THIRD ANNUAL MEETING

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA

DECEMBER 18 AND 19,

1912

THE CAYUGA PRESS ITHACA, N. Y.
1913

PROFESSOR JOHN CRAIG
A FOUNDER OF THE ASSOCIATION
Died 1912

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Officers and Committees of the Association[3]
Members of the Association[4]
Constitution and Rules of the Association[8]
Proceedings of the Meeting held at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912[9]
Address of Welcome by the Mayor of Lancaster[9]
Response by Mr. Littlepage[11]
President's Address. The Practical Aspects of Hybridizing Nut Trees. Robert T. Morris, New York[12]
Fraudulent and Uninformed Promoters. T. P. Littlepage, Indiana[22]
Recent Work on the Chestnut Blight. Keller E. Rockey, Pennsylvania[37]
Some Problems in the Treatment of Diseased Chestnut Trees. Roy G. Pierce, Pennsylvania[44]
Nut Growing and Tree Breeding and their Relation to Conservation. J. Russell Smith, Pennsylvania[59]
Beginning with Nuts. W. C. Deming, New York[64]
The Persian Walnut, Its Disaster and Lessons for 1912. J. G. Rush, Pennsylvania[85]
A 1912 Review of the Nut Situation in the North. C. A. Reed, Washington, D. C[91]
Demonstration in Grafting. J. F. Jones, Pennsylvania[105]
Some Persian Walnut Observations, Experiments and Results for 1912. E. R. Lake, Washington, D. C[110]
The Indiana Pecans. R. L. McCoy, Indiana[113]
Appendix:
Report of Secretary and Treasurer[116]
Report of Committee on Resolutions[117]
Report of Committee on the Death of Professor John Craig[119]
Report of Committee on Exhibits[120]
The Hickory Bark Borer[122]
Miscellaneous Notes:
Members Present[124]
List of Correspondents and Others Interested in Nut Culture[124]
Extracts from Letters from State Vice-Presidents and Others[138]