Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report

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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
Author: Various
Editor: Northern Nut Growers Association
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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. Paul C. Crath Oregon C. E. Schuster Pennsylvania John Rick Quebec, Canada Dr. R. H. McKibben Rhode Island Phillip Allen South America Celedonio V. Pereda South Carolina John T. Bregger Tennessee L. V. Kline Texas Y. D. Carroll Vermont Zenas H. Ellis Virginia Dr. J. Russell Smith Washington Major H. B. Ferris West Virginia Dr. John E. Cannaday Wisconsin Marvin Dopkins

Northern Nut Growers Association
Members as of May 19, 1944
ALABAMA
McDaniel, John, McDaniel Nursery Specialties Co., Hartselle Orr, Lovie, Penn-Orr-McDaniel Orchards, R. No.