TREASURER'S REPORT
| Balance September 1, 1932 as reported to Washington Convention | $ 8.79 | ||
| Stamps and Canadian money redeemed by Treasurer | 3.42 | ||
| Balance in Litchfield Savings Society | 15.94 | ||
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| Receipts | $28.15 | $ 28.15 | |
| Profit on Bus Trip at Washington | 15.00 | ||
| Memberships @ $3.50 old rate. No Nut News 21 @ $3.50 | 73.50 | ||
| Memberships @ $4.00 new rate. No Nut News 3 @ $4.00 | 73.50 | ||
| Memberships @ $4.50—$3.50 to Assn. $1.00 to Nut News 2 @ $4.50 | 9.00 | ||
| Memberships @ $5.00—$4.00 to Assn. $1.00 to Nut News 43 @ $5.00 | 215.00 | ||
| Memberships @ $5.00 without Nut News 3 @ $5.00 | 15.00 | ||
| Membership @ $10.00—Mr. Ellis | 10.00 | ||
| Membership @ $10.00 with Nut News—Mr. Neilson | 10.00 | ||
| Miscellaneous Receipts | 9.00 | ||
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| Total Receipts | $ 396.65 | $ 396.65 | |
| DISBURSEMENTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Refund to D. C. Snyder | $ 2.00 | ||
| Programs Washington Convention | 25.00 | ||
| Paid National Nut News | 38.00 | ||
| Membership American Horticultural Society | 3.00 | ||
| C. A. Reed. Expense Washington Convention | 6.70 | ||
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| Total | $ 74.70 | $ 74.70 | |
| Balance to account for | $321.95 | ||
| Litchfield Savings Society | $ 15.94 | ||
| Cash on hand or in bank | 306.01 | ||
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| Total | $321.95 | $321.95 | |
J. F. Jones' Experimental Work in Hybridizing Filberts and Hazels
By Mildred Jones
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The first crosses of the hybrid filberts were made in the year 1919. The small plants when taken from the nursery row were set 5 x 8 feet with the thought in mind of taking out every other bush in the rows when they began to crowd, and in case they were of value they could be transplanted to a permanent place. It was not thought that many of the plants would bear superior nuts promising enough to keep longer than to observe the type of nuts the bushes bore. The first lot of plants, which were mostly of the Barcelona cross, bore in the fall of 1924.
The object in view mainly was to produce, if possible, a variety or varieties that could be made a commercial proposition here or elsewhere in the eastern U. S. Not very much was thought at the time about the flavor or the quality of the kernel. The main thought was to get away from the corky substance adhering to the kernel of the most of the filberts. Barcelona, the main commercial nut in the West, has a lot of this, which makes the kernel unattractive and is probably more or less injurious to the digestive system because of the tannin content. After this fault was eliminated it was going to be necessary to work for size and quality of the nut.
The filbert blight has not been found on our place, so not much stress was put on the point of producing a blight-resistant or blight-free filbert. Probably if we had the filbert blight we would consider it more seriously.