Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, E. Grimo and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING EVANSVILLE, INDIANA AUGUST 20 AND 21, 1914 CONCORD, N. H. THE RUMFORD PRESS 1915 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Officers and Committees of the Association 4 Members of the Association 5 Constitution and Rules of the Association 10 Proceedings of the Meeting held at Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914 11 Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 17 Proposed Score Card for Judging Nuts 20 Status and Possibilities of Nut Culture in the North, T. P. Littlepage, Washington, D. C. 23 Discussion on Cultivation and Fertilizers for Nut Trees 31 Personal Experiences with Hybridization of Nut Trees, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York 37 The Use of Dynamite in Tree Planting, C. D. Evans, Delaware 43 Demonstration of Grafting and Budding Nut Trees, R. L. McCoy, Indiana, and Paul White, Indiana 47 Discussion on Seedling Trees 52 Seedling Nut Trees. The Nomenclature of Northern Pecans, Dr. J. Russell Smith, Pennsylvania 54 Practical Suggestions on the Production of Nut Orchards, Dr. C. A. Van Duzee, Georgia 61 The Function of the Class Journal, Ralph T. Olcott, _Editor American Nut Journal_ 65 Discussion on Top Working Large Nut Trees 68 Report of the Committee on Nomenclature 73 Report of the Committee on Exhibits 74 Report of the Committee on Resolutions 74 Session at Enterprise 75 A Plea for the Planting of Nut Trees, Colonel C. K. Sober, Pennsylvania 85 Discussion on the Hazel or Filbert 88 Appendix: The History of the Persian Walnut in Pennsylvania, J. G. Rush, Pennsylvania 93 A Comparison of Northern and Southern Conditions in the Propagation of Nut Trees, J. F. Jones, Pennsylvania 96 Top Working Large Walnut Trees, W. C. Reed, Indiana 101