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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 43rd Annual Report OF THE Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY _Annual Meeting at_ ROCKPORT, INDIANA August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 Table of Contents Officers and Committees 1952-53 4 State and Foreign Vice Presidents 5 Constitution and By-laws 7 Call to Order, Forty-Third Annual Meeting 11 Address of Welcome--Hilbert Bennett 11 Business Session 15 Treasurer's Report--Carl Prell 18 Committee Reports 21 President's Address--L. H. MacDaniels 27 The Future of Your Nut Planting--W. F. Sonnemann 32 The Value of a Tree--Ferd Bolten 35 Methods of Getting Better Annual Crops on Black Walnut. Panel discussion led by W. W. Magill 38 The 1952 Hickory Survey--H. F. Stoke 46 A Discussion of Hickory Stocks--Gilbert L. Smith 49 Filbert Varieties. Panel discussion led by G. L. Slate 53 My Experiences with Chinese Chestnuts--W. J. Wilson 62 Persian Walnuts in the Upper South--H. F. Stoke 66 Varieties of Persian Walnuts in Eastern Iowa--Ira B. Kyhl 69