URBANA, ILLINOIS

August 28, 29 and 30, 1951

Jacobs Persian Walnut Genoa, Ohio (see pages [86-87])

The above picture shows a view made last winter of the original Jacobs Persian walnut in Elmore, Ohio. Member Malcolm R. Bumler of Detroit stands under the tree. The picture was made by Mr. W. G. Schmidt and the engraving is by courtesy of Gilbert Becker, our Michigan vice president and president of the Michigan Nut Growers Association.

The Jacobs variety, a second generation seedling of a German walnut, was brought to the attention of the NNGA by Sylvester Shessler, Genoa, Ohio, who has been regularly taking prizes with it and another seedling he found growing at Clay Center. The Jacobs was fourth in the 1950-51 NNGA contest, having a good nut with 47.1% kernel. The tree, now over seventy years old, bears regularly, having 200 pounds of nuts in one recent year. Several members in Ohio, Michigan, and other states are propagating the Jacobs, and it appears to be one of the most promising non-Carpathian Persian varieties for the Midwest.—J. C. McDaniel

Table of Contents

Foreword[4]
Officers and Committees, 1951-52[5]
State and Foreign Vice-Presidents[6]
Attendance at the 1951 Meeting[7]
Constitution[9]
By-Laws[9]
Proceedings of the Forty-Second Annual Meeting. Starting on[13]
Talk by George Hebden Corsan[13]
Address of Welcome—C. J. Birkeland[14]
Response—H. L. Crane[14]
President's Address—William M. Rohrbacher[15]
Control of Spittle Bugs on Nut Trees—S. C. Chandler[18]
Preliminary Results from Training Chinese Chestnut Trees to Different Heights of Head—J. W. McKay and H. L. Crane[22]
The Filbert and Persian Walnut in Indiana—W. B. Ward[29]
Nut Growing in Eastern Iowa—Ira M. Kyhl[31]
Secretary's Report—J. C. McDaniel[34]
Discussion and Resolution on Securing New Members[35]
Treasurer's Report—Sterling A. Smith[37]
Reports of Committees[38]
Announcement of Tour—R. B. Best[39]
Status of the Northern Pecan—W. W. Magill, leading discussion[39]
Pecans in Northern Virginia—J. Russell Smith[45]
Pecans in the Vicinity of St. Paul, Minnesota—Carl Weschcke[47]
Preliminary Report on Growth, Flowering, and Magnesium Deficiency of Reed and Potomac Filbert Varieties—H. L. Crane and J. W. McKay[50]
Bunch Disease of Black Walnut—J. W. McKay and H. L. Crane (Above paper given at the 41st Annual Meeting. See discussion on page 80 of 1950 Report.)[56]
A Forester Looks at the Timber Value of Nut Trees—C. S. Walters[62]
Symposium on Nut Tree Propagation—F. L. O'Rourke, leader[68]
Factors Affecting Nut Tree Propagation—F. L. O'Rourke[78]
Nut Rootstock Material in Western Michigan—H. P. Burgart[82]
Hudson Valley Experience with Nut Tree Understocks—Gilbert L. Smith[83]
Results of 1950 Carpathian Walnut Contest—Spencer B. Chase[86]
Colby, a Hardy Persian Walnut for the Central States—J. C. McDaniel[87]
Resolutions[90]
List of Members of Northern Nut Growers Association[91]