 1911	[7]
Address of Welcome by Professor Craig	[7]
Secretary's Report of the Meeting for Organization held in New York Nov. 17th, 1910	[8]
Secretary-Treasurers' Report for the Year	[10]
Discussion on Juglans Mandshurica	[12]
President's Address. The Hickories, Robert T. Morris, M. D.	[14]
Discussion	[21]
The Chestnut Bark Disease. J. Franklin Collins, Washington, D. C.	[37]
Discussion	[43]
Nut Growing in the Northern States. C. A. Reed, Washington, D. C.	[49]
Discussion	[56]
The Indiana Pecan. T. P. Littlepage, Washington, D. C.	[62]
Discussion	[74]
Executive Session	[75]
The Bench Root-Grafting of Persian Walnuts and Pecans. C. P. Close, Washington, D. C.	[79]
Discussion	[80]
The Hales' Paper Shell Hickory. Henry Hales, Ridgewood, New Jersey	[85]
Discussion	[86]
Nut Promotions. W. C. Deming, M. D., New York	[89]
Some Facts Concerning Pecan Trees for Planting in the North. W. N. Roper, Petersburg, Virginia	[92]
Discussion	[95]
The Scolytus Beetle. Prof. G. W. Herrick, Ithaca, New York	[96]
Discussion	[99]
The Persian Walnut in California. Prof. E. R. Lake, Washington, D. C.	[100]
Discussion	[102]
Is There a Future for Juglans Regia and Hicoria Pecan in New York and New England? Prof. John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y.	[106]
Resolutions and Executive Session	[109]
Exhibits	[110]
Appendix	[111]
Miscellaneous Notes	[111]
Report of Committee on Exhibits	[111]
Prize Nuts	[112]
Report of the Committee on the Nomenclature of Juglans Mandshurica and the Shellbark Hickories	[114]
The Hickory Bark Borer. Circular and Correspondence	[116]
Resolutions of the Pennsylvania Conference on the Chestnut-tree Bark Disease	[122]

OFFICERS

President	Robert T.	New York
Vice-President	T. P. Littlepage	Morris Indiana
Secretary and Treasurer	W. C. Deming	Westchester, New York City