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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933
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Northern Nut Growers Association
INCORPORATED

Affiliated with
THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

=REPORT=
of the proceedings of the
=Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting=
=DOWNINGTOWN, PA.=
SEPTEMBER 11 and 12, 1933

INDEX
Officers, Directors and Committees 3 State Vice-Presidents 4 List of Members 5 Constitution 8 By-Laws 9 My Butternut, A Poem, by J. H. Helmick 10 Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Convention 11 Address of Rev. G. Paul Musselman 11 Report of the Treasurer 13 J. F. Jones' Experimental Work in Hybridizing Filberts and Hazels--Miss Mildred Jones 14 Commercial Cracking of the Black Walnut--H. F. Stoke 16 Walnut Notes for 1933--C. A. Reed 20 Is Information of General Orchard Fertility of Value in the Nut Grove--Prof. F. N. Fagan 25 Forward March of the Nut Cultural Project in Michigan--Prof. James A. Neilson 28 Notes on the Filbert Orchard at Geneva, N. Y.--Prof. G. L. Slate 34 Developing a Walnut Grove as a Side Line by a Bee-keeper--L. K. Hostetter 37 Nut Trees as Used in Landscaping--Dr. Lewis E. Theiss 39 My Experience in Growing Nut Trees on the Home Lawn--M. Glen Kirkpatrick 42 Developing a Thousand Tree Improved Black Walnut Grove--C. F. Hostetter 43 Tribute to Mr. Bixby 45 Message to Dr. Morris 46 A Black Walnut Grove and Why--Dr. Frank L. Baum 47 Nut Contests 48 Filbert Pollinization 48 Green Shoot Grafting of Trees--Dr. R. T. Morris 49 Communications from: Robert T. Morris, M.D. 49 Prof. A. S. Colby 53 J. U. Gellatly 54 Notes on the "Tour," Tuesday, September 12, 1933 55 Notes on the Banquet, Tuesday evening, September 12, 1933 56 Address of Al. Bergstrom 57 Reports of Standing Committees 57 Reports of the Resolutions Committee 57 List of member nurserymen having budded and grafted stock 58 Exhibits at the Convention 59 Attendance 60 Books and Bulletins on Northern Nut Growing 62 Advertisements--"Hobbies Magazine" 63

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
President. FRANK H. FREY, ROOM 930, LA SALLE ST. STATION, CHICAGO, ILL.
Vice-President. DR. G. A. ZIMMERMAN, 32 SOUTH 13TH ST., HARRISBURG, PA.
Secretary. GEO. L. SLATE, STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, GENEVA, N. Y.
Treasurer. NEWTON H. RUSSELL, 12 BURNETT AVE., SOUTH HADLEY, MASS.
DIRECTORS
FRANK H. FREY, DR. G. A. ZIMMERMAN, GEO. L. SLATE, NEWTON H. RUSSELL, CARL F. WALKER, PROF. J. A. NEILSON.
EDITOR OF PUBLICATIONS
DR. W. C. DEMING.
COMMITTEES
Executive. FRANK H. FREY, DR. G. A. ZIMMERMAN, GEO. L. SLATE, NEWTON H. RUSSELL, CARL F. WALKER, PROF. J. A. NEILSON.
Auditing. ZENAS H. ELLIS, CARL F. WALKER.
Finance. T. P. LITTLEPAGE, DR. W. C. DEMING, H. R. WEBER.
Press and Publication. DR. W. C. DEMING, KARL W. GREENE, DR. J. RUSSELL SMITH, ZENAS H. ELLIS, GEO. L. SLATE.
Membership. NEWTON H. RUSSELL, MISS DOROTHY C. SAWYER, J. U. GELLATLY, JOHN W. HERSHEY, D. C. SNYDER.
Program. PROF. J. A. NEILSON, DR. W. C. DEMING, C. A. REED, H. BURGART, KARL W. GREENE.
Hybrids and Promising Seedlings. DR. G. A. ZIMMERMAN, PROF. N. F. DRAKE, MISS AMELIA RIEHL, H. F. STOKE, J. F. WILKINSON.
Survey. CARL F. WALKER, DR. A. S. COLBY, H. F. STOKE, J. F. WILKINSON.
Exhibits. J. W. HERSHEY, MISS MILDRED JONES, H. BURGART, PROF. A. S. COLBY.
DEAN OF THE ASSOCIATION
DR. ROBERT T. MORRIS, OF NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT.
FIELD SECRETARY
ZENAS H. ELLIS, FAIR HAVEN, VERMONT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
NATIONAL NUT NEWS, 2810