Northern Nut Growers Association Annual Report, 1919 | Page 9

all of it within the Northern Association, a subsidiary thereto--the walnut society--people particularly interested in the walnut, but do not care for the hickory, pecan or any other nut. You will find people particularly interested in the black walnut, some in the Persian walnut, some in the filbert--form a filbert society as the American Nut Journal has suggested, and let all the enthusiasts of the filbert get together, and if they are scattered, let them keep together by correspondence and increased activity in that way. The same for the butternut. Get at it from that way.
MR. KETCHUM: Another thing to further our society here today, we can make those small organizations auxiliary thereto.
DR. MORRIS: Any one who is interested in one nut becomes interested in all eventually.
MR. BIXBY: I received more inquiries regarding the Persian walnut and the pecan than any other nuts--probably more regarding the Persian walnut. Nearly everybody who writes wants to grow Persian walnuts; and in the great majority of instances, I have to try to switch them onto black walnuts with the suggestion that they plant a few Persian walnuts because we have no experimental data of the Persian walnut succeeding in their section. In some instances they will turn to the black walnuts; in other instances I hear nothing further from them. The Persian walnut is the most popular with people who have not tried to grow any nuts. Mr. Jones perhaps can tell us how his inquiries run. Don't they run very largely for Persian walnuts?
MR. JONES: Yes, they do. I was thinking possibly you could make a combination--take, for instance, the membership, the nut journal, and some nut trees. The nurserymen could make considerable concession.
DR. MORRIS: That combination is right well.
MR. JONES: You could give a coupon good for so much on an order for trees or something of that sort.
MR. BIXBY: That suggestion was made and I referred it to the executive committee. I have not had any reply.
PRESIDENT REED: I didn't have time to answer the communication and get it back to you before I came here; so I thought we would decide on that here. If there is nothing further to come up this morning, a motion to adjourn will be in order until the afternoon session.
MR. BIXBY: I might repeat that at the request of Dr. Kellogg, in order to get the papers which he had been particularly requested to have given so that people could hear them, Dr. Morris and Prof. Cajori who were scheduled this afternoon, will come this evening, and Mr. Hoover's and Mr. Graves' papers, which were scheduled for this evening, will have to come this afternoon. Neither of the writers are present, but the papers are here. Mr. Graves expected to be here but I had a telegram yesterday that he could not get away. I have the paper, though and the photographs.
MR. MCGLENNON: Has there been provision made for a paper on filberts by Mr. Vollertsen? If not, I should like to have it.
MR. BIXBY: Certainly, there can be. It ought to come in this afternoon. I wrote Mr. Vollertsen asking if he could deliver it.
MR. MCGLENNON: He has the paper prepared, and I want to hear it. I have been closely associated with Mr. Vollertsen for some ten years, and I know that his whole heart and soul are in the development of the filbert; and I know what he has done and that he is a rare character in the nut world today, that he possesses a fund of information. I am sure you will find intensely interesting; and furthermore I would suggest, and I believe I speak for him when I say I hope you will feel free to ask him questions. As I said before, he has a fund of information that I think we nut people ought to have, and the general public as well. We have a very good exhibit of the nuts. Mr. Vollertsen is the practical man in the enterprise we are interested in. I look after the business end of it. We are equally interested in it and feel that we have made some progress.
DR. MORRIS: Put Mr. McGlennon on too.
MR. MCGLENNON: I have said all I can say.
MR. VOLLERTSEN: You have said too much.
PRESIDENT REED: If there is nothing else, we will stand adjourned until 2:30 p. m.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 9, 1919, 2:30 P. M. PRESIDENT W. C. REED, IN THE CHAIR
PRESIDENT REED: The first paper is by Mr. Hoover, Matthew Henry Hoover, of Lockport, N. Y., president of the New York State Conservation Association. Mr. Hoover is not here, and the Secretary will read his paper.

THE FARMS BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
BY MATTHEW HENRY HOOVER, LOCKPORT, N. Y. FORMERLY NEW YORK CONSERVATION COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT NEW YORK STATE