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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING WASHINGTON, D. C. OCTOBER 7 AND 8, 1920 CONTENTS Officers and Committees of the Association 4 State Vice-Presidents 5 Members of the Association 6 Constitution and By-Laws 11 Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Convention 13 Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 13 Chestnut Work at Bell Experiment Plot, Dr. Walter Van Fleet, Glendale, Maryland 16 Report of Prof. Close and Discussion 22 Constitution and By-Laws Amended 26 Report of Committee on Importation, Mr. Littlepage 27 Excursion to Dr. Van Fleet's and Mr. Littlepage's Places 29 Nut Culture in the United States, C. A. Reed, Washington, D. C. 33 Address of Dr. David Fairchild 42 President's Address 56 The Place of Nut Trees in Our Northern Nut Culture, Dr. William A. Taylor, Washington, D. C. 66 Address by Charles Lathrop Pack, President American Forestry Association 70 A Nursery of Improved Filberts, Conrad Vollertsen, Rochester, N. Y. 73 Nuts Needed as Supplementary Foods, Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Battle Creek, Michigan 83