Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951

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  Northern Nut Growers

  Association

  Incorporated


  AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY



  _42nd Annual Report_



  _Annual Meeting at_

  URBANA, ILLINOIS

  August 28, 29 and 30, 1951


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    [Illustration: Jacobs Persian Walnut Genoa, Ohio (see pages 86-87)]

    The above picture shows a view made last winter of the original
    Jacobs Persian walnut in Elmore, Ohio. Member Malcolm R. Bumler of
    Detroit stands under the tree. The picture was made by Mr. W. G.
    Schmidt and the engraving is by courtesy of Gilbert Becker, our
    Michigan vice president and president of the Michigan Nut Growers
    Association.

    The Jacobs variety, a second generation seedling of a German walnut,
    was brought to the attention of the NNGA by Sylvester Shessler,
    Genoa, Ohio, who has been regularly taking prizes with it and
    another seedling he found growing at Clay Center. The Jacobs was
    fourth in the 1950-51 NNGA contest, having a good nut with 47.1%
    kernel. The tree, now over seventy years old, bears regularly,
    having 200 pounds of nuts in one recent year. Several members in
    Ohio, Michigan, and other states are propagating the Jacobs, and it
    appears to be one of the most promising non-Carpathian Persian
    varieties for the Midwest.--J. C. McDaniel


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  Table of Contents


  Foreword                                                             4

  Officers and Committees, 1951-52                                     5

  State and Foreign Vice-Presidents                                    6

  Attendance at the 1951 Meeting                                       7

  Constitution                                                         9

  By-Laws                                                              9

  Proceedings of the Forty-Second Annual Meeting. Starting on         13

  Talk by George Hebden Corsan                                        13

  Address of Welcome--C. J. Birkeland                                 14

  Response--H. L. Crane                                               14

  President's Address--William M. Rohrbacher                          15

  Control of Spittle Bugs on Nut Trees--S. C. Chandler                18

  Preliminary Results from Training Chinese Chestnut Trees to
    Different Heights of Head--J. W. McKay and H. L. Crane            22

  The Filbert and Persian Walnut in Indiana--W. B. Ward               29

  Nut Growing in Eastern Iowa--Ira M. Kyhl                            31

  Secretary's Report--J. C. McDaniel                                  34

  Discussion and Resolution on Securing New Members                   35

  Treasurer's Report--Sterling A. Smith                               37

  Reports of Committees                                               38

  Announcement of Tour--R. B. Best                                    39

  Status of the Northern Pecan--W. W. Magill, leading discussion      39

  Pecans in Northern Virginia--J. Russell Smith                       45

  Pecans in the Vicinity of St. Paul, Minnesota--Carl Weschcke        47

  Preliminary Report on Growth, Flowering, and Magnesium Deficiency
    of Reed and Potomac Filbert Varieties--H. L. Crane
    and J. W. McKay                                                   50

  Bunch Disease of Black Walnut--J. W. McKay and H. L. Crane          56
    (Above paper given at the 41st Annual Meeting.