Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting / Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911

by Unknown

Announcement by the President.

In the interest of science and of American horticulture the Northern Nut Growers Association is making an effort to find nut trees of various kinds which produce superior nuts which can be used for propagation.

Prizes for special lots of nuts are offered.

Each lot of nuts sent for prize competition is to consist of twelve nuts from one tree, and the location of the tree is to be well marked, so that no mistake can be made later if cuttings are to be purchased from the owner or finder of the tree.

Nuts are to be sent by mail in a box or bag containing a card with the name and address of the sender plainly written. At the same time a letter is to be written separately, describing the tree in a general way, and giving the name of the town in which it grows.

Packages of nuts and descriptive letters are to be addressed to

PROFESSOR JOHN CRAIG,
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

and all specimens must be sent by November 15, 1911.

In former years it has happened that several people from the same town have sent nuts from the same tree. Under these circumstances, if the nuts take a prize, the prize must be given according to the date of the first specimens sent.

In addition to the prizes given, valuable varieties receive the name of the person sending them, and this goes on record permanently.

The sender of these nuts will often have opportunity to sell cuttings from the tree later at the common rate of five cents per foot.

Prizes are offered for the following nuts:

1st prize is to be two dollars,
2nd prize is to be one dollar,

and the amount of postage will be returned for all lots of nuts sent which do not receive prizes.

SHAGBARK OR SCALY BARK HICKORY (Hicoria Ovata).
Class A. Large thin shelled nuts.
Class B. Very small thin shelled nuts.

SHELLBARK HICKORY, KING NUT, BIG BUD HICKORY (H. laciniosa).

Size is particularly desired with this species, but thinness of shell counts high.

PECAN (H. pecan).

Pecans sent for competition must be native nuts from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio only, as these nuts are desired for northern horticulture.

OTHER HICKORIES.

Sometimes a tree of various other kinds of hickories will produce a very desirable nut; consequently first and second prizes are offered for any hickory nut not belonging to the above three kinds.

BLACK WALNUT (Juglans nigra).

Thin shelled black walnuts of good quality are desired.

BUTTERNUT, WHITE WALNUT (Juglans cinerea).

Size and thinness of shell are most important.

PERSIAN WALNUT, ENGLISH WALNUT (Juglans regia).

American grown varieties the only ones receiving prizes.

ASIATIC WALNUTS (Juglans cordiformis, J. Sieboldi, J. Sibirica).

American grown varieties the only ones receiving prizes.

BEECHNUT.

Size stands first for prize qualifications for Beechnuts.

AMERICAN HAZELS.

Thinness of shell and size are most important.

CHINQUAPIN (Castanea pumila).

Size is the most important qualification for this species.

CHESTNUTS.

On account of the rapid spread of the chestnut blight no other kinds of chestnut besides Chinquapins are desired at present.

FREAK NUTS.

Remarkable freaks of any species of edible nuts may win prizes. For instance, a black Walnut with meat growing in only one half of each shell.

R. T. MORRIS, New York City,
President Northern Nut Growers Association.

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PRIZES AWARDED IN THE RESULTING COMPETITION.

1. Hicoria ovata
Plate II, first prize:
Plate I, second prize: Exhibited by Theron E. Platt, Newtown, Conn.
2. Hicoria pecan
Mantura, first prize: W. N. Roper, Petersburg. Va.
Major, second prize: T. P. Littlepage, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C.
3. Hicoria laciniosa
First and second prizes: C. N. Stem, Sabillasville, Md.
4. Persian walnut
Nebo, first prize: J. G. Rush, West Willow, Pa.
Holden, second prize: E. B. Holden, Hilton, N. Y.
5. Asiatic walnut
Juglans Sieboldiana, first prize: J. G. Rush, West Willow, Pa.
6. Chinquapin
No. 2, first prize: J. G. Rush, West Willow, Pa
No. 1, second prize: J. G. Rush, West Willow, Pa.
7. Freak nuts
Hickory No. 4, first prize: Lillie E. Johnson, Gowanda, N. Y.
8. Butternuts
First prize: Mrs. Albina Simonds, South Royalton, Vt.
9. Beechnuts
First prize: Malcolm Newell, West Wardsboro, Vt.
Second prize: William Davis, Rutland, Vt.
10. Black walnuts
First prize: J. J. Robinson, Lamont, Mich.
Second prize: Dorothy McGrew, R.F.D. 6, Box 77, Kent, O.

The prizes awarded in this competition were contributed personally by the President.

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