Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://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 SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING WASHINGTON, D. C. SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9, 1916. PRESS OF The Advertiser-republican, ANNAPOLIS, MD. CONTENTS PAGE Officers and Committees of the Association 4 Members of the Association 5 Constitution and By-Laws 10 Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting 13 Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 14 Notes on the Chinquapins, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York 15 The Black Walnut, T. P. Littlepage, Washington, D. C. 25 Discussion on the Almond 33 Discussion on the Hazel 37 The Chestnut Bark Disease, Dr. Haven Metcalf, Washington, D. C. 41 Discussion on Quarantine for Chestnut Nursery Stock 49 Hybrids and Other New Chestnuts for Blight Districts, Dr. Walter Van Fleet, Washington, D. C. 54 President's Address, Dr. J. Russell Smith, Roundhill, Va. 58 Diseases of the Persian Walnut, S. M. McMurran, Washington, D. C. 67 Discussion on Winter Killing 72 Address of Col. C. A. Van Duzee, Cairo, Georgia 75 Resolutions on Chestnut Blight Quarantine 80 Resolution on Investigations in Nut Tree Propagation 84