Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting

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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at
the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15,
1911
Author: Northern Nut Growers Association
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NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
REPORT
OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING
ITHACA, NEW YORK DECEMBER 14 AND 15, 1911
PRESS OF THE ITHACA JOURNAL ITHACA, NEW YORK 1912

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errors listed below have been corrected.|

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Errata
Page 3, under "Officers" transpose addresses of President and
Vice-President. Page 23, line 5, for "Pennsylvania" read "Louisiana."
Page 103, line 2, for "Siebold" read "Nebo."

[Illustration: MR. HENRY HALES OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
And the Original Hales' Paper Shell Hickory Tree]

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
Officers and Committees of the Association 3
Members of the Association 4
Constitution and Rules of the Association 6
Proceedings of the meeting held at Ithaca, New York, Dec. 14th and
15th, 1911 7
Address of Welcome by Professor Craig 7
Secretary's Report of the Meeting for Organization held in New York
Nov. 17th, 1910 8
Secretary-Treasurers' Report for the Year 10
Discussion on Juglans Mandshurica 12
President's Address. The Hickories, Robert T. Morris, M. D. 14
Discussion 21
The Chestnut Bark Disease. J. Franklin Collins, Washington, D. C. 37

Discussion 43
Nut Growing in the Northern States. C. A. Reed, Washington, D. C. 49
Discussion 56
The Indiana Pecan. T. P. Littlepage, Washington, D. C. 62
Discussion 74
Executive Session 75
The Bench Root-Grafting of Persian Walnuts and Pecans. C. P. Close,
Washington, D. C. 79
Discussion 80
The Hales' Paper Shell Hickory. Henry Hales, Ridgewood, New Jersey
85
Discussion 86
Nut Promotions. W. C. Deming, M. D., New York 89
Some Facts Concerning Pecan Trees for Planting in the North. W. N.
Roper, Petersburg, Virginia 92
Discussion 95
The Scolytus Beetle. Prof. G. W. Herrick, Ithaca, New York 96
Discussion 99
The Persian Walnut in California. Prof. E. R. Lake, Washington, D. C.
100
Discussion 102
Is There a Future for Juglans Regia and Hicoria Pecan in New York

and New England? Prof. John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. 106
Resolutions and Executive Session 109
Exhibits 110
Appendix 111
Miscellaneous Notes 111
Report of Committee on Exhibits 111
Prize Nuts 112
Report of the Committee on the Nomenclature of Juglans Mandshurica
and the Shellbark Hickories 114
The Hickory Bark Borer. Circular and Correspondence 116
Resolutions of the Pennsylvania Conference on the Chestnut-tree Bark
Disease 122

OFFICERS
President Robert T. Morris New York
Vice-President T. P. Littlepage Indiana
Secretary and Treasurer W. C. Deming Westchester, New York City
COMMITTEES
Executive
John Craig C. A. Reed W. N. Roper And the Officers
On Promising Seedlings

T. P. Littlepage C. A. Reed W. C. Deming
On Hybrids
R. T. Morris Henry Hicks C. P. Close
On Membership
W. C. Deming E. R. Lake J. G. Rush W. N. Roper
On Nomenclature
John Craig R. T. Morris W. C. Deming
On Press and Publication
W. N. Roper T. P. Littlepage W. C. Deming
STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS
Connecticut Charles H. Plump West Redding Florida H. Harold Hume
Glen St. Mary Georgia G. C. Schempp, Jr. Albany, Route 3 Illinois Dr.
F. S. Crocker Chicago Indiana R. L. McCoy
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