Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report

Northern Nut Growers
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by Various

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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report
1943
Author: Various
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Northern Nut Growers
Association
INCORPORATED
Affiliated with
The American Horticultural Society
Thirty-fourth Annual Report
1943

CONTENTS
Officers and committees 3
State Vice-Presidents 4
List of members 5
Constitution 18
By-Laws 19
Foreword--W. C. Deming 20
Report of the Secretary for 1942-43 20
Report of the Treasurer for 1942-43 21
The Status of Nut Growing in 1943. Survey Report 22 John Davidson,
Chairman of Committee.
Side-lights on the 1943-44 Survey 47

Seasonal Zone Map of United States 51
Juglone: The active Agent in Walnut Toxicity--George A. Gries 52
Possible Black Walnut Toxicity on Tomato and Cabbage--Otto
Reinking 56
Preliminary Studies on Catkin Forcing and Pollen Storage of Corylus
and Juglans--L. G. Cox 58
Storage and Germination of Nuts of Several Species of Juglans--W. C.
Muenscher and Babette I. Brown 61
A Key to Some Seedlings of Walnuts (Juglans)--W. C. Muenscher and
Babette I. Brown 62
Further Tests with Black Walnut Varieties--L. H. MacDaniels and J. E.
Wilde 64
Shelling Black Walnuts--G. J. Korn 83
Better Butternuts, Please--S. H. Graham 85
The Use of Fertilizer in a Walnut Orchard--L. K. Hostetter 88
Lime and Fertilizers for our Black Walnut Trees--Seward Berhow 89
The Propagation of Black Walnuts through Budding--Sterling Smith 89
Northern Nut Growing--Joseph Gerardi 91
Nut Puttering in an Off Year--W. C. Deming 94
Nut Nursery Notes--H. F. Stoke 96
Report from the Tennessee Valley--Thomas G. Zarger 98
Report from Minnesota--Carl Weschcke 99

Be Thrifty with Nut Trees--Carl Weschcke 104
Report of Season 1943--George Hebden Corsan 105
American Walnut Manufacturers Association Carries out Industrial
Forestry Program--W. C. Finley 106
The Crath Carpathian Walnut in Illinois--A. S. Colby 107
Ohio Nut Growers' Meeting--G. J. Korn 110
Walnut and Heartnut Varieties; Notes and Remarks--J. U. Gellatly 112
Letters 116
Experiment Station Investigates Tree Believed to be the Oldest
Chestnut in Connecticut 120
Report of Committee of Ohio Nut Growers--A. A. Bungart 122
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg--Obituary 126

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
President--CARL WESCHCKE, 96 SOUTH WABASHA ST., ST.
PAUL, MINN.
Vice-President--DR. L. H. MACDANIELS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY,
ITHACA, N.Y.
Secretary--GEORGE L. SLATE, EXPERIMENT STATION,
GENEVA, N.Y.
Treasurer--D. C. SNYDER, CENTER POINT, IOWA.
DIRECTORS
THE OFFICERS--and J. F. WILKINSON, ROCKPORT, INDIANA,

and DR. A. S. COLBY, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA,
ILLINOIS.
COMMITTEES
Auditing--DR. WILLIAM ROHRBACHER, CHAIRMAN.
Finance--CARL F. WALKER, CHAIRMAN, ZENAS H. ELLIS,
HARRY R. WEBER.
Press and Publication--DR. W. C. DEMING, CHAIRMAN, MRS.
ALAN BUCKWALTER, CLARENCE A. REED, GEORGE L.
SLATE, DR. L. E. THEISS.
Varieties and Contest--ALAN R. BUCKWALTER, CHAIRMAN,
JOHN W. HERSHEY, C. A. REED, D. C. SNYDER, H. F. STOKE.
Survey--JOHN DAVIDSON, CHAIRMAN.
Exhibits--G. H. CORSAN, CHAIRMAN, GILBERT BECKER, PAUL
C. CRATH, S. H. GRAHAM, HOMER L. JACOBS, G. J. KORN, O.
C. LOUNSBERRY, SARGENT H. WELLMAN.
Program--GILBERT BECKER, CHAIRMAN, JOHN BREGGER,
SPENCER B. CHASE, DR. H. L. CRANE, G. J. KORN, J. W.
MCKAY, CLARENCE REED, G. H. CORSAN, PROF. R. B.
THOMSON, W. J. STRONG, DR. CONELLY, PROF. WHITE, PROF.
DWIGHT.
Membership--DR. J. RUSSELL SMITH, CHAIRMAN, L. V. KLINE,
SPENCER B. CHASE, MISS MILDRED JONES, J. F. WILKINSON,
MISS AMELIA RIEHL, H. F. STOKE, S. H. GRAHAM, D. C.
SNYDER, CARL WESCHCKE, JOHN W. HERSHEY, GILBERT
BECKER, HARRY R. WEBER.
DEAN OF THE ASSOCIATION
DR. ROBERT T. MORRIS, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

FIELD SECRETARY
ZENAS H. ELLIS, FAIRHAVEN, VERMONT.
EDITOR OF PUBLICATIONS
DR. W. C. DEMING, LITCHFIELD, CONN.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
AMERICAN FRUIT GROWER, 1770 ONTARIO STREET,
CLEVELAND, OHIO.

State Vice Presidents
Arkansas Prof. N. F. Drake Alberta, Canada A. L. Young British
Columbia, Canada J. U. Gellatly California Will J. Thorpe Canal Zone
L. C. Leighton Connecticut George D. Pratt, Jr. District of Columbia L.
H. Mitchell Georgia Walter P. Pike Illinois Dr. A. S. Colby Indiana
Hon. Hugh D. Wickens Iowa D. C. Snyder Kansas Frank E. Borst
Kentucky E. C. Rice Maine Herman G. Perkins Maryland Dr. H. L.
Crane Massachusetts Sargent H. Wellman Mexico Julio Grandjean
Michigan Harry Burgart Minnesota Carl Weschcke Missouri Victor H.
Schmidt Nebraska William Caha New Hampshire Prof. L. P. Latimer
New Jersey A. R. Buckwalter New York Dr. L. H. MacDaniels North
Carolina D. R. Dunstan Ohio Harry R. Weber Ontario, Canada Rev.