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NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION

REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 1 AND 2 1915

NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION

REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 1 AND 2, 1915

CONCORD, N.H. THE RUMFORD PRESS 1916

CONTENTS

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Officers and Committees of the Association 4

Members of the Association 5

Constitution of the Association 10

By-laws of the Association 11

Proceedings of the Meeting held at Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 13

Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 14

The Relation of Forest Conditions in New York to Possibilities of Nut Growing, Dr. Hugh P. Baker, New York 17

New Tree Crops and a New Agriculture, Dr. J. Russell Smith, Pennsylvania 30

Notes on the Hazels, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York 36

An Appeal to Owners of Hardy Nut Trees, C. A. Reed, Washington, D. C. 51

Northern Pecan Trees, and Notes on the Observation of Propagated Trees, W. C. Reed, Indiana 58

Walnut Observations in California, L. D. Batchelor, California 63

Pruning the Persian Walnut, J. G. Rush, Pennsylvania 69

Report on Nut Growing in Canada, G. H. Corsan, Toronto 71

Appendix:

Present at the Sixth Annual Meeting 73

Program for Automobile Trips September 1 and 2, 1915 74

Exhibits 75

Resolutions 76

Bibliography of the Year 77

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

_President_ J. RUSSELL SMITH University of Pennsylvania _Vice-President_ W. C. REED Indiana _Secretary and Treasurer_ W. C. DEMING Georgetown, Connecticut

COMMITTEES

_Auditing_ C. P. CLOSE, C. A. REED _Executive_ T. P. LITTLEPAGE, R. T. MORRIS, AND THE OFFICERS _Finance_ C. P. CLOSE, T. P. LITTLEPAGE, W. C. DEMING _Hybrids_ R. T. MORRIS, J. R. SMITH, C. P. CLOSE _Membership_ HARRY R. WEBER, G. H. CORSAN, C. H...

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