Northern Nut Growers Association Annual Report 1915

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Northern Nut Growers Association Annual Report 1915

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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Annual Report 1915 Report of the Proceedings at the Sixth Annual Meeting 1915
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NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 1 AND 2 1915

NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 1 AND 2, 1915
CONCORD, N.H. THE RUMFORD PRESS 1916

CONTENTS
PAGE
Officers and Committees of the Association 4
Members of the Association 5
Constitution of the Association 10
By-laws of the Association 11
Proceedings of the Meeting held at Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 13
Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 14
The Relation of Forest Conditions in New York to Possibilities of Nut Growing, Dr. Hugh P. Baker, New York 17
New Tree Crops and a New Agriculture, Dr. J. Russell Smith, Pennsylvania 30
Notes on the Hazels, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York 36
An Appeal to Owners of Hardy Nut Trees, C. A. Reed, Washington, D. C. 51
Northern Pecan Trees, and Notes on the Observation of Propagated Trees, W. C. Reed, Indiana 58
Walnut Observations in California, L. D. Batchelor, California 63
Pruning the Persian Walnut, J. G. Rush, Pennsylvania 69
Report on Nut Growing in Canada, G. H. Corsan, Toronto 71
Appendix:
Present at the Sixth Annual Meeting 73
Program for Automobile Trips September 1 and 2, 1915 74
Exhibits 75
Resolutions 76
Bibliography of the Year 77
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
President J. RUSSELL SMITH University of Pennsylvania Vice-President W. C. REED Indiana Secretary and Treasurer W. C. DEMING Georgetown, Connecticut
COMMITTEES
Auditing C. P. CLOSE, C. A. REED Executive T. P. LITTLEPAGE, R. T. MORRIS, AND THE OFFICERS Finance C. P. CLOSE, T. P. LITTLEPAGE, W. C. DEMING Hybrids R. T. MORRIS, J. R. SMITH, C. P. CLOSE Membership HARRY R. WEBER, G. H. CORSAN, C. H. PLUMP, LEON D. BATCHELOR, W. C. REED, R. T. OLCOTT, F. N. FAGAN, THOMAS L. ENGLEBY, W. O. POTTER, W. O. RIDGWAY, W. C. DEMING Nomenclature W. C. REED, R. T. MORRIS, E. R. LAKE, C. A. REED, R. L. McCOY _Press and Publication_ RALPH T. OLCOTT, T. P. LITTLEPAGE, W. C. DEMING Programme THE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY, THE EDITOR OF THE American Nut Journal, ex-officio; C. A. REED, W. N. HUTT _Promising Seedlings_ T. P. LITTLEPAGE, C. A. REED, J. RUSSELL SMITH
STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS
Arizona C. R. Biederman Garces California Prof. Leon D. Batchelor Riverside Canada G. H. Corsan University of Toronto Connecticut Charles H. Plump West Redding Delaware E. R. Angst Wilmington 527 Dupont Bldg. Florida H. Harold Hume Glen Saint Mary Georgia J. B. Wight Cairo Illinois E. A. Riehl Alton Indiana J. F. Wilkinson Rockport Iowa Wendell P. Williams Danville Kansas Durrett Winsborough Argentine R. 2 Box 118 Kentucky A. L. Moseley Calhoun Maryland Prof. C. P. Close College Park Massachusetts James H. Bowditch Boston 903 Tremont Building Michigan Miss Maude M. Jessup Grand Rapids 440 Thomas St. Minnesota Col. C. A. Van Duzee St. Paul Missouri P. C. Stark Louisiana New Jersey C. S. Ridgway Lumberton New Mexico E. A. Clemens Magdalena New York Th. E. Wile Rochester 37 Calumet St. North Carolina Prof. W. N. Hutt Raleigh Ohio Harry R. Weber Cincinnati 601 Gerke Bldg. Pennsylvania J. G. Rush West Willow Texas R. S. Trumbull El Paso M.S.R.R. Co. Utah M. A. Pendleton Lehi Virginia John S. Parish Eastham Washington Dr. A. E. Baldwin Kettle Falls West Virginia B. F. Hartzell Shepherdstown

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