Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting | Page 4

NUT
GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
Object. The promotion of interest in nut-producing plants, their
products and their culture.
Membership. Membership in the society shall be open to all persons
who desire to further nut culture, without reference to place of
residence or nationality.

Officers. There shall be a president, a vice-president, a
secretary-treasurer and an executive committee of five persons, of
which latter the president and secretary shall be members.
Meetings. The association shall hold an annual meeting on or about
Nov. 15 and such other special meetings as may seem desirable, these
to be called by the president and executive committee.
Fees. The fees shall be of two kinds, annual and life. The former shall
be $2.00, the latter $20.00.
In addition to the large number of letters showing a wide spread interest
in nut growing, communications of especial interest were received from
Prof. W. N. Hutt, State Horticulturist of North Carolina, Mr. W. N.
Roper, former editor of the American Fruit and Nut Journal, and from
Mr. Henry Hicks of Westbury, Long Island.
The election of officers resulted as follows:
President--Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York City.
Vice-President--Mr. T. P. Littlepage, Washington, D. C.
Secretary-Treasurer--Dr. W. C. Deming, Westchester, New York City.
Executive Committee: Prof. John Craig, Cornell University; Henry
Hales, Ridgewood, N. J.; Prof. C. P. Close, College Park, Md.
Exhibits of nuts, nut literature, trees, grafting methods, a budding tool,
etc., were received and shown from nineteen different contributors. A
detailed account of these has been published and is on file.
The following resolution, introduced by Mr. T. P. Littlepage, was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, that the Northern Nut Growers' Association express its
appreciation of the attitude of the National Nut Growers' Association in
encouraging the organization of associations which have for their
purpose the development of the nut industry, and we hereby pledge our

support to, and our cooperation with, said National Nut Growers'
Association. And be it further
Resolved, that we hereby acknowledge our great obligation to the many
pioneer nut growers of the South who have done so much to put nut
culture on a scientific basis, and that we express to them our deep
gratitude for the fund of valuable information and data which they have
worked out and made available.
The meeting then adjourned.
The Secretary-Treasurer has received for membership fees $108.00,
and expended for postage, printing and stationery, telephone and
telegrams, $59.27. Remaining in treasury, $48.73.
The following leaflets were issued during the year:
A reprint of Dr. Morris's article "Nut Culture for Physicians."
A list of societies, books and other publications devoted to nut culture.
A list of some of the chief nurserymen carrying nut trees in stock.
The President also published in the Garden Magazine for May an
article on nut culture, in which he referred to our organization, as a
result of which some 45 letters of inquiry were received by the
secretary, covering the country from Canada to Texas and from British
Columbia to Panama.
The leaflets, and notices of the annual meeting, have been sent to about
321 addresses, including the members, agricultural journals,
nurserymen and nut dealers, government and state officials, state
horticulturists, correspondents and persons who it was thought might be
interested.
The following letter was sent to 21 leading nurserymen:
"The President of our association, Dr. Robert T. Morris of New York,
asks me to suggest to you that it might be well for your firm, or some

member of it, to join the association, to be present at the meetings and
to take up the matter of raising such nursery stock as is in constant and
growing demand by the members. We need to be in touch with those
who are growing things commercially and if they are present at the
meetings they will know what we want. The national association is
largely made up of professional nurserymen."
Nov. 15, 1911.
Two nurserymen have accepted the invitation. Evidently the others do
not yet think the northern nut grower one whose acquaintance is worth
cultivating. We hope to convince them to the contrary.
The following letter has been sent to the state horticulturists of the
northern states and the provinces of Canada.
"The Northern Nut Growers' Association desires your interest, your aid
and advice, your membership and, if possible, your attendance at the
meetings.
It would also be of help to the association in its work if you would give
it information of those persons in your state who are interested in nut
culture."
Nov. 15, 1911.
Cordial replies have been received from M. B. Cummings, Secretary of
the Vermont Horticultural Society; from Le Roy Cady, Chief of the
Division of Horticulture, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station;
and from J. H. Poster, Professor of Forestry, New Hampshire
Agricultural College.
Fifty postal card reminders of this meeting were sent to