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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953

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44th Annual Report

OF THE

Northern Nut Growers Association

Incorporated

AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

* * * * *

Annual Meeting at

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

August 31—September 1, 1953

[Illustration: NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOC.

ROCHESTER N.Y.-1953]

Table of Contents

   Officers and Committees 1953-54 4

   State and Foreign Vice-Presidents 6

   Constitution and By-laws 8

   Call to Order, 44th Annual Meeting 11

   Address of Welcome—Wilbur Wright 12

   Business Session—Secretary's Report—Treasurer's Report 13, 14, 15

   Blossoming Habits of the Persian Walnut—H. F. Stoke 18

   President's Address—Richard B. Best 22

   About Nuts—Ira M. Kyhl 28

   Natural Variation Observed in Shagbark Hickory, Carya ovata

     (Mill.) K. Koch. in Central New York—David H. Caldwell 29

   The Control of the Hickory Weevil (Curculio caryae) 39

   Round Table Discussion—What's Your Problem 43

   The International Chestnut Commission and the Chestnut Blight

     Problem in Europe, 1953—G. Flippo Gravatt 52

   Rooting Chestnuts from Softwood Cuttings—Roger W. Pease 56

   Evaluating Chestnuts Grown under Forest Conditions—Jesse

     D. Diller 59

   Panel Discussion—Chestnuts 62

   Development of the Nut Industry in the Middle West—J. F.

   Wilkinson 70

   Some Aspects of the Problem of Producing Curly-Grained

     Walnuts—L. H. MacDaniels 72

   Late Rev. Paul C. Crath—L. K. Devitt 80

   The Eastern Black Walnut as a Farm Timber Tree—John Davidson 84

   The McKinster Persian Walnut—P. E. Machovina 89

   Carpathian Walnuts in the Colombia River Basin—Lynn Tuttle 94

   Walnuts and Filberts in Southern Wisconsin—C. F. Ladwig 95

   Biology, Distribution and Control of the Walnut Husk

     Maggot—F. L. Gambrell 98

   Panel Discussion: The Persian Walnut Situation 104

   Banquet Session—Resolutions Committee Report 109

   Walnuts in Lubec, Maine—Radcliffe B. Pike 115

   My Thirty Years Experience with Nut Trees—Carl Weschcke 116

   Growing American Chestnuts and Their Hybrids Under Blight

     Conditions—Alfred Szego 119

   Experiences and Observations on Nut Growing in Central

     Texas—Kaufman Florida 121

   Propagation of the Hickories—F. L. O'Rourke 122

   A Root Disease of the Persian Walnut—G. Flippo Gravatt 127

   Factors That Influence Nut Production—W. B. Ward 129

   Pictorial Record of Grafting at Climax Michigan—W. M. Beckert 134

   Rock Phosphate for Nut Trees—Harry B. Burgart 135

   A Report from Southern Minnesota—R. E. Hodgson 136

   Chestnut Breeding—Report for 1953—Arthur Harmount Graves and

     Hans Nienstaedt 136

   Dr. W. C. Deming—John Davidson 144

   The Nomenclature of Nut Varieties—George H. M. Lawrence 145

   The New Code for the Naming of Cultivated Plants—J. S. L. Gilman 149

   Exhibit at the Harvest Show of the Massachusetts Horticultural

     Society 158

   Attendance Register, Rochester, N. Y. 1953 159

   Membership List 160

Officers for 1953-54

   President Richard B. Best, Eldred, Illinois

   Vice-President Gilbert Becker, Climax, Michigan

   Secretary Spencer B. Chase, Knoxville, Tennessee

   Treasurer William S. Clarke, Jr., State College, Pennsylvania

   Directors Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Ithaca, New York

                                   Dr. William Rohrbacher, Iowa City, Iowa

   Dean of the Association Dr. W. C. Deming, Litchfield, Connecticut

EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS 1953-54

   Program Committee:

       Dr. Lloyd L. Dowell, Royal Oakes, Dr. J. W. McKay, Roy D. Anthony,

       J. G. McDaniel, Lewis E. Theiss, W. B. Ward.

   Local Arrangements:

       Mrs. Herbert Krone, R. P. Allaman, John Rick, Elwood B. Miller,

       Victor Brook.

   Place of Meeting Committee:

       To explore meeting places for three years, Michigan and Connecticut

       as possible places for the 1955 and 1956 annual conventions. W. M.

       Beckert, R. P. Allaman, Carl Prell, Lloyd L. Dowell.

   Publication Committee:

       Professor George L. Slate, Dr. L. H. MacDaniels.

   Varieties and Contests Committee:

       J. C. McDaniel, Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Sylvester M. Shessler, H. F.

       Stoke, Royal Oakes.

   Standards and Judging Committee: (Section of Varieties Committee)

       Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Dr. H. L. Crane, Louis Gerardi, Spencer B.

       Chase, Professor Paul E. Machovina.

   Survey and Research Committee:

       H. F. Stoke (With all state and foreign vice-presidents).

   Exhibits Committee:

       Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Fayette Etter, H. F. Stoke, Royal Oakes, J. F.

       Wilkinson, G. J. Korn.

   Understock Committee:

       J. C. McDaniel, Albert B. Ferguson, Dr. Aubrey Richards, Louis

       Gerardi, Dr. A. S. Colby, Max Hardy, Gilbert L. Smith.

   Auditing Committee:

       Raymond E. Silvis, Sterling A. Smith, Edward W. Pape.

   Legal Advisor:

       Sargent H. Wellman, Esq.

   Finance Committee:

       Carl F. Prell, Ford Wallick, Sterling A. Smith.

   Necrology Committee:

       Mrs. H. L. Crane, Mrs. C. A. Reed, Mrs. Wm. J. Wilson.

   Nominating Committee:

       (Elected at Rochester, N. Y.) Paul E. Machovina, Raymond Silvis,

        George Salzer, Dr. H. L. Crane, Ira M. Kyhl.

   Membership Committee:

       Gilbert Becker, Raymond E. Silvis, Edward W. Pape, Gordon Pulliam,

           Hon. Paul C. Daniels, Max B. Hardy.

   Publicity Committee:

       Paul E. Machovina, Wm. J. Wilson, Carl F. Prell, Frank M. Kintzel.

   Change of Name Committee:

       Elwood B. Miller, John Davidson, Dr. J. W. McKay, Dr. H. L. Crane.

State and Foreign Vice-Presidents

 Alabama Edward L. Hiles, Loxley

 Alberta A. L. Young, Brooks

 Arkansas W. D. Wylie, Univ. of Ark., Fayetteville

 Belgium R. Vanderwaeren, Bierbeekstraat, 310, Korbeek-Lo

 British Columbia,

   Canada J. U. Gellatly, Box 19, Westbank

 California Thos. R. Haig, M.D., 3021 Highland Ave., Carlesbad

 Colorado J. E. Forbes, Julesburg

 Connecticut A. M. Huntington, Stanerigg Farms, Bethel

 Delaware Lewis Wilkins, Route 1, Newark

 Denmark Count F. M. Knuth, Knuthenborg, Bandholm

 District of

   Columbia Ed. L. Ford, 3634 Austin St., S.E. Washington 20

 Florida C. A. Avant, 960 N. W. 10th Ave., Miami

 Georgia William J. Wilson, North Anderson Ave., Fort Valley

 Hawaii John F. Cross, P. O. Box 1720, Hilo

 Hong Kong P. W. Wang, 6 Des Voeux Rd., Central

 Idaho Lynn Dryden, Peck

 Illinois Royal Oakes, Bluffs (Scott County)

 Indiana Edw. W. Pape, Rt. 2, Marion

 Iowa Ira M. Kyhl, Box 236, Sabula

 Kansas Dr. Clyde Gray, 1045 Central Ave., Horton

 Kentucky Dr. C. A. Moss, Williamsburg

 Louisiana Dr. Harald E. Hammar, 608 Court House, Shreveport

 Maryland Blaine McCollum, White Hall

 Massachusetts S. Lothrop Davenport, 24 Creeper Hill Rd., North

                                                                Grafton

 Michigan Gilbert Becker, Climax

 Minnesota R. E. Hodgson, Southeastern Exp. Station, Waseca

 Mississippi James R. Meyer, Delta Branch Exp. Station, Stoneville

 Missouri Ralph Richterkessing, Route 1, Saint Charles

 Montana Russel H. Ford, Dixon

 Nebraska Harvey W. Hess, Box 209, Hebron

 New Hampshire Matthew Lahti, Locust Lane Farm, Wolfeboro

 New Jersey Mrs. Alan R. Buckwalter, Route 1, Flemington

 New Mexico Rev. Titus Gehring, P. O. Box 177, Lumberton

 New York Stephen Bernath, Route No. 3, Poughkeepsie

 North Carolina Dr. R. T. Dunstan, Greensboro College, Greensboro

 North Dakota Homer L. Bradley, Long Lake Refuge, Moffit

 Ohio Christ Pataky Jr., 592 Hickory Lane, Route 4,

                                                          Mansfield

 Oklahoma A. G. Hirschi, 414 North Robinson, Oklahoma City

 Ontario, Canada Elton E. Papple, Cainsville

 Oregon Harry L. Pearcy, Route 2, Box 190, Salem

 Pennsylvania R. P. Allaman, Route 86, Harrisburg

 Prince Edward Is.

   Canada Robert Snazelle, Forest Nursery, Route 5,

                                                      Charlottetown

 Rhode Island Philip Allen, 178 Dorance St., Providence

 South Carolina John T. Bregger, P. O. Box 1018, Clemson

 South Dakota Herman Richter, Madison

 Tennessee W. Jobe Robinson, Route 7, Jackson

 Texas Kaufman Florida, Box 154, Rotan

 Utah Harlan D. Petterson, 2076 Jefferson Ave., Ogden

 Vermont A. W. Aldrich, R. F. D. 2, Box 266, Springfield

 Virginia H. R. Gibbs, Linden

 Washington H. Lynn Tuttle, Clarkston

 West Virginia Wilbert M. Frye, Pleasant Dale

 Wisconsin C. F. Ladwig, 2221 St. Lawrence, Beloit

   CONSTITUTION

   of the

   NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED

   (As adopted September 13, 1948)

NAME

ARTICLE I. This Society shall be known as the Northern Nut Growers

Association, Incorporated. It is strictly a non-profit organization.

PURPOSES

ARTICLE II. The purposes of this Association shall be to promote interest in the nut bearing plants; scientific research in their breeding and culture; standardization of varietal names; the dissemination of information concerning the above and such other purposes as may advance the culture of nut bearing plants, particularly in the North Temperate Zone.

MEMBERS

ARTICLE III. Membership in this Association shall be open to all persons interested in supporting the purposes of the Association. Classes of members are as follows: Annual members, Contributing members, Life members, Honorary members, and Perpetual members. Applications for membership in the Association shall be presented to the secretary or the treasurer in writing, accompanied by the required dues.

OFFICERS

ARTICLE IV. The elected officers of this Association shall consist of a

President, a Vice-president, a Secretary and a Treasurer or a combined

Secretary-treasurer as the Association may designate.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Article V. The Board of Directors shall consist of six members of the Association who shall be the officers of the Association and the two preceding elected presidents. If the offices of Secretary and Treasurer are combined, the three past presidents shall serve on the Board of Directors.

There shall be a State Vice-president for each state, dependency, or country represented in the membership of the Association, who shall be appointed by the President.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE VI. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any annual meeting, notice of such amendment having been read at the previous annual meeting, or copy of the proposed amendments having been mailed by the Secretary, or by any member to each member thirty days before the date of the annual meeting.

BY-LAWS

(Revised and adopted at Norris, Tennessee, September 13, 1948)

SECTION I.—MEMBERSHIP

Classes of membership are defined as follows:

ARTICLE I. ANNUAL MEMBERS. Persons who are interested in the purposes of the Association who pay annual dues of Three Dollars ($3.00).

ARTICLE II. Contributing members. Persons who are interested in the purposes of the Association who pay annual dues of Ten Dollars ($10.00) or more.

ARTICLE III. LIFE MEMBERS. Persons who are interested in the purposes of the Association who contribute Seventy-Five Dollars ($75.00) to its support and who shall, after such contribution, pay no annual dues.

ARTICLE IV. HONORARY MEMBERS. Those whom the Association has elected as honorary members in recognition of their achievements in the special fields of the Association and who shall pay no dues.

ARTICLE V. PERPETUAL MEMBERS. Perpetual membership is eligible to any one who leaves at least five hundred dollars to the Association and such membership on payment of said sum to the Association shall entitle the name of the deceased to be forever enrolled in the list of members as Perpetual with the words In Memoriam added thereto. Funds received therefor shall be invested by the Treasurer in interest bearing securities legal for trust funds in the District of Columbia. Only the interest shall be expended by the Association. When such funds are in the treasury the Treasurer shall be bonded. Provided: that in the event the Association becomes defunct or dissolves, then, in that event, the Treasurer shall turn over any funds held in his hands for this purpose for such uses, individuals or companies that the donor may designate at the time he makes the bequest of the donation.

SECTION II.—DUTIES OF OFFICERS

ARTICLE I. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association and Board of Directors, and may call meetings of the Board of Directors when he believes it to be the best interests of the Association. He shall appoint the State Vice-presidents; the standing committees, except, the Nominating Committee, and such special committees as the Association may authorize.

ARTICLE II. Vice-president. In the absence of the President, the

Vice-president shall perform the duties of the President.

ARTICLE III. Secretary. The Secretary shall be the active executive officer of the Association. He shall conduct the correspondence relating to the Association's interests, assist in obtaining memberships and otherwise actively forward the interests of the Association, and report to the Annual Meeting and from time to time to meetings of the Board of Directors as they may request.

ARTICLE IV. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall receive and record memberships, receive and account for all moneys of the Association and shall pay all bills approved by the President or the Secretary. He shall give such security as the Board of Directors may require or may legally be required, shall invest life memberships or other funds as the Board of Directors may direct, subject to legal restrictions and in accordance with the law, and shall submit a verified account of receipts and disbursements to the Annual meeting and such current accounts as the Board of Directors may from time to time require. Before the final business session of the Annual Meeting of the Association, the accounts of the Treasurer shall be submitted for examination to the Auditing Committee appointed by the President at the opening session of the Annual Meeting.

ARTICLE V. The Board of Directors shall manage the affairs of the association between meetings. Four members, including at least two elected officers, shall be considered a quorum.

SECTION III.—ELECTIONS

ARTICLE I. The Officers shall be elected at the Annual Meeting and hold office for one year beginning immediately following the close of the Annual Meeting.

ARTICLE II. The Nominating Committee shall present a slate of officers on the first day of the Annual Meeting and the election shall take place at the closing session. Nominations for any office may be presented from the floor at the time the slate is presented or immediately preceding the election.

ARTICLE III. For the purpose of nominating officers for the year 1949 and thereafter, a committee of five members shall be elected annually at the preceding Annual Meeting.

ARTICLE IV. A quorum at a regularly called Annual Meeting shall be fifteen (15) members and must include at least two of the elected officers.

ARTICLE V. All classes of members whose dues are paid shall be eligible to vote and hold office.

SECTION IV.—FINANCIAL MATTERS

ARTICLE I. The fiscal year of the Association shall extend from October 1st through the following September 30th. All annual memberships shall begin October 1st.

ARTICLE II. The names of all members whose dues have not been paid by

January 1st shall be dropped from the rolls of the Society. Notices of

non-payment of dues shall be mailed to delinquent members on or about

December 1st.

ARTICLE III. The Annual Report shall be sent to only those members who have paid their dues for the current year. Members whose dues have not been paid by January 1st shall be considered delinquent. They will not be entitled to receive the publication or other benefits of the Association until dues are paid.

SECTION V.—MEETINGS

ARTICLE I. The place and time of the Annual Meeting shall be selected by the membership in session or, in the event of no selection being made at this time, the Board of Directors shall choose the place and time for the holding of the annual convention. Such other meetings as may seem desirable may be called by the President and Board of Directors.

SECTION VI.—PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLE I. The Association shall publish a report each fiscal year and such other publications as may be authorized by the Association.

ARTICLE II. The publishing of the report shall be the responsibility of the Committee on Publications.

SECTION VII.—AWARDS

ARTICLE I. The Association may provide suitable awards for outstanding contributions to the cultivation of nut bearing plants and suitable recognition for meritorious exhibits as may be appropriate.

SECTION VIII.—STANDING COMMITTEES

As soon as practical after the Annual Meeting of the Association, the

President shall appoint the following standing committees:

1. Membership 2. Auditing 3. Publications 4. Survey 5. Program 6. Research 7. Exhibit 8. Varieties and Contests

SECTION IX.—REGIONAL GROUPS AND AFFILIATED SOCIETIES

ARTICLE I. The Association shall encourage the formation of regional groups of its members, who may elect their own officers and organize their own local field days and other programs. They may publish their proceedings and selected papers in the yearbooks of the parent society subject to review of the Association's Committee on Publications.

ARTICLE II. Any independent regional association of nut growers may affiliate with the Northern Nut Growers Association provided one-fourth of its members are also members of the Northern Nut Growers Association. Such affiliated societies shall pay an annual affiliation fee of $3.00 to the Northern Nut Growers Association. Papers presented at the meetings of the regional society may be published in the proceedings of the parent society subject to review of the Association's Committee on Publications.

SECTION X.—AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS

ARTICLE I. These by-laws may be amended at any Annual Meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present provided such amendments shall have been submitted to the membership in writing at least thirty days prior to that meeting.

Proceedings

44th Annual Meeting

Northern Nut Growers Association

Rochester, New York

August 31—September 1, 1953

MONDAY MORNING SESSION

PRESIDENT BEST: We are opening this 44th Annual Meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association with this historic gavel which was made from wood grown in the Thomas Littlepage pecan grove near Washington, D. C. Opening each session with this gavel has been a custom of this organization for many, many years.

We are very anxious to have you folks meet some of the men who have made

our meeting possible here at Rochester. I would first like to introduce

Mr. W. Stephen Thomas, Director of the Rochester Museum of Arts and

Sciences. Mr. Thomas.

MR. THOMAS: Thank you, Mr. Best.

We are always glad to welcome groups such as yours. You represent a unique organization to us with interests not in our field. We are a public institution, and are glad to have you here.

I feel there are many things of interest in this museum and in our program to interest you, because you are horticulturists and people interested in the out-of-doors.

This museum is owned by the City of Rochester. By the way, there are only about 12 museums throughout the country that are supported as we are. We get 98 per cent of our funds from the City of Rochester. It is not endowed. It is the people's museum. In the exhibit upstairs are three dimensional models showing the evolution of the Genesee Valley in New York from early times to the present. Here you will see a beautiful panorama of what it looked like two hundred million years ago right where we are sitting and standing now when the seas overlay the area during the Devonian and Silurian times. We have reconstructed the little sea creatures that lived in the rocks in their natural colors.

Another exhibit is the Indian story, primitive man, not just before the white man came, but going back 1500 years. On the top floor you may see how the pioneer man worked here as a woodcutter and running flour mills and how the city came about. The whole story of our region is in the museum.

But more important than these exhibits is what we do through the educational system; adult lectures, and so forth. That is just a little background of our work. I know you have your important business at hand, but I hope you will have a little time to view the exhibits. We want to help you in any way we can. If there is anything we can do, don't fail to ask.

PRESIDENT BEST: Thank you, Mr. Thomas. Most of you met Mr. Wilbur Wright last night out at the park. He is going to make an address of welcome from the City of Rochester and from the parks. Mr. Wright.

MR. WRIGHT: Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the City of Rochester and the Park Department, we want to welcome you to The Friendly City. We want you to feel that Rochester has its hand out for a wide open welcome for anything we can do to make you happy while you are here.

The parks are particularly interested in the fact that you have chosen Rochester as your conference city for 1953. The parks, as you know, are a good deal like the museum. They are botanical collections in the heart of the city, the money coming from the city; the taxpayers pay the bill. We have a tremendous botanical collection here, and are known the country over for our lilac and other collections.

We have, in the past two years, appointed Bernard Harkness to take charge of our plant collections, with the title of taxonomist. It took quite a bit of backing to get Civil Service to break down and make such a title. There wasn't such a title in the State of New York, and they couldn't understand why they should give it.

Mr. Grant is another good Cornellian coming along as Assistant Superintendent of Parks, and he is, again, looking after the maintenance and upkeep of the various plant materials that we have.

We have a very large organization here, the Parks Division includes the cemeteries, 90,000 street trees, 56 playgrounds, and about 2,000 acres of parks. Our peak employment is 756 people. All-in-all we have a tremendous amount of interest in our parks, and they are increasing. We are exchanging plants with about 25 foreign countries right now, and we expect to expand that now with the various facilities we are setting up at our new herbarium, which you visited last night.

We are proud of Rochester, and the park system. We are doing our best to continue the excellent work of Dunbar, Laney, and Slavin who built up the park collections. Our aim is to increase the collections, and make the park system better for the people to enjoy. We hope you have a fine time while you are here. Thank you.

PRESIDENT BEST: Dr. MacDaniels, ex-president of our Association will give our organization's response.

DR. MACDANIELS: Chairman Best, Director Thomas and Director Wright, I don't know whether I am particularly well qualified for this particular assignment, but I am certainly very happy to express the thanks of the Northern Nut Growers Association for the excellent cooperation in arranging the facilities which we have found here in Rochester. Few of us can recall any situation in which the Association has been helped all along the way, as they have been here, and we feel most welcome in this truly friendly city.

Before the meeting I thought I was going to be able to claim a sort of paternal interest in the training of Director Wright in that he studied just prior to the war in the Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture at Cornell University where I am stationed. Although we saw a good deal of him after the war, he came directly here, so I can't say that I knew him way back when he was an undergraduate student. Still we do have a proprietary interest in all Cornellians, and we like to see the home team make good as has certainly been the case here.

Fortunately, Ithaca is close enough to Rochester, so that our classes can come to the Rochester parks on field trips where we have always received the most friendly cooperation and help just as the Northern Nut Growers is receiving today. I assure you that we are most grateful.

PRESIDENT BEST: We will proceed with the business of the organization.

On the Resolutions Committee which will give us resolutions for adoption

at our final night session, I appoint Mr. Davidson, Mr. Allaman, Mr.

Oakes and Mr. Snyder.

The next item of business is the election of a Nominating Committee. This committee is to nominate the officers which will be elected at our next annual meeting. Nominations are now in order.

DR. MCKAY: I nominate Mr. Machovina.

MR. DAVIDSON: Mr. Silvis.

DR. CRANE: I'd like to nominate Mr. Salzer.

MR. DAVIDSON: I think Dr. Crane ought to be nominated.

MR. STOKE: I nominate Mr. Kyle from Iowa.

DR. DOWELL: I move nominations be closed.

PRESIDENT BEST: Is there a second to Dr. Dowell's motion that nominations be closed? (Motion seconded and passed.)

PRESIDENT BEST: Nominations are closed. Those in favor of this list, Mr.

Kyle, Dr. Crane, Mr. George Salzer, Mr. Silvis, Mr. Machovina, for

Nominating Committee for next year make it known by saying Aye.

(Chorus of ayes) Opposed? (None.)

PRESIDENT BEST: May we have the report of the Program Committee. They have been at work, we can see that. The evidence is on every hand. Dr. McKay?

DR. MCKAY: The program you have in your hands represents the work of the Program Committee. The work of the Program Committee is done prior to the meeting and I want to say that this year I really did have fine cooperation from the members and from the members of the committee in responding to requests for numbers on the program. That always makes the work of a committee easy. Because of this fine cooperation I can say truthfully that the effort on my part was relatively small.

As all of you know, we now have a larger group of people to draw from for our programs than formerly. We always go back, of course, to our tried and true members who, year after year, give us numbers for the program, but we also