INCORPORATED

AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

38th Annual Report

CONVENTION AT GUELPH, ONTARIO

URBANA, ILLINOIS

SEPTEMBER 3, 4, 5, 1947

URBANA, ILLINOIS

SEPTEMBER 3, 4, 5, 1947

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS

State Vice-Presidents

Northern Nut Growers Association

Membership List as of December 1, 1947

CONSTITUTION

Article I—NAME

Article II—OBJECT

Article III—MEMBERSHIP

Article IV—OFFICERS

Article V—ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Article VI—MEETINGS

Article VII—QUORUM

Article VIII—AMENDMENTS

Article II—OBJECT

Article III—MEMBERSHIP

Article IV—OFFICERS

Article V—ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Article VI—MEETINGS

Article VII—QUORUM

Article VIII—AMENDMENTS

BY-LAWS

Article I—COMMITTEES

Article II—FEES

Article III—MEMBERSHIP

Article IV—AMENDMENTS

Article V

Article I—COMMITTEES

Article II—FEES

Article III—MEMBERSHIP

Article IV—AMENDMENTS

Article V

Article I—NAME

Article II—OBJECT

Article III—MEMBERSHIP

Article IV—OFFICERS

Article V—ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Article VI—MEETINGS

Article VII—QUORUM

Article VIII—AMENDMENTS

Article II—OBJECT

Article III—MEMBERSHIP

Article IV—OFFICERS

Article V—ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Article VI—MEETINGS

Article VII—QUORUM

Article VIII—AMENDMENTS

BY-LAWS

Article I—COMMITTEES

Article II—FEES

Article III—MEMBERSHIP

Article IV—AMENDMENTS

Article V

Article I—COMMITTEES

Article II—FEES

Article III—MEMBERSHIP

Article IV—AMENDMENTS

Article V

PROCEEDINGS

of the

Thirty-eighth Annual Convention

of the

Northern Nut Growers Association, Inc.

Meeting At

ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA

SEPTEMBER 3-5, 1947

of the

Thirty-eighth Annual Convention

of the

Northern Nut Growers Association, Inc.

Meeting At

ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA

SEPTEMBER 3-5, 1947

Address of Welcome

DR. J. S. SHOEMAKER, Head of Horticulture Department, Ontario Agricultural College.

RESPONSE

DR. J. S. SHOEMAKER, Head of Horticulture Department, Ontario Agricultural College.

RESPONSE

COMMITTEES APPOINTED

SECRETARY'S REPORT, SEPT. 3, 1947

Miss Mildred M. Jones

Report of Treasurer

For Period from September 1, 1946 to August 30, 1947.

Report from the Constitution and By-Laws Committee—Dr. MacDaniels.

For Period from September 1, 1946 to August 30, 1947.

Report from the Constitution and By-Laws Committee—Dr. MacDaniels.

Factors Influencing the Hardiness of Woody Plants

H. L. CRANE, Principal Horticulturist[1]

Nut Culture In Ontario

I. C. MARRITT, District Forester, Ontario Department of Lands and Forests

Nut Growing at the Horticultural Experiment Station, Vineland Station, Ontario

W. J. STRONG

Soil Management for Nut Plantations in Ontario

J. R. van HAARLEM, Horticultural Experiment Station, Vineland Station, Ontario

Report from Southern Ontario

ALEX TROUP, Jordan Station, Ontario

Nut Trees Hardy at Aldershot, Ontario, Canada

O. FILMAN, Aldershot

Report from Echo Valley, 1947

GEORGE HEBDEN CORSAN, Islington, Ontario

Report from Beamsville, Ontario

LEVI HOUSSER

Nut Growing in New Hampshire

L. P. LATIMER, Assistant Horticulturist, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

Nut Notes from New Hampshire

MATTHEW LAHTI

DDT Dust versus Butternut Curculio

Persian Walnuts

Black Walnuts

Hickories

Heartnuts

Filberts and Hazelnuts

DDT Dust versus Butternut Curculio

Persian Walnuts

Black Walnuts

Hickories

Heartnuts

Filberts and Hazelnuts

MATTHEW LAHTI

DDT Dust versus Butternut Curculio

Persian Walnuts

Black Walnuts

Hickories

Heartnuts

Filberts and Hazelnuts

DDT Dust versus Butternut Curculio

Persian Walnuts

Black Walnuts

Hickories

Heartnuts

Filberts and Hazelnuts

A Simplified Schedule for Judging Black Walnut Varieties

L. H. MacDANIELS and S. S. ATWOOD, Cornell University

Table I. Average scores from 18 black walnut samples cracked by three operators and computed by two scoring systems.

Table II. Scores from five samples of black walnuts each cracked by six operators according to scoring schedule II.

References Cited

Table I. Average scores from 18 black walnut samples cracked by three operators and computed by two scoring systems.

Table II. Scores from five samples of black walnuts each cracked by six operators according to scoring schedule II.

References Cited

L. H. MacDANIELS and S. S. ATWOOD, Cornell University

Table I. Average scores from 18 black walnut samples cracked by three operators and computed by two scoring systems.

Table II. Scores from five samples of black walnuts each cracked by six operators according to scoring schedule II.

References Cited

Table I. Average scores from 18 black walnut samples cracked by three operators and computed by two scoring systems.

Table II. Scores from five samples of black walnuts each cracked by six operators according to scoring schedule II.

References Cited

Test Plantings of Thomas Black Walnut in the Tennessee Valley

SPENCER B. CHASE, Tennessee Valley Authority

The Test

The Results

Discussion

Summary

Figure 1. The Thomas variety appears well adapted to Tennessee conditions. This 7-year-old tree began bearing annual crops 3 years after planting. In 1946 it was 18 feet tall and heavily laden with nuts yielding 2½ pounds of cracked-out kernels. (Hancock County, Tenn.)

Figure 2. Black walnut makes an ideal combination nut and ornamental tree. This 8-year-old Thomas has been producing nut crops for 3 years. In addition, it has enhanced the beauty of the lawn and provided welcome shade. (Anderson County, Tenn.)

Table 1.—Number of Questionnaires Sent and Returned, Reported Tree Survival and Cause of Tree Mortality by State.

Reported cause of tree mortality

Table 2. Number of Bearing Thomas Plantings Established 1939-44, by Age of First Bearing and Growth Class.

Table 3. Tree Survival, Growth, and Percent Bearing by State and Year of Planting

Table 4. Data Obtained from Returned Questionnaires and Actual Field Examination of 40 Plantings and Field Data Only on 68 Plantings.

The Test

The Results

Discussion

Summary

Figure 1. The Thomas variety appears well adapted to Tennessee conditions. This 7-year-old tree began bearing annual crops 3 years after planting. In 1946 it was 18 feet tall and heavily laden with nuts yielding 2½ pounds of cracked-out kernels. (Hancock County, Tenn.)

Figure 2. Black walnut makes an ideal combination nut and ornamental tree. This 8-year-old Thomas has been producing nut crops for 3 years. In addition, it has enhanced the beauty of the lawn and provided welcome shade. (Anderson County, Tenn.)

Table 1.—Number of Questionnaires Sent and Returned, Reported Tree Survival and Cause of Tree Mortality by State.

Reported cause of tree mortality

Table 2. Number of Bearing Thomas Plantings Established 1939-44, by Age of First Bearing and Growth Class.

Table 3. Tree Survival, Growth, and Percent Bearing by State and Year of Planting

Table 4. Data Obtained from Returned Questionnaires and Actual Field Examination of 40 Plantings and Field Data Only on 68 Plantings.

SPENCER B. CHASE, Tennessee Valley Authority

The Test

The Results

Discussion

Summary

Figure 1. The Thomas variety appears well adapted to Tennessee conditions. This 7-year-old tree began bearing annual crops 3 years after planting. In 1946 it was 18 feet tall and heavily laden with nuts yielding 2½ pounds of cracked-out kernels. (Hancock County, Tenn.)

Figure 2. Black walnut makes an ideal combination nut and ornamental tree. This 8-year-old Thomas has been producing nut crops for 3 years. In addition, it has enhanced the beauty of the lawn and provided welcome shade. (Anderson County, Tenn.)

Table 1.—Number of Questionnaires Sent and Returned, Reported Tree Survival and Cause of Tree Mortality by State.

Reported cause of tree mortality

Table 2. Number of Bearing Thomas Plantings Established 1939-44, by Age of First Bearing and Growth Class.

Table 3. Tree Survival, Growth, and Percent Bearing by State and Year of Planting

Table 4. Data Obtained from Returned Questionnaires and Actual Field Examination of 40 Plantings and Field Data Only on 68 Plantings.

The Test

The Results

Discussion

Summary

Figure 1. The Thomas variety appears well adapted to Tennessee conditions. This 7-year-old tree began bearing annual crops 3 years after planting. In 1946 it was 18 feet tall and heavily laden with nuts yielding 2½ pounds of cracked-out kernels. (Hancock County, Tenn.)

Figure 2. Black walnut makes an ideal combination nut and ornamental tree. This 8-year-old Thomas has been producing nut crops for 3 years. In addition, it has enhanced the beauty of the lawn and provided welcome shade. (Anderson County, Tenn.)

Table 1.—Number of Questionnaires Sent and Returned, Reported Tree Survival and Cause of Tree Mortality by State.

Reported cause of tree mortality

Table 2. Number of Bearing Thomas Plantings Established 1939-44, by Age of First Bearing and Growth Class.

Table 3. Tree Survival, Growth, and Percent Bearing by State and Year of Planting

Table 4. Data Obtained from Returned Questionnaires and Actual Field Examination of 40 Plantings and Field Data Only on 68 Plantings.

West Tennessee Variety, Breeding and Propagation Tests, 1947

AUBREY RICHARDS, M.D., Whiteville, Tennessee

Notes on Some Kansas and Kentucky Pecans in Central Texas

Experiences of a Nut Tree Nurseryman

J. F. WILKINSON, Rockport, Indiana

Discussion after Mr. Wilkinson's paper.

J. F. WILKINSON, Rockport, Indiana

Discussion after Mr. Wilkinson's paper.

Morphology and Structure of the Walnut

C. C. LOUNSBERRY, Iowa State College

Literature Cited

C. C. LOUNSBERRY, Iowa State College

Literature Cited

A Method of Budding Walnuts

H. LYNN TUTTLE, Clarkston, Wash.

Questions asked Mr. Stoke after his demonstration of grafting and budding. [See his paper in 1946 Report, pp. 99-103.—Ed.]

H. LYNN TUTTLE, Clarkston, Wash.

Questions asked Mr. Stoke after his demonstration of grafting and budding. [See his paper in 1946 Report, pp. 99-103.—Ed.]

Importance of Bud Selection in the Grafting of Nut Trees

G. J. KORN, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Discussion after G. J. Korn's paper.

G. J. KORN, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Discussion after G. J. Korn's paper.

The Hemming Chinese Chestnuts

E. SAM HEMMING, Easton, Maryland

1947 CROP

Pounds of Chestnuts from Original Trees at Eastern Shore Nurseries, Inc.

Discussion after E. Sam Hemming's paper

Pounds of Chestnuts from Original Trees at Eastern Shore Nurseries, Inc.

Discussion after E. Sam Hemming's paper

E. SAM HEMMING, Easton, Maryland

1947 CROP

Pounds of Chestnuts from Original Trees at Eastern Shore Nurseries, Inc.

Discussion after E. Sam Hemming's paper

Pounds of Chestnuts from Original Trees at Eastern Shore Nurseries, Inc.

Discussion after E. Sam Hemming's paper

Results of a Chinese Chestnut Rootstock Experiment

J. W. McKAY[4]

Introduction

Description and Results

Discussion

Table I. Results of budding each of five Chinese chestnut clones on its own seedlings and on the seedlings of four other clones. The figure for each combination represents the number of buds that grew out of 20 buds placed.

Discussion After Dr. McKay's Paper

Introduction

Description and Results

Discussion

Table I. Results of budding each of five Chinese chestnut clones on its own seedlings and on the seedlings of four other clones. The figure for each combination represents the number of buds that grew out of 20 buds placed.

Discussion After Dr. McKay's Paper

J. W. McKAY[4]

Introduction

Description and Results

Discussion

Table I. Results of budding each of five Chinese chestnut clones on its own seedlings and on the seedlings of four other clones. The figure for each combination represents the number of buds that grew out of 20 buds placed.

Discussion After Dr. McKay's Paper

Introduction

Description and Results

Discussion

Table I. Results of budding each of five Chinese chestnut clones on its own seedlings and on the seedlings of four other clones. The figure for each combination represents the number of buds that grew out of 20 buds placed.

Discussion After Dr. McKay's Paper

Breeding Chestnut Trees: Report for 1946 and 1947

ARTHUR HARMOUNT GRAVES[5]

Fig. 1—Japanese-American hybrid chestnut (Hammond 86-31) 34½ feet in height, 16 years old. This is the same tree three years later as that shown in figures 1 and 2, in 35th Ann. Rept. of Northern Nut Growers Assoc. for 1944. Note healthy development, as shown by foliage and long yearly growth. Hamden, Conn. Photo. Sept. 13, 1947 by Louis Buhle.

Fig. 2.—Close-up of lower part of tree in fig. 1, showing inarched basal shoots which at the beginning were as slender as the leafless shoot now showing on right side, below, coming from base of trunk. Note exposed dead part of trunk showing old canker disease. Photo Sept. 13, 1947, by Louis Buhle.

Fig. 1—Japanese-American hybrid chestnut (Hammond 86-31) 34½ feet in height, 16 years old. This is the same tree three years later as that shown in figures 1 and 2, in 35th Ann. Rept. of Northern Nut Growers Assoc. for 1944. Note healthy development, as shown by foliage and long yearly growth. Hamden, Conn. Photo. Sept. 13, 1947 by Louis Buhle.

Fig. 2.—Close-up of lower part of tree in fig. 1, showing inarched basal shoots which at the beginning were as slender as the leafless shoot now showing on right side, below, coming from base of trunk. Note exposed dead part of trunk showing old canker disease. Photo Sept. 13, 1947, by Louis Buhle.

ARTHUR HARMOUNT GRAVES[5]

Fig. 1—Japanese-American hybrid chestnut (Hammond 86-31) 34½ feet in height, 16 years old. This is the same tree three years later as that shown in figures 1 and 2, in 35th Ann. Rept. of Northern Nut Growers Assoc. for 1944. Note healthy development, as shown by foliage and long yearly growth. Hamden, Conn. Photo. Sept. 13, 1947 by Louis Buhle.

Fig. 2.—Close-up of lower part of tree in fig. 1, showing inarched basal shoots which at the beginning were as slender as the leafless shoot now showing on right side, below, coming from base of trunk. Note exposed dead part of trunk showing old canker disease. Photo Sept. 13, 1947, by Louis Buhle.

Fig. 1—Japanese-American hybrid chestnut (Hammond 86-31) 34½ feet in height, 16 years old. This is the same tree three years later as that shown in figures 1 and 2, in 35th Ann. Rept. of Northern Nut Growers Assoc. for 1944. Note healthy development, as shown by foliage and long yearly growth. Hamden, Conn. Photo. Sept. 13, 1947 by Louis Buhle.

Fig. 2.—Close-up of lower part of tree in fig. 1, showing inarched basal shoots which at the beginning were as slender as the leafless shoot now showing on right side, below, coming from base of trunk. Note exposed dead part of trunk showing old canker disease. Photo Sept. 13, 1947, by Louis Buhle.

Chinese Chestnuts in the Chattahoochee Valley

G. S. JONES, Route 1, Box 140, Phenix City, Alabama

Some Results with Filbert Breeding at Geneva, N.Y.[6]

GEORGE L. SLATE New York (Geneva) Agricultural Experiment Station

Evaluating the Seedlings

Table 1. Results from filbert crosses.

Table 2. Yields and winterkilling of filbert catkins, Orchard 16, 1935 1937, 1938 and 1939. Yields are 4 year total. Catkin injury is 5 year mean

Table 3. Yields and winter injury of filbert catkins, Orchard 16, 1937-41 inclusive.

Table 4. Filbert selections. Orchard 22. Yields 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1946. Catkin injury records 1939-42, inclusive.

Table 5. Filbert selections. Orchard 8. Yields 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1944. Catkin injury records 1940, 1941 and 1942.

Discussion after Mr. Slate's paper—

Evaluating the Seedlings

Table 1. Results from filbert crosses.

Table 2. Yields and winterkilling of filbert catkins, Orchard 16, 1935 1937, 1938 and 1939. Yields are 4 year total. Catkin injury is 5 year mean

Table 3. Yields and winter injury of filbert catkins, Orchard 16, 1937-41 inclusive.

Table 4. Filbert selections. Orchard 22. Yields 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1946. Catkin injury records 1939-42, inclusive.

Table 5. Filbert selections. Orchard 8. Yields 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1944. Catkin injury records 1940, 1941 and 1942.

Discussion after Mr. Slate's paper—

GEORGE L. SLATE New York (Geneva) Agricultural Experiment Station

Evaluating the Seedlings

Table 1. Results from filbert crosses.

Table 2. Yields and winterkilling of filbert catkins, Orchard 16, 1935 1937, 1938 and 1939. Yields are 4 year total. Catkin injury is 5 year mean

Table 3. Yields and winter injury of filbert catkins, Orchard 16, 1937-41 inclusive.

Table 4. Filbert selections. Orchard 22. Yields 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1946. Catkin injury records 1939-42, inclusive.

Table 5. Filbert selections. Orchard 8. Yields 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1944. Catkin injury records 1940, 1941 and 1942.

Discussion after Mr. Slate's paper—

Evaluating the Seedlings

Table 1. Results from filbert crosses.

Table 2. Yields and winterkilling of filbert catkins, Orchard 16, 1935 1937, 1938 and 1939. Yields are 4 year total. Catkin injury is 5 year mean

Table 3. Yields and winter injury of filbert catkins, Orchard 16, 1937-41 inclusive.

Table 4. Filbert selections. Orchard 22. Yields 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1946. Catkin injury records 1939-42, inclusive.

Table 5. Filbert selections. Orchard 8. Yields 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1944. Catkin injury records 1940, 1941 and 1942.

Discussion after Mr. Slate's paper—

Nut News from Wisconsin

CARL WESCHCKE

Home Preparation of Filbert Butter and Other Products

MRS. JEANNE M. ALTMAN, Bellingham, Washington

Notes from Central New York

S. H. GRAHAM, Ithaca, N. Y.

Experience with the Crath Carpathian Walnuts

GILBERT L. SMITH, Wassaic, New York

Observations on Hardiness of the Carpathian Walnuts at Poughkeepsie, New York

STEPHEN BERNATH

Discussion after Graham, Smith, and Bernath Persian walnut papers.

STEPHEN BERNATH

Discussion after Graham, Smith, and Bernath Persian walnut papers.

Nuts About Trees

R. E. HODGSON, Superintendent, Southeast Experiment Station, University of Minnesota.

Report on Nut Trees at Massillon

RAYMOND E. SILVIS, Massillon, Ohio

Discussion after R. E. Silvis' paper.

RAYMOND E. SILVIS, Massillon, Ohio

Discussion after R. E. Silvis' paper.

Planting of Nut Trees on Highways Undesirable

R. P. ALLAMAN, Harrisburg, Pa.

Nut Growing for the Farm Owner

H. GLEASON MATTOON

Tree Crop and Nut Notes from Southern Pennsylvania

JOHN W. HERSHEY

Notes from the New Jersey Section of the Northern Nut Growers Association

MRS. ALAN R. BUCKWALTER

Report of Resolutions Committee

Report of the Necrology Committee

JOSEPH GERARDI

MAJOR HIRAM B. FERRIS

Exhibitors At the Annual Meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association, Guelph, Ontario, Sept. 3, 4, 5, 1947

Pictures Made on the 1947 Tour

The photograph on this page was taken by Sterling Smith, those on pp. 126-7 are by Dorothy Milne. Groups of NNGA members are shown examining nut trees and other items of interest on G. H. Corsan's place, "Echo Valley," Islington, Ontario.

Pictures Made on the 1947 Tour

The photograph on this page was taken by Sterling Smith, those on pp. 126-7 are by Dorothy Milne. Groups of NNGA members are shown examining nut trees and other items of interest on G. H. Corsan's place, "Echo Valley," Islington, Ontario.

Attendance

Announcements

Publications

Publicity

Style Manual

1948 Meeting

Hybrid Walnut Scions Offered for Nut Breeding

Hybrid Oak Information

Publicity

Style Manual

1948 Meeting

Hybrid Walnut Scions Offered for Nut Breeding