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

INCORPORATED

Affiliated with

THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Thirty-fourth Annual Report
1943

Officers and committees	[3]
State Vice-Presidents	[4]
List of members	[5]
Constitution	[18]
By-Laws	[19]
Foreword—W. C. Deming	[20]
Report of the Secretary for 1942-43	[20]
Report of the Treasurer for 1942-43	[21]
The Status of Nut Growing in 1943. Survey Report—John Davidson, Chairman of Committee.	[22]
Side-lights on the 1943-44 Survey	[47]
Seasonal Zone Map of United States	[51]
Juglone: The active Agent in Walnut Toxicity—George A. Gries	[52]
Possible Black Walnut Toxicity on Tomato and Cabbage—Otto Reinking	[56]
Preliminary Studies on Catkin Forcing and Pollen Storage of Corylus and Juglans—L. G. Cox	[58]
Storage and Germination of Nuts of Several Species of Juglans—W. C. Muenscher and Babette I. Brown	[61]
A Key to Some Seedlings of Walnuts (Juglans)—W. C. Muenscher and Babette I. Brown	[62]
Further Tests with Black Walnut Varieties—L. H. MacDaniels and J. E. Wilde	[64]
Shelling Black Walnuts—G. J. Korn	[83]
Better Butternuts, Please—S. H. Graham	[85]
The Use of Fertilizer in a Walnut Orchard—L. K. Hostetter	[88]
Lime and Fertilizers for our Black Walnut Trees—Seward Berhow	[89]
The Propagation of Black Walnuts through Budding—Sterling Smith	[89]
Northern Nut Growing—Joseph Gerardi	[91]
Nut Puttering in an Off Year—W. C. Deming	[94]
Nut Nursery Notes—H. F. Stoke	[96]
Report from the Tennessee Valley—Thomas G. Zarger	[98]
Report from Minnesota—Carl Weschcke	[99]
Be Thrifty with Nut Trees—Carl Weschcke	[104]
Report of Season 1943—George Hebden Corsan	[105]
American Walnut Manufacturers Association Carries out Industrial Forestry Program—W. C. Finley	[106]
The Crath Carpathian Walnut in Illinois—A. S. Colby	[107]
Ohio Nut Growers' Meeting—G. J. Korn	[110]
Walnut and Heartnut Varieties; Notes and Remarks—J. U. Gellatly	[112]
Letters	[116]
Experiment Station Investigates Tree Believed to be the Oldest Chestnut in Connecticut	[120]
Report of Committee of Ohio Nut Growers—A. A. Bungart	[122]
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg—Obituary	[126]

Transcriber's note:

The illustrations are not as good as hoped, but have been placed.

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

President	Carl Weschcke,	96 South Wabasha St., St. Paul, MINN.
Vice-President	Dr. L. H. MacDaniels,	Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
Secretary	George L. Slate,	Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y.
Treasurer	D. C. Snyder,	Center Point, Iowa.

DIRECTORS

The Officers—and J. F. Wilkinson, Rockport, Indiana, and Dr. A. S. Colby, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.

COMMITTEES

Auditing—Dr. William Rohrbacher, Chairman.

Finance—Carl F. Walker, Chairman, Zenas H. Ellis, Harry R. Weber.

Press and Publication—Dr. W. C. Deming, Chairman, Mrs. Alan Buckwalter, Clarence A. Reed, George L. Slate, Dr. L. E. Theiss.

Varieties and Contest—Alan R. Buckwalter, Chairman, John W. Hershey, C. A. Reed, D. C. Snyder, H. F. Stoke.

Survey—John Davidson, Chairman.

Exhibits—G. H. Corsan, Chairman, Gilbert Becker, Paul C. Crath, S. H. Graham, Homer L. Jacobs, G. J. Korn, O. C. Lounsberry, Sargent H. Wellman.

Program—Gilbert Becker, Chairman, John Bregger, Spencer B. Chase, Dr. H. L. Crane, G. J. Korn, J. W. McKay, Clarence Reed, G. H. Corsan, Prof. R. B. Thomson, W. J. Strong, Dr. Conelly, Prof. White, Prof. Dwight.

Membership—Dr. J. Russell Smith, Chairman, L. V. Kline, Spencer B. Chase, Miss Mildred Jones, J. F. Wilkinson, Miss Amelia Riehl, H. F. Stoke, S. H. Graham, D. C. Snyder, Carl Weschcke, John W. Hershey, Gilbert Becker, Harry R. Weber.

DEAN OF THE ASSOCIATION

Dr. Robert T. Morris, Stamford, Connecticut.

FIELD SECRETARY

Zenas H. Ellis, Fairhaven, Vermont.

EDITOR OF PUBLICATIONS

Dr. W. C. Deming, Litchfield, Conn.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL

American Fruit Grower, 1770 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

State Vice Presidents

Arkansas	Prof. N. F. Drake
Alberta, Canada	A. L. Young
British Columbia, Canada	J. U. Gellatly
California	Will J. Thorpe
Canal Zone	L. C. Leighton
Connecticut	George D. Pratt, Jr.
District of Columbia	L. H. Mitchell
Georgia	Walter P. Pike
Illinois	Dr. A. S. Colby
Indiana	Hon. Hugh D. Wickens
Iowa	D. C. Snyder
Kansas	Frank E. Borst
Kentucky	E. C. Rice
Maine	Herman G. Perkins
Maryland	Dr. H. L. Crane
Massachusetts	Sargent H. Wellman
Mexico	Julio Grandjean
Michigan	Harry Burgart
Minnesota	Carl Weschcke
Missouri	Victor H. Schmidt
Nebraska	William Caha
New Hampshire	Prof. L. P. Latimer
New Jersey	A. R. Buckwalter
New York	Dr. L. H. MacDaniels
North Carolina	D. R. Dunstan
Ohio	Harry R. Weber
Ontario, Canada	Rev. Paul C. Crath
Oregon	C. E. Schuster
Pennsylvania	John Rick
Quebec, Canada	Dr. R. H. McKibben
Rhode Island	Phillip Allen
South America	Celedonio V. Pereda
South Carolina	John T. Bregger
Tennessee	L. V. Kline
Texas	Y. D. Carroll
Vermont	Zenas H. Ellis
Virginia	Dr. J. Russell Smith
Washington	Major H. B. Ferris
West Virginia	Dr. John E. Cannaday
Wisconsin	Marvin Dopkins