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

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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at
the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and
30, 1951
Author: Northern Nut Growers Association
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Northern Nut Growers
Association
Incorporated
AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY

42nd Annual Report

Annual Meeting at

URBANA, ILLINOIS
August 28, 29 and 30, 1951
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[Illustration: 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
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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 56
(Above paper given at the 41st Annual Meeting. See discussion on
page 80 of 1950 Report.)
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
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Foreword
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