CONVENTION AT GUELPH, ONTARIO

URBANA, ILLINOIS

SEPTEMBER 3, 4, 5, 1947


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Officers and Committees[3]
State Vice Presidents[4]
List of Members[5]
Constitution[21]
By-Laws[22]
Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Convention[23]
Address of Welcome—Dr. J. S. Shoemaker[23]
Response—Dr. L. H. MacDaniels[24]
Report of Secretary—Mildred M. Jones[25]
Report on the Ohio Contest—Sterling Smith[27]
Report of Treasurer—D. C. Snyder[28]
Other Business of the Association[29]
Factors Influencing the Hardiness of Woody Plants—H. L. Crane[30]
Nut Culture in Ontario—I. C. Marritt[37]
Nut Growing at the Hort. Sta., Vineland Station, Ont.—W. J. Strong[39]
Soil Management for Nut Plantations in Ontario—J. R. van Haarlem[43]
Report from Southern Ontario—Alex Troup[45]
Nut Trees Hardy at Aldershot, Ontario, Canada—O. Filman[45]
Report from Echo Valley, 1947—George Hebden Corsan[48]
Report from Beamsville, Ontario—Levi Housser[50]
Nut Growing in New Hampshire—L. P. Latimer[51]
Nut Notes from New Hampshire—Matthew Lahti[52]
A Simplified Schedule for Judging Black Walnut Varieties—L. H. MacDaniels and S. S. Atwood[55]
Test Plantings of Thomas Black Walnut in the Tennessee Valley—Spencer B. Chase[60]
West Tennessee Variety, Breeding and Propagation Tests, 1947—Aubrey Richards, M. D.[68]
Notes on Some Kansas and Kentucky Pecans in Central Texas—O. S. Gray[69]
Experiences of a Nut Tree Nurseryman—J. F. Wilkinson[70]
Morphology and Structure of the Walnut—C. C. Lounsberry[72]
A Method of Budding Walnuts—H. Lynn Tuttle[74]
Questions asked Mr. Stoke after his demonstration of grafting and budding[76]
Importance of Bud Selection in the Grafting of Nut Trees—G. J. Korn[78]
The Hemming Chinese Chestnuts—E. Sam Hemming[79]
Results of a Chinese Chestnut Rootstock Experiment—J. W. McKay[83]
Breeding Chestnut Trees: Report for 1946 and 1947—Arthur Harmount Graves[85]
Chinese Chestnuts in the Chattahoochie Valley—G. S. Jones[92]
Some Results with Filbert Breeding at Geneva, N. Y.—George L. Slate[94]
Nut News from Wisconsin—Carl Weschcke[101]
Home Preparation of Filbert Butter and Other Products—Mrs. Jeanne M. Altman[102]
Notes from Central New York—S. H. Graham[103]
Experience with the Crath Carpathian Walnuts—Gilbert L. Smith[104]
Observations on Hardiness of the Carpathian Walnuts at Poughkeepsie, New York—Stephen Bernath[106]
Discussion after Graham, Smith, and Bernath Persian walnut papers[107]
Nuts About Trees—R. E. Hodgson[108]
Report on Nut Trees at Massillon—Raymond E. Silvis[111]
Planting of Nut Trees on Highways Undesirable—R. P. Allaman[113]
Nut Growing for the Farm Owner—H. Gleason Mattoon[114]
Tree Crop and Nut Notes from Southern Pennsylvania—John W. Hershey[116]
Notes from the New Jersey Section of the Northern Nut Growers Association—Mrs. Alan R. Buckwalter[119]
Report of Resolutions Committee[120]
Report of the Necrology Committee—Gerardi, Ferris[121]
Exhibitors[123]
Attendance[125]
Pictures Made on 1947 Tour[124], [126], [127]
Announcements[128]


OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

President—John Davidson, 234 E. Second St., Xenia, Ohio
Vice President—Dr. L. H. Macdaniels, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
Treasurer—D. C. Snyder, Center Point, Iowa
Secretary—J. C. McDaniel, Tennessee Dept. of Agr., State Office Bldg., Nashville 3, Tenn.
Director—Clarence A. Reed, 7309 Piney Branch Rd., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Director—Carl Weschcke, 96 S. Wabasha St., Saint Paul, Minn.
Dean—Dr. W. C. Deming, 31 S. Highland, W. Hartford 7, Conn.
Constitution Committee—L. H. MacDaniels, George L. Slate, Miss Mildred Jones