Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report: at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948

|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. | +————————————————————————————————————+ [Illustration] NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 39th Annual Report [Illustration] CONVENTION AT NORRIS, TENN. SEPTEMBER 13-15 1948 TABLE OF CONTENTS 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 Address of Welcome—George F. Gant 12 Response—Dr. L. H. MacDaniels 14 President's Address—John Davidson 15 Secretary's Report—J. C. McDaniel 16 Treasurer's Report—D. C. Snyder 18 Other Business of the Association, Committee Election and Reports 19 The Development and Propagation of Blight Resistant Chestnut in West Virginia—Ralph H. Quick 26 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, Presiding 69 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 Taylor 87 Experiences with Tree Crops in Meigs County, Tennessee—W. A. Shadow 88 Nut Hobbying…