  Fruiting Chinese Chestnut Branches (Courtesy Dr. H. Reid Hunter) 2 Officers and Committees 6 State and Foreign Vice-Presidents 7 Constitution 8 By-Laws 9 Proceedings of the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention 12 The Development and Propagation of Blight Resistant Chestnut in The Present Status of the Chestnut in Virginia—R. C. Moore 31 Growing Chinese Chestnuts in Lee County, Alabama—G. S. Jones 34 Processed Chestnuts on the Market throughout the Year—J. C. Moore 38 Chestnut Growing in the Southeast—Max B. Hardy 41 Mr. Hardy and Some Chestnuts Prepared for Storage 41 Marketing Chestnuts in the Pacific Coast—Carroll D. Bush 51 Chestnut Weevils and Their Control with DDT—E. R. Van Leeuwen 54 Diseases Affecting the Success of Tree Crop Plantings—G. F. Gravatt and Donald C. Stout 60 Chinese x American Hybrid Chestnut Trees 62 The Brooming Disease of Walnuts 64-65 Trees Killed by the Persimmon Wilt 67 Round Table Discussion on Chestnut Problems—Spencer B. Chase, Greetings from a Kentucky Nut—Dr. C. A. Moss 83 Nut Trees for West Tennessee—Aubrey Richards, M.D. 85 Marketing Black Walnuts as a Community Projects—Rev. Bernard Experiences with Tree Crops in Meigs County, Tennessee—W. A. Nut Hobbying in Eastern West Virginia—Wilbert M. Frye 91 A Look, "Backward and Forward" into Nut Growing in Kentucky—W. Round Table Discussion on Judging Schedule for Black Walnuts—Dr. Fruiting Black Walnut at Brooks, Alberta, Canada 103 Present Outlook for Honeylocust in the South—J. C. Moore 104 Possibilities of Filbert Growing in Virginia—E. L. Overholser 111 Filberts for Food and Looks in Kentucky—N. R. Elliott 116 J. F. Jones, Introducer of Many Nut Varieties—Clarence A. Reed 118 J. F. Jones 118 Mildred and Wesley Langdoc 125 The Value of Nut Trees in Tennessee—F. S. Chance 126 The Development and Filling of Nuts—H. L. Crane 130 The Grafted Curly Walnut as a Timber Tree—J. Ford Wilkinson 139 The Black Walnut Situation in Tennessee—George B. Shivery 142 Grafting Walnuts in Ohio—Sylvester Shessler 145 Grafting Walnuts in the Greenhouse—George L. Slate 146 Nut Investigations at the Pennsylvania State College—William S. Black Walnuts: A New Specialty at Renfro Valley—Tom Mullins 149 Marketing Black Walnut Kernels—F. J. McCauley 152 Production of Bacteria-Free Walnut Kernels—Roger W. Pease 157 Pecan Selection in Oklahoma—Dr. Frank B. Cross 160 Pecan Improvement Program for Southwestern Kentucky—W. W. Pecan Production in South Carolina—T. L. Senn 167 Preservation of Shelled Pecans by Drying and Hermetically Follow-Up Studies on the 1946 Ohio Black Walnut Prize Winners—L. Final Business Session, Election of Officers, Reports of Committees 177 Odds and Ends—Dr. W. C. Deming 181 The Birth of a New Walnut Cracker—B. H. Thompson 183 Marketing of Black Walnuts in Arkansas—T. A. Winkleman 183 Further Notes on Nut Tree Guards for Pasture Plantings—Oliver D. Wire Guard Around Young Chestnut Tree 185 A Pecan Orchard in Glouchester County, Virginia—Mrs. Selina L. Indiana Nut Shows Have Educational Value—W. B. Ward 188 View of an Indiana Nut Exhibit 189 The Importance of Stock and Scion Relationship in Hickory and Progress with Nuts at Wolfeboro, New Hampshire—Matthew Lahti 195 Breeding Chestnuts in the New York City Area—Alfred Szego 196 Winter Injury to Nut Trees at Ithaca, New York, in the Fall and What Came Through the Hard Winter in Ontario—George Hebden Filberts Grow in Vermont—Joseph N. Collins 202 Report of Necrology Committee 203 Attendance 206 Northern Nut Growers Association, Membership List 209 Exhibitors at the 39th Annual Meeting 222 Announcements 223 +Please Note: The membership list is in the back of this volume.+ OFFICERS OF President—H. F. Stoke, 1436 Watts Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia Vice-President—Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Dept. of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Treasurer—Sterling A. Smith, 630 West South Street, Vermilion, Ohio Secretary—J. C. McDaniel, Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture, State Office Bldg., Nashville 3, Tennessee Directors include above officers plus: John Davidson, 234 E. Second Street, Xenia, Ohio; and Clarence A. Reed, 7309 Piney Branch Road, N. W., Washington 12, D.C. Dean—Dr. W. C. Deming, 31 S. Highland, West Hartford 7, Connecticut Nominating Committee—Dr. H. L. Crane, Harry R. Weber, Dr. William L. Rohrbacher, J. Ford Wilkinson, George L. Slate EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTSPress and Publications—Editorial Section: Dr. Lewis E. Theiss, Program—H. L. Crane, R. P. Allaman, George L. Slate, C. A. Reed, J. C. Place of Meeting—Dr. A. S. Colby, J. F. Wilkinson, D. C. Snyder, Varieties and Contests—Spencer B. Chase, G. J. Korn, J. F. Wilkinson, Survey and Research—R. E. Silvis, plus the state and foreign Membership—Mrs. Harry Weber, Mrs. Blaine McCollum, Mrs. Stephen Exhibits—R. P. Allaman, Carl Weschcke, Fayette Etter, A. G. Hirschi, Necrology—Mrs. Herbert Negus, Mrs. Wm. Rohrbacher, Miss Jeannette F. Audit—Dr. Wm. Rohrbacher, E. P. Gerber, Raymond E. Silvis Finance—Harry Weber, D. C. Snyder, Carl Weschcke, Sterling Smith Legal Advisers—Sargent Wellman, Harry Weber Official Journal—American Fruit Grower, 1370 Ontario St., Cleveland 13, Ohio State and Foreign Vice-Presidents Alabama LOVIC ORR Alberta, Canada A. L. YOUNG Arkansas A. C. HALE British Columbia, Canada J. U. GELLATLY California DR. THOMAS R. HAIG Connecticut GEORGE D. PRATT, JR. Delaware LEWIS WILKINS Denmark COUNT F. M. KNUTH District of Columbia GEORGE U. GRAFF Ecuador, South America F. A. COLWELL Florida C. A. AVANT Georgia WM. J. WILSON Idaho J. E. MCGORAN Illinois ROYAL OAKES Indiana FORD WALLICK Iowa IRA M. KYHL Kansas DR. CLYDE GRAY Kentucky DR. C. A. MOSS Manitoba, Canada A. H. YOUNG Maryland BLAINE MCCOLLUM Massachusetts I. W. SHORT Mexico FEDERICO COMPEAN Michigan GILBERT BECKER Minnesota R. E. HODGSON Mississippi JAMES R. MEYER Missouri RALPH RICHTERKESSING Nebraska GEORGE BRAND New Hampshire MATTHEW LAHTI New Jersey MRS. ALAN R. BUCKWALTER New Mexico REV. TITUS GEHRING New York GEORGE SALZER North Carolina DR. R. T. DUNSTAN North Dakota HOMER L. BRADLEY Ohio A. A. BUNGART Oklahoma A. G. HIRSCHI Ontario, Canada G. H. CORSAN Oregon HARRY L. PEARCY Pennsylvania R. P. ALLAMAN Prince Edward Island, Canada ROBERT SNAZELLE Rhode Island PHILIP ALLEN South Carolina JOHN T. BREGGER South Dakota HERMAN RICHTER Tennessee THOMAS G. ZARGER Texas KAUFMAN FLORIDA Utah HARLAN D. PETTERSON Vermont A. W. ALDRICH Virginia H. R. GIBBS Washington CARROLL D. BUSH West Virginia WILBERT M. FRYE Wisconsin NORMAN KOELSCH |
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