Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |DISCLAIMER | | | |The articles published in the Annual Reports of the Northern Nut Growers| |Association are the findings and thoughts solely of the authors and are | |not to be construed as an endorsement by the Northern Nut Growers | |Association, its board of directors, or its members. No endorsement is | |intended for products mentioned, nor is criticism meant for products not| |mentioned. The laws and recommendations for pesticide application may | |have changed since the articles were written. It is always the pesticide| |applicator's responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current | |label directions for the specific pesticide being used. The discussion | |of specific nut tree cultivars and of specific techniques to grow nut | |trees that might have been successful in one area and at a particular | |time is not a guarantee that similar results will occur elsewhere. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [Illustration] NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 39th Annual Report [Illustration] CONVENTION AT NORRIS, TENN. SEPTEMBER 13-15 1948 TABLE OF CONTENTS _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