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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Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting: Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
Northern Nut Growers Association -- Periodicals; Nut trees -- Periodicals; Nuts -- Periodicals
MR. CALDWELL: Mr. President. The variety we are using is not a variety,
it's a clone. Maybe we had better get together with taxonomists and
botanists. That's all they are, selections, they are not varieties, in
the botanical sense, even though the term has been badly misused by the
nut growers. I don't see why we should continue with mis-application of
a term just because somebody set up rules for application of names.
DR. CRANE: Mr. President, I want to get this straight. This Association
is talking about horticultural varieties, not botanical varieties. A
correct term for a horticultural variety is a clone.
The American Pomological Society is over a hundred years old, and they
have followed all types of experiences and usages, and they are up to
date, and we can't follow any better pattern than what the American
Pomological Society has done all down through the years. The Northern
Nut Growers Association would be the laughing stock of the world who are
in the know if they don't adopt the rules of nomenclature as set forth
by the American Pomological Society.
MR. SLATE: Mr. President, we already have a committee on Varieties and
Standards. I don't see why that committee can't be revived. If we set up
another committee by resolution, we are duplicating the work of that
committee, or overlapping. I'd like to see this matter referred to the
Committee on Varieties or Judging Standards and possibly report another
year. I am not in favor of setting up this committee at the present
time.
I would like to amend that motion to refer this matter to the present
Committee on Varieties and Judging Standards.
DR. MCKAY: Second that amendment.
DR. MACDANIELS: There is one other angle to this. The International
Committee on Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants, has during the past year
published a report. I think it would be only wise for us to delay our
action on this matter until our committee at least gets the opportunity
to study the suitability of this international code for nomenclature of
cultivated plants and see how it applies to our situation. In other
words, I am complete in accord with Mr. Slate's motion.
MR. DAVIDSON: I would suggest that we refer it to that committee and
think about it for another year.
(A vote was taken on the amendment, and it was passed.)
PRESIDENT BEST: The motion of the Resolutions Committee is now referred
to the Committee on Varieties and Judging Standards.
MR. STOKE: I move we proceed with the adoption of the resolutions that
were presented before the motion.
(Motion seconded and passed.)
PRESIDENT BEST: We'd like to hear from the Nominating Committee.
MR. SLATE: For president the Nominating Committee proposed R. B. Best. I
think he is about one of the best presidents we have ever had. For
vice-president Gilbert Becker of Michigan. For treasurer W. S. Clarke of
Pennsylvania, and for secretary, our very efficient and very effective
Spencer Chase of Tennessee.
PRESIDENT BEST: Are there further nominations?
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