Introductory material
Reading edition
Fruiting Chinese Chestnut Branches (Courtesy Dr. H. Reid Hunter) 2
Officers and Committees 6
State and Foreign Vice-Presidents 7
Constitution 8
By-Laws 9
Proceedings of the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention 12 Address of Welcome—George F. Gant 12 Response—Dr. L. H. MacDaniels 14 President's Address—John Davidson 15 Secretary's Report—J. C. McDaniel 16 Treasurer's Report—D. C. Snyder 18 Other Business of the Association, Committee Election and Reports 19
The Development and Propagation of Blight Resistant Chestnut in West Virginia—Ralph H. Quick 26
The Present Status of the Chestnut in Virginia—R. C. Moore 31
Growing Chinese Chestnuts in Lee County, Alabama—G. S. Jones 34
Processed Chestnuts on the Market throughout the Year—J. C. Moore 38
Chestnut Growing in the Southeast—Max B. Hardy 41
Mr. Hardy and Some Chestnuts Prepared for Storage 41
Marketing Chestnuts in the Pacific Coast—Carroll D. Bush 51
Chestnut Weevils and Their Control with DDT—E. R. Van Leeuwen 54
Diseases Affecting the Success of Tree Crop Plantings—G. F. Gravatt and Donald C. Stout 60
Chinese x American Hybrid Chestnut Trees 62
The Brooming Disease of Walnuts 64-65
Trees Killed by the Persimmon Wilt 67
Round Table Discussion on Chestnut Problems—Spencer B. Chase, Presiding 69
Greetings from a Kentucky Nut—Dr. C. A. Moss 83
Nut Trees for West Tennessee—Aubrey Richards, M.D. 85
Marketing Black Walnuts as a Community Projects—Rev. Bernard Taylor 87
Experiences with Tree Crops in Meigs County, Tennessee—W. A. Shadow 88
Nut Hobbying in Eastern West Virginia—Wilbert M. Frye 91
A Look, "Backward and Forward" into Nut Growing in Kentucky—W. G. Tatum 93
Round Table Discussion on Judging Schedule for Black Walnuts—Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Chairman 95
Fruiting Black Walnut at Brooks, Alberta, Canada 103
Present Outlook for Honeylocust in the South—J. C. Moore 104
Possibilities of Filbert Growing in Virginia—E. L. Overholser 111
Filberts for Food and Looks in Kentucky—N. R. Elliott 116
J. F. Jones, Introducer of Many Nut Varieties—Clarence A. Reed 118
J. F. Jones 118
Mildred and Wesley Langdoc 125
The Value of Nut Trees in Tennessee—F. S. Chance 126
The Development and Filling of Nuts—H. L. Crane 130
The Grafted Curly Walnut as a Timber Tree—J. Ford Wilkinson 139
The Black Walnut Situation in Tennessee—George B. Shivery 142
Grafting Walnuts in Ohio—Sylvester Shessler 145
Grafting Walnuts in the Greenhouse—George L. Slate 146
Nut Investigations at the Pennsylvania State College—William S. Clarke, Jr. 148
Black Walnuts: A New Specialty at Renfro Valley—Tom Mullins 149
Marketing Black Walnut Kernels—F. J. McCauley 152
Production of Bacteria-Free Walnut Kernels—Roger W. Pease 157
Pecan Selection in Oklahoma—Dr. Frank B. Cross 160
Pecan Improvement Program for Southwestern Kentucky—W. W. Magill 164
Pecan Production in South Carolina—T. L. Senn 167
Preservation of Shelled Pecans by Drying and Hermetically Sealing—Hubert Harris 169
Follow-Up Studies on the 1946 Ohio Black Walnut Prize Winners—L. Walter Sherman 174
Final Business Session, Election of Officers, Reports of Committees 177
Odds and Ends—Dr. W. C. Deming 181
The Birth of a New Walnut Cracker—B. H. Thompson 183
Marketing of Black Walnuts in Arkansas—T. A. Winkleman 183
Further Notes on Nut Tree Guards for Pasture Plantings—Oliver D. Diller 184
Wire Guard Around Young Chestnut Tree 185
A Pecan Orchard in Glouchester County, Virginia—Mrs. Selina L. Hopkins 186
Indiana Nut Shows Have Educational Value—W. B. Ward 188
View of an Indiana Nut Exhibit 189
The Importance of Stock and Scion Relationship in Hickory and Walnut—Carl Weschcke 190
Progress with Nuts at Wolfeboro, New Hampshire—Matthew Lahti 195
Breeding Chestnuts in the New York City Area—Alfred Szego 196
Winter Injury to Nut Trees at Ithaca, New York, in the Fall and Winter of 1947-48—L. H. MacDaniels and Damon Boynton 199
What Came Through the Hard Winter in Ontario—George Hebden Corsan 201
Filberts Grow in Vermont—Joseph N. Collins 202
Report of Necrology Committee 203 Carl E. Schuster 203 Mrs. Laura Selden Ellwanger 204 M. M. Kaufman 205 Norman B. Ward 205
Attendance 206
Northern Nut Growers Association, Membership List 209
Exhibitors at the 39th Annual Meeting 222
Announcements 223
+Please Note: The membership list is in the back of this volume.+
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION 1949
President—H. F. Stoke, 1436 Watts Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia
Vice-President—Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Dept. of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Treasurer—Sterling A. Smith, 630 West South Street, Vermilion, Ohio
Secretary—J. C. McDaniel, Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture, State Office Bldg., Nashville 3, Tennessee
Directors include above officers plus: John Davidson, 234 E. Second Street, Xenia, Ohio; and Clarence A. Reed, 7309 Piney Branch Road, N. W., Washington 12, D.C.
Dean—Dr. W. C. Deming, 31 S. Highland, West Hartford 7, Connecticut
Nominating Committee—Dr. H. L. Crane, Harry R. Weber, Dr. William L. Rohrbacher, J. Ford Wilkinson, George L. Slate
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
Press and Publications—Editorial Section: Dr. Lewis E. Theiss, Dr. W. C. Deming, Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, C. A. Reed, Dr. A. S. Colby, George L. Slate, Dr. J., Russell Smith Publicity Section: Dr. J. Russell Smith, C. A. Reed, Dr. A. S. Colby, Carrol D. Bush, A. A. Bungart, J. C. McDaniel Printing Section: John Davidson, Harry R. Weber, J. C. McDaniel
Program—H. L. Crane, R. P. Allaman, George L. Slate, C. A. Reed, J. C. McDaniel, Raymond E. Silvis
Place of Meeting—Dr. A. S. Colby, J. F. Wilkinson, D. C. Snyder, Carl F. Walker, H. H. Corsan
Varieties and Contests—Spencer B. Chase, G. J. Korn, J. F. Wilkinson, Gilbert Becker, A. G. Hirschi, L. Walter Sherman, C. A. Reed, Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Dr. J. Russell Smith Standards and Judging section of this committee: Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Spencer B. Chase, C. A. Reed, Dr. J. Russell Smith
Survey and Research—R. E. Silvis, plus the state and foreign vice-presidents
Membership—Mrs. Harry Weber, Mrs. Blaine McCollum, Mrs. Stephen Bernath
Exhibits—R. P. Allaman, Carl Weschcke, Fayette Etter, A. G. Hirschi, G. J. Korn, J. F. Wilkinson, G. L. Smith, Seward Berhow, Royal Oakes, H. H. Corsan, G. H. Corsan
Necrology—Mrs. Herbert Negus, Mrs. Wm. Rohrbacher, Miss Jeannette F. Johns, Barbara Sly
Audit—Dr. Wm. Rohrbacher, E. P. Gerber, Raymond E. Silvis
Finance—Harry Weber, D. C. Snyder, Carl Weschcke, Sterling Smith
Legal Advisers—Sargent Wellman, Harry Weber
Official Journal—American Fruit Grower, 1370 Ontario St., Cleveland 13, Ohio
State and Foreign Vice-Presidents
Alabama LOVIC ORR
Alberta, Canada A. L. YOUNG
Arkansas A. C. HALE
British Columbia, Canada J. U. GELLATLY
California DR. THOMAS R. HAIG
Connecticut GEORGE D. PRATT, JR.
Delaware LEWIS WILKINS
Denmark COUNT F. M. KNUTH
District of Columbia GEORGE U. GRAFF
Ecuador, South America F. A. COLWELL
Florida C. A. AVANT
Georgia WM. J. WILSON
Idaho J. E. MCGORAN
Illinois ROYAL OAKES
Indiana FORD WALLICK
Iowa IRA M. KYHL
Kansas DR. CLYDE GRAY
Kentucky DR. C. A. MOSS
Manitoba, Canada A. H. YOUNG
Maryland BLAINE MCCOLLUM
Massachusetts I. W. SHORT
Mexico FEDERICO COMPEAN
Michigan GILBERT BECKER
Minnesota R. E. HODGSON
Mississippi JAMES R. MEYER
Missouri RALPH RICHTERKESSING
Nebraska GEORGE BRAND
New Hampshire MATTHEW LAHTI
New Jersey MRS. ALAN R. BUCKWALTER
New Mexico REV. TITUS GEHRING
New York GEORGE SALZER
North Carolina DR. R. T. DUNSTAN
North Dakota HOMER L. BRADLEY
Ohio A. A. BUNGART
Oklahoma A. G. HIRSCHI
Ontario, Canada G. H. CORSAN
Oregon HARRY L. PEARCY
Pennsylvania R. P. ALLAMAN
Prince Edward Island, Canada ROBERT SNAZELLE
Rhode Island PHILIP ALLEN
South Carolina JOHN T. BREGGER
South Dakota HERMAN RICHTER
Tennessee THOMAS G. ZARGER
Texas KAUFMAN FLORIDA
Utah HARLAN D. PETTERSON
Vermont A. W. ALDRICH
Virginia H. R. GIBBS
Washington CARROLL D. BUSH
West Virginia WILBERT M. FRYE
Wisconsin NORMAN KOELSCH