Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING ROCHESTER, NEW YORK September 7, 8 and 9, 1922 CONTENTS Officers and Committees of the Association 4 State Vice-Presidents 5 Members of the Association 7 Constitution 15 By-Laws 16 Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Convention 17 President's Address 20 Dr. Walter Van Fleet, Biography of, 23 Chestnut Blight, Letter from G. F. Gravatt, 27 Manchurian Walnut Industry, Letter from C. A. Reed 28 Report of the Treasurer 32 Almond Possibilities in the Eastern States, R. H. Taylor 42 Opportunities for a Woman in Nut Culture, Mrs. W. D. Ellwanger 46 The Plane and Screw in Grafting, Dr. R. T. Morris 48 Nut Growing in the South, Address by J. M. Patterson 53 The Blight-proof Filbert, Conrad Vollertsen 61 Nut Culture in Canada, J. A. Neilson 69 The Experimental Nut Orchard, W. G. Bixby 80 Pioneer Experience and Outlook, Dr. R. T. Morris 85 Tree Planting Ceremonies at Highland Park 108 Nuts the Source of Proteins and Fats, Dr. J. H. Kellogg 112 Chinese Nuts, Walnuts, P. W. Wang 120 Resolution on the Death of Dr. Walter Van Fleet 122 Resolution on the Death of Coleman K. Sober 123 Attendance and Exhibits 126 OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION _President_ JAMES S. MCGLENNON Rochester, New York _Vice-President_ J. F. JONES Lancaster, Pennsylvania _Secretary_ WILLIAM C. DEMING 983 Main Street, Hartford, Ct. _Treasurer_ WILLARD G. BIXBY Baldwin, Nassau Co., New York COMMITTEES _Auditing_--C. P. CLOSE, C. A. REED _Executive_--J. RUSSELL SMITH, W. S. LINTON AND THE OFFICERS _Finance_--T. P. LITTLEPAGE, WILLARD G. BIXBY, W. C. DEMING _Hybrids_--R. T. MORRIS, C. P. CLOSE, W. G. BIXBY, HOWARD SPENCE _Membership_--JAMES S. MCGLENNON, H. R. WEBER, R. T. OLCOTT, W. G. BIXBY, W. C. DEMING, J. A. NEILSON, H. D. SPENCER, J. A. SMITH _Nomenclature_--C. A. REED, R. T. MORRIS, J. F. JONES _Press and Publication_--R. T. OLCOTT, W. G. BIXBY, W. C. DEMING _Programme_--JAMES S. MCGLENNON, W. C. DEMING, R. T. OLCOTT, C. A. REED, R. T. MORRIS, W. G. BIXBY, J. A. NEILSON _Promising Seedlings_--C. A. REED, J. F. JONES, W. G. BIXBY, J. A. NEILSON STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS Alabama H. M. Robertson 2026 1st Ave., Birmingham Arizona Fred W. Heyne Douglas Arkansas Prof. N. F. Drake University of Arkansas, Fayetteville California T. C. Tucker 311 California St., San Francisco Canada James A. Neilson Guelph China P. W. Wang Kinsan Arboretum Chuking Kiangsu Province Colorado C. L. Cudebec Boulder, Box 233 Connecticut Ernest M. Ives Sterling Orchards, Meriden Dist. of Columbia B. G. Foster 902 G. St., Washington England Howard Spence Eskdale Knutsford Cheshire Georgia J. M. Patterson Putney Illinois Henry D. Spencer Decatur Indiana J. F. Wilkinson Rockport Iowa D. C. Snyder Center Point Kansas James Sharp Council Grove Kentucky Frank M. Livengood Berea Maine Alice D. Leavitt 79 High St., Bridgton Maryland P. J. O'Connor Bowie Massachusetts C. Leroy Cleaver 496 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Michigan Dr. J. H. Kellogg Battle Creek Mississippi Theodore Bechtel Ocean Springs Missouri P. C. Stark Louisiana Nebraska William Caha Wahoo Nevada C. G. Swingle Hazen New Hampshire Henry B. Stevens Durham New Jersey C. S. Ridgway Lumberton New York Mrs. W. D. Ellwanger 510 E. Ave., Rochester North Carolina C. W. Matthews N. C. Dept. of Agriculture, Raleigh Ohio Harry R. Weber 123 E. 6th St., Cincinnati Oklahoma Dr. C. E. Beitman Skedee Oregon Knight Pearcy Salem, R. F. D. No. 3, Box 187 Pennsylvania F. N. Fagan State College South Carolina Prof. A. G. Shanklin Clemson College Tennessee J. W. Waite Normandy Texas J. H. Burkett Clyde Utah Joseph A. Smith Edgewood Hall, Providence Vermont F. C. Holbrook Brattleboro Virginia W. N. Roper Petersburg Washington Richard H. Turk Washougal West Virginia Fred E. Brooks French Creek Wisconsin Dr. G. W. Patchen Manitowoc MEMBERS OF THE NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION ALABAMA Robertson, H. M., 2026 1st Ave., Birmingham ARIZONA Heyne, Fred W., Douglas ARKANSAS *Drake, Prof. N. F., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Dunn, D. K., Wynne CALIFORNIA Cajori, F. A., 1220 Byron St., Palo Alto Cress, B. E., Tehachapi Thorpe, Will J., 1545 Divisadero St., San Francisco Tucker, T. C., 311 California St., San Francisco CANADA Bell, Alex, Milliken, Ontario Corcoran, William, Port Dalhousie, Box 26, Ontario Corsan, G. H., Address 55 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Corsan, Mrs. G. H., Address 55 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Haight, P. N., St. Thomas Neilson, Jas. A., Guelph, Ontario CHINA *Kinsan Arboretum, Lang Terrace, No. Szechuen Rd., Shanghai P. W. Wang, Sec'y. COLORADO Bennett, L. E. Cory Butterbaugh, Dr. W. S., Engleburg, Las Animas Co. (via Trinidad) Cudebec, C. L., Boulder, Box 233 Hartman, Richard, Kremmling CONNECTICUT Barrows, Paul M., Stamford, R. F. D. No. 30 Bartlett, Francis A., Stamford Benedict, Samuel L., 98 So. Main St., So. Norwalk Bielefield, F. J., South Farms, Middletown Bradley, Smith T., Grand Ave., New Haven Craig, Joseph A., 783 Washington Ave., West Haven Deming, Dr. W. C., 983 Main St., Hartford Deming, Mrs. William, Litchfield Glover, James L., Shelton, R. F. D., No. 7 Gotthold, Mrs. Frederick, Wilton Hardon, Mrs. Henry, Wilton Hilliard, H. J., Sound View Hungerford, Newman, Torrington, R. F. D. No. 2, Box 76 Ives, E. M., Sterling Orchards, Meriden Leroy, Peter, 1363 Main St., Hartford Lewis, Henry Leroy, 1822 Main St., Stratford Morris, Dr. R. T., Cos Cob, Route 28, Box 95 Pomeroy, Eleazer, 120 Bloomfield Ave., Windsor Sessions, Albert L., 25 Bellevue Ave., Bristol Southworth, George E., Milford, Box 172 Staunton, Gray, 320 Howard Ave., New Haven White, Gerrard, North Granby DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Beatty, Dr. Wilbur M. L., 4027 Georgia Ave. Close, Prof. C. P., Pomologist, Dept. of Agriculture Foster, B. G., 902 G St., N. W. *Littlepage, T. P., Union Trust Bldg. Reed, C. A., Dept. of Agriculture ENGLAND Spence, Howard, Eskdale, Knutsford, Cheshire GEORGIA Bullard, Wm. P., Albany Killian, C. M., Valdosta Parrish, John S., Cornelia, Ga. Box 57 Patterson, J. M., Putney Perry, A. S., Cuthbert Steele, R. C., Lakemont, Rabun Co. Wight, J. B., Cairo ILLINOIS Brown, Roy W., Spring Valley Buckman, Benj., Farmingdale Buxton, T. C., Stine Bldg., Decatur Casper, O. H., Anna Clough, W. A., 929 Monadnoch Bldg., Chicago Falrath, David, 259 N. College St., Decatur Heide, John F. H., 500 Oakwood Blvd., Chicago Illinois, University of, Urbana Marsh, Mrs. W. V., Aledo Mosnat, H. R., 7237 Yale Ave., Chicago Potter, Hon. W. O., Marion Powers, Frank S., 595 Powers Lane, Decatur Rickelman, Harry J., Weed Bldg., Effingham Riehl, E. A., Godfrey, Route 2 Shaw, James B., Champaign, Box 644 Spencer, Henry D., Decatur Sundstrand, Mrs. G. D., 916 Garfield Ave., Rockford Swisher, S. L., Mulkeytown Wells, Oscar, Farina White, W. Elmer, 175 Park Place, Decatur INDIANA Clayton, C. L., Owensville Crain, Donald J., 1313 North St., Logansport Jackson, Francis M., 122 N. Main St., South Bend Redmon, Felix, Rockport, R. R. 2, Box 32 Reed, W. C., Vincennes Rowell, Mrs. Geo. P., 219 N. 5 St., Goshen Simpson, H. D., Vincennes Staderman, A. L., 120 So. 7 St., Terre Haute Wilkinson, J. F., Rockport IOWA Bricker, C. W., Ladora Finnell, J. F. C., Hamburg Pfeiffer, W. F., Fayette Skromme, L. J., Roland (Skromme Seed Co.) Snyder, D. C., Center Point Snyder, S. W., Center Point KANSAS Bishop, S. L., Conway Springs Gray, Dr. Clyde, Horton Sharpe, James, Council Grove KENTUCKY Baker, Sam C., Beaver Dam, R. F. D. No. 2 Livengood, Frank M., Berea MAINE Leavitt, Mrs. Alice D., 79 High St., Brighton MARYLAND Auchter, E. C., Md. State College of Agri. College Park Keenan, Dr. John F., Brentwood Littlepage, Miss Louise, Bowie O'Connor, P. J., Bowie MASSACHUSETTS *Bowditch, James H., 903 Tremont Bldg., Boston Cleaver, C. Leroy, Hingham Centre Jackson, Arthur H., 63 Fayerweather St., Cambridge Johnstone, Edward O., North Carver Mass. Agri. College, Library of, Amherst Scudder, Dr. Charles L., 209 Beacon St., Boston MICHIGAN Beck, J. P., 25 James, Saginaw Charles, Dr. Elmer, Pontiac Cross, John L., 104 Division St., Bangor Graves, Henry B., 2134 Dime Bank Bldg., Detroit Guild, Stacy R., 562 So. 7th St., Ann Arbor Hartig, G. F., Bridgeman, R. F. D. No. 1 House, George W., Ford Bldg., Detroit Kellogg, Dr. J. H., 202 Manchester St., Battle Creek *Linton, W. S., Saginaw MacNab, Dr. Alex B., Cassopolis McKale, H. B., Lansing, Route 6 Olson, A. E., Holton Penney, Senator Harvey A., 425 So. Jefferson Ave., Saginaw Smith, Edward J., 85 So. Union St., Battle Creek MISSISSIPPI Bechtel, Theo., Ocean Spring MISSOURI Crosby, Miss Jessie M., 4241 Harrison St., Kansas City Hazen, Josiah J., Neosho Nurseries Co., Neosho Rhodes, J. I., 224 Maple St., Neosho Spellen, Howard P., 4505a W. Papin St., St. Louis Stark, P. C., Louisiana NEBRASKA Caha, William, Wahoo Thomas, Dr. W. A., Lincoln, R. R. No. 2 NEVADA Swingle, C. G., Hazen NEW HAMPSHIRE Stevens, Henry B., N. H., College of Agriculture, Durham NEW JERSEY Brown, Jacob E., Elmer, Salem Co. Franck, M., Box 89, Franklin *Jaques, Lee W., 74 Waverly St., Jersey City Landmann, Miss M. V., Cranbury, R. D. No. 2 Marshall, S. L., Vineland Marston, Edwin S., Florham Park, Box 72 Phillips, Irving S., 501 Madison St., West New York Price, John R., 36 Ridgedale Ave., Madison Ridgway, C. S., Lumberton Salvage, W. K., Farmingdale Stover, Evan W., Riverton Westcoat, Wilmer, 230 Knight Ave., Collingswood NEW YORK Abbott, Frederick B., 1211 Tabor Court, Brooklyn Adams, Sidney I., 418 Powers Bldg., Rochester Ashworth, Fred L., Heuvelton Babcock, H. J., Lockport Bennett, Howard S., 851 Joseph Ave., Rochester Bethea, J. G., 243 Rutgers St., Rochester Bixby, Willard G., 32 Grand Ave., Baldwin, Nassau Co. Borchers, H. Chas., Wenga Farm, Armonk Brown, Ancel J., 418 W. 25th St., N. Y. C. Brown, Ronald K., 320 B'way, N. Y. C. Buist, Dr. G. L., 3 Hancock St., Brooklyn Clark, George H., 131 State St., Rochester Coriell, A. S., 120 Broadway, N. Y. C. Crane, Alfred J., Monroe Culver, M. L., 238 Milburn St., Rochester Diprose, Alfred H., 468 Clinton Ave., South, Rochester Dunbar, John, Dep't. of Parks, Rochester Ellwanger, Mrs. W. D., 510 East Ave., Rochester Ford, Geo. G., 129 Dartmouth St., Rochester Gager, Dr. C. Stuart, Bklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Gilgan, Pat'k. H., 358 Lake Ave., Rochester Gillett, Dr. Henry W., 140 W. 57th St., N. Y. C. Goeltz, Mrs. M. H., 2524 Creston Ave., N. Y. C. Graham, S. H., Ithaca, R. D. No. 5 Haggerty, Susanne, 490 Oxford St., Rochester Hall, L. W. Jr., 509 Cutler Bldg., Rochester (L. W. Hall Co.) Harper, George W, Jr., 115 B'way, N. Y. C. Hart, Frank E., Landing Road, Brighton Haskill, Mrs. L. M., 56 Oxford St., Rochester Haws, Elwood D., Public Market, Rochester Henshall, H., 5 W. 125th St., N. Y. C. Hoag, Henry S., Delhi Hodge, James, 199 Kingsbridge Rd. W., Kingsbridge, N. Y. C. Hodgson, Casper W., Yonkers, (World Book Co.) Hoffman, Arthur S., 36 Church St., White Plains *Huntington, A. M., 15 W. 81st St., N. Y. C. Jewett, Edmund G., 16 S. Elliott Place, Brooklyn Johnston, Harriet M. B., 15th St. & 4th Ave., N. Y. C. Kains, M. G., Pomona Lattin, Dr. H. W., Albion Lauth, John C., 67 Tyler St., Rochester Liveright, Frank I., 120 W. 70th St., N. Y. C. MacDaniel, S. H., Dept. of Pomology, N. Y. State College of Agriculture, Ithaca Masseth, Rev. John E., Dansville Mayer, Norman, 30 Avenue "A", Rochester McGlennon, J. S., 28 Cutler Bldg., Rochester McGlennon, Norma, 166 N. Goodman St., Rochester Meyers, Charles, 316 Adelphi St., Brooklyn Motondo, Grant F., 198 Monroe Ave., Rochester Nolan, Mrs. C. R., 47 Dickinson St., Rochester Nolan, M. J., 47 Dickinson St., Rochester Olcott, Ralph T., Ellwanger & Barry Bldg., Rochester Piehler, Alois, 706 Commerce Bldg., Rochester Pirrung, Miss L. M., 779 East Ave., Rochester Pomeroy, A. C., Lockport Rawnsley, Mrs. Annie, 242 Linden St., Rochester Rawnsley, James B., 242 Linden St., Rochester Richardson, J. M., 2 Columbus Circle, N. Y. C. Ritvhir, John W., 2 A. Beach St., Yonkers Ryder, Clayton, Carmel Schroeder, E. A., 223 East Ave., Rochester Shutt, Erwin E., 509 Plymouth Ave., Rochester Smith, Louis R., 145 Merrimac St., Rochester Snyder, Leroy E., 241 Barrington St., Rochester Solley, Dr. John B., 968 Lexington Ave., N. Y. C. Stephen, John W., Syracuse, N. Y. State College of Forestry Teele, Arthur W., 120 B'way, N. Y. C. Tucker, Arthur R., Chamber of Commerce, Rochester Tucker, Mrs. G. B., 110 Harvard St., Rochester Tucker, Geo. B., 110 Harvard St., Rochester Vick, C. A., 142 Harvard St., Rochester Vollertsen, Conrad, 375 Gregory St., Rochester Waller, Percy, 284 Court St., Rochester Whitney, Arthur C., 9 Manila St., Rochester Whitney, Leon F., 65 Barclay St., New York City Wile, M. E., 955 Harvard St., Rochester Williams, Dr. Chas. Mallory, 4 W. 50 St., New York City *Wissmann, Mrs. F. de R., Westchester, New York City Wyckoff, E. L., Aurora NORTH CAROLINA Hutchings, Miss L. G., Pine Bluff Matthews, C. W., North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture, Raleigh Van Lindley, J., J. Van Lindley Nursery Co., Pomona OHIO Burton, J. Howard, Casstown Dayton, J. H., Storrs & Harrison, Painesville Fickes, W. R., Wooster, R. No. 6 Jackson, A. V., 3275 Linwood Rd., Cincinnati Ketchum, C. S., Middlefield, Box 981 Pomerene, Julius, 1949 East 116 St., Cleveland Ramsey, John, 1803 Freeman Ave., Cincinnati Truman, G. G., Perrysville, Box 167 *Weber, Harry R., 123 East 6 St., Cincinnati Yunck, Edward G., 706 Central Ave., Sandusky OKLAHOMA Beitmen, Dr. C. E., Skedee OREGON Frost, Earl C., Route 1, Box 515, Gates Rd., Portland Marvin, Cornelia, Librarian, Oregon State Library, Salem Nelson, W. W., R. No. 3, Box 652, Portland Pearcy, Knight, 210 Oregon Bldg., Salem PENNSYLVANIA Althouse, C. Scott, 540 Pear St., Reading Balthaser, James M., Wernersville, Berks Co. Bohn, Dr. H. W., 34 No. 9 St., Reading Bolton, Chas. G., Zieglerville, Pa. Bomberger, John S., Lebanon, R. F. D. No. 1 Chapin, Irvin, Shickshinny Clark, D. F., 147 N. 13 St., Harrisburg Druckemiller, W. H., 31 No. 4th St., Sunbury Ewing, Chas. A., Steelton Fagan, Prof. F. N., State College Fritz, Ammon P., 35 E. Franklin St., Ephrata Heffner, H., Leeper Hess, Elam G., Manheim Hile, Anthony, Curwensville Hoopes, Edwin A., Pocono Manor, Monroe Co. Horst, John D., Reading Irwin, Ernest C., 66 St. Nicholas Bldg., Pittsburg Jenkins, Charles Francis, Farm Journal, Philadelphia *Jones, J. F., Lancaster, Box 527 Kaufman, M. M., Clarion Leas, F. C., Merion Station Mellor, Alfred, 152 W. Walnut Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia Minick, C. G., Ridgway Murphy, P. J., Vice Pres. L. & W. R. R. Co., Scranton Myers, J. Everitt, York Springs, R. D. No. 3 Negley, C. H., Greencastle, R. D. No. 2 Patterson, J. E., 77 North Franklin St., Wilkes Barre *Rick, John, 438 Penn. Sq., Reading Rittenhouse, Dr. J. S., Lorane Robinson, W. I., Fort Loudon Rose, William J., 413 Market St., Harrisburg, "Personal" Rush, J. G., West Willow Russell, Dr. Andrew L., 729 Wabash Bldg., Pittsburgh Shoemaker, H. C., 1739 Main St., Northampton Smedley, Samuel L., Newtown Sq., R. F. D. No. 1 Smedley, Mrs. Samuel L., Newtown Sq., R. F. D. No. 1 Smith, Dr. J. Russell, Swarthmore Spencer, L. N., 216 East New St., Lancaster Taylor, Loundes, West Chester, Box 3, Route 1 Walther, R. G., Willow Grove, Doylestown Pike Weaver, Wm. S., Macungie Whitner, Harry D., Reading Wilhelm, Dr. Edward A., Clarion *Wister, John C., Clarkson & Wister Strs., Germantown Wolf, D. D., 527 Vine St., Philadelphia SOUTH CAROLINA Kendall, Dr. F. D., 1317 Hampton Ave., Columbia Shanklin, Prof. A. G., Clemson College Taylor, Thos., 1112 Bull St., Columbia TENNESSEE Waite, J. W., Normandy UTAH Smith, Joseph A., Edgewood Hall, Providence VERMONT Aldrich, A. W., Springfield, R. F. D., No. 3 Holbrook, F. C., Brattleboro VIRGINIA +Dodge, Harrison H., Mount Vernon Harris, D. C., Capital Landing Rd., Williamsburg Hopkins, N. S., Dixondale Jordan, J. H., Bohannon Roper, W. N., Petersburg WASHINGTON Baines, William, Okanogan Turk, Richard H., Washougal WEST VIRGINIA Brooks, Fred E., French Creek Cannaday, Dr. J. E., Charleston, Box 693 Hartzel, B. F., Shepherdstown Mish, A. F., Inwood WISCONSIN Lang, Robert B., Racine, Box 103 Patchen, Dr. G. W., Manitowoc +Honorary member *Life member CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I _Name._ This society shall be known as the NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION. ARTICLE II _Object._ Its object shall be the promotion of interest in nut-bearing plants, their products and their culture. ARTICLE III _Membership._ Membership in the society shall be open to all persons who desire to further nut culture, without reference to place of residence or nationality, subject to the rules and regulations of the committee on membership. ARTICLE IV _Officers._ There shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting; and an executive committee of six persons, of which the president, the two last retiring presidents, the vice-president, the secretary and the treasurer shall be members. There shall be a state vice-president from each state, dependency, or country represented in the membership of the association, who shall be appointed by the president. ARTICLE V _Election of Officers._ A committee of five members shall be elected at the annual meeting for the purpose of nominating officers for the following year. ARTICLE VI _Meetings._--The place and time of the annual meeting shall be selected by the membership in session or, in the event of no selection being made at this time, the executive committee shall choose the place and time for the holding of the annual convention. Such other meetings as may seem desirable may be called by the president and executive committee. ARTICLE VII _Quorum._ Ten members of the association shall constitute a quorum, but must include two of the four elected officers. ARTICLE VIII _Amendments._ This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any annual meeting, notice of such amendment having been read at the previous annual meeting, or a copy of the proposed amendment having been mailed by any member to each member thirty days before the date of the annual meeting. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I _Committees._ The association shall appoint standing committees as follows: On membership, on finance, on programme, on press and publication, on nomenclature, on promising seedlings, on hybrids, and an auditing committee. The committee on membership may make recommendations to the association as to the discipline or expulsion of any member. ARTICLE II _Fees._ Annual members shall pay two dollars annually, or three dollars and twenty-five cents, including a year's subscription to the American Nut Journal. Contributing members shall pay five dollars annually, this membership including a year's subscription to the American Nut Journal. Life members shall make one payment of fifty dollars, and shall be exempt from further dues. Honorary members shall be exempt from dues. ARTICLE III _Membership._ All annual memberships shall begin either with the first day of the calendar quarter following the date of joining the Association, or with the first day of the calendar quarter preceding that date as may be arranged between the new member and the Treasurer. ARTICLE IV _Amendments._ By-laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of members present at any annual meeting. PROCEEDINGS at the THIRTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION of the NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION Rochester, N. Y., September 7, 8 and 9, 1922 The convention was called to order at 9:40 A. M., Thursday, September 7, 1922, by the President, Mr. James S. McGlennon, of Rochester, New York, at the Osburn House, Rochester, N. Y. THE PRESIDENT: This is the thirteenth annual convention of the Northern Nut Growers' Association. We have been favored by Rev. Dr. Cushman in consenting to give the invocation. Invocation by Rev. Ralph S. Cushman. THE PRESIDENT: I believe I voice the sentiment of all present in saying that we are grateful to Dr. Cushman for his prayer and I personally extend to him my sincere thanks and on behalf of the association. I have the great honor and the rare privilege of introducing to you our Mayor. He has very kindly consented to come here and make an address of welcome to this association. MAYOR VAN ZANDT: Mr. President and ladies and gentlemen, members of the Nut Growers' Association: Your President has said I was going to make an address; I never did such a thing in my life. I am glad to welcome you to the city of Rochester; I hope your meeting will be profitable and so pleasant that you will want to come again. I believe there are very few people in Rochester who know anything about nut growing. We have a splendid exhibit here from our parks and one that I am very proud of and we have a man here, Mr. Dunbar, that we are very proud of; he is a wonder; I confess that I didn't know there were so many nuts to be found in the parks myself--that is no joke. It is a wonderful thing, it is a revelation to me, I never dreamed that you could find such things growing around this part of the country at all. I fancy that most people don't know anything about nuts at all, except the five-cent bag of peanuts. I certainly wish you success in every way and particularly with reference to the plantation that I understand has been started here close to Rochester where they are doing some wonderful work. Most of us have the idea that nuts are used by people to put on the table for dessert at Christmas time and but little appreciate their true food value. I sincerely trust that you will all come again, that you will have pleasant weather and that you will have time after work to see something of our beautiful city. We think it is the most beautiful one in the country. Thank you. (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: If you can wait just a minute, I am going to ask for a reply to your address of welcome. Mr. Patterson comes from Albany, Georgia, and is probably the biggest producer of pecans in the world. Mr. Patterson is a member of this association and has very kindly consented to come all the way from Georgia to be with us. MR. PATTERSON: Mr. President, Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentlemen: I wonder if the President in saying I was the biggest nut grower in the world had any reference to my physical proportions. You have certainly a wonderful exhibit here, Mr. Mayor, of the products of your parks and you have reason to be proud of it, as you have for many other things in the city of Rochester. It has been my privilege to make short visits to the city, my wife having some relatives here. I said to my cousin this morning, if there is any place outside of the South where I would rather live, it would be Rochester. The nut proposition is in its infancy and we all believe, those of us who are wholly nuts, that it will grow into a giant. We have a little giant in the south in the shape of the paper-shell pecan and we are expecting that this Northern Nut Growers' Association will, within the next few years, develop some varieties of nuts, or discover some varieties of nuts, that are adapted to this northern climate and will do for the northern states, the northern, eastern and western, what the pecan is promising to do and really is doing for the South. While not a native of the South I think I may extend the cordial greeting of the South to you in the North. There was a time when a northerner like myself who moved into the South had just one name and that was a "damned Yankee", and a good many people through the South thought that was one word, but that time has passed and they are welcoming in the South today the northerner who comes with an honest purpose of helping develop that wonderful country. The day of bitterness is fast passing away, so I bring to you not only the greetings of the southern nut growers, but of the South and I bring to the Mayor, and through the Mayor to the citizens of this beautiful city, the greetings of the membership of this association. (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: I am very grateful to you for your consideration of my impromptu request. THE MAYOR: I will promise to give an order to the policemen to crack no nuts while the nut growers' association is in town. As to the 18th amendment, I think that nuts are about the only vegetable that I know of that they are not making hootch out of at the present time. THE PRESIDENT: I feel that we have been particularly favored not only in receiving an address of welcome from our Mayor, but also in having with us the President of our Chamber of Commerce, who has kindly consented to come and welcome us also. It gives me distinct pleasure to call upon the president of our Chamber of Commerce, Mr. James W. Gleason. MR. GLEASON: Mr. President and ladies and gentlemen: On behalf of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, I certainly want you to know that we appreciate the honor and privilege of having this convention held in Rochester. I don't know of a convention that has come to Rochester that should be more welcome on account of the scientific nature of your work and the magnificent aims and purposes of your organization in extending the planting of trees and the culture of your product. I know the Mayor has extended to you a welcome for the city but we have one citizen here in Rochester, Mr. George Eastman, of whom we are very proud because of the unselfish work that he has done, and in the work that you are doing you can appreciate what he is doing in a larger way than is given to most of us to be able to do. This week saw the opening of the famous new five million dollar Eastman Theater, dedicated to the public, and I believe the motto over the door is "For the enlargement of community life". Now, Mr. Eastman wants the people to consider this theater as their own, and that means you, that means all of us here. He would like to have the people from Rochester and the people from out of town take advantage of this magnificent structure, the wonderful orchestra, probably the finest thing of its kind in the world. I won't make an extended address but I can promise that if you can come to the Chamber of Commerce we will make you all welcome. Thank you. (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Weber of Cincinnati has kindly consented to make a reply to your address. MR. WEBER: Mr. President and Mr. Gleason: We really know each other as old friends, for some years ago we had our convention here and we are very glad to have it in your city again. Such bodies as yours, the Chamber of Commerce, can further the activities of the Northern Nut Growers' Association and what it stands for in the North; which is demonstrated by the exhibits shown on the table. I see at both ends of the table exhibits that show what can be done in this community in particular in the way of nut growing. Right out behind us there is one of the largest English walnut groves in this part of the country. I think it has 228 trees. The mistake the gentleman made who planted them was that he didn't plant grafted trees. Had he planted grafted trees he would have had a gold mine right there on his farm; Mr. Vollertsen, one of your citizens, has begun an industry which in time may become another one for your Chamber of Commerce to look after. We appreciate your very fine exhibits, we are glad to be here with you and thank you for your address of welcome. (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: According to the program the next feature is your president's address. I feel that it is unnecessary for me to even attempt to add anything to what His Honor, the Mayor and President Gleason have said relative to our wonderful city. It is one of the great cities of the world. THE SECRETARY: What is the population of Rochester? THE PRESIDENT: Over 300,000. To Members of The Northern Nut Growers' Association: GREETINGS: Your President recommends that definite action be taken to the end of increasing our membership, to the still further end of exemplifying the truth of the old saying that "in union there is strength." More members mean the spreading of our gospel over greatly increased areas that should be interested in nut culture. The present membership is approximately 250, an increase of only 24 since the Lancaster Convention in October last year. And while it is also an old and true saying that "self praise is no recommendation," the fact remains that 18 of these new members were secured through my office. It has been suggested at previous conventions that a systematic campaign for members can be perfected through organized co-operation by our State Vice-Presidents. I believe this to be the most efficacious medium through which the greatly desired results can be obtained. Of many, I am sure, systems that can be employed to such end there are two that always appeal to me as most desirable. Doubtless you all have thought of them at some time or other; in fact I have heard at previous conventions casual mention of the second. But the first I have heard little if anything of, and it is that effort should be exerted to interest women more actively in nut culture. We have a few women members. Why shouldn't there be as many women as men? I can think of no reason why there shouldn't. I believe that women are just as competent as men to conduct any feature of nut culture, with the possible exception of specific manual labor. And I can think of no more delightful vocation for women who love the great and wonderful outdoors--and where is the woman who does not?--than nut culture, the cultivation of nut trees and bushes, beautiful things not only for the grace and beauty of trunk and limb, foliage and flower, but for their real substance, their fruit, nuts, one of the most nutritious foods for human beings. More and more nuts are being consumed every day, and I venture to say that their consumption as a leading item in our dietary is only in its infancy. So I feel that here is another opportunity for our women to demonstrate the justice of her recent acquired suffrage in our national affairs. The other possible source of membership I have in mind is a systematic campaign to enlist the interest and co-operation of school teachers. Just think of the possibilities of such a campaign. School teachers, every one, being the high-class people they necessarily are, would respond finely, I'm sure, and serve as a most desirable medium through which that very potent additional force can be reached, namely, the pupil. What parent would refuse a child's request to enable him or her to participate in the planting of a tree! Recently I cut out the following little poem, by Charles A. Heath, from my old-home-town Canadian paper: THE MAN WHO LIKES A TREE I like a man who likes a tree, He's so much more of a man to me; For when he sees his blessing there, In some way, too, he wants to share Whatever gifts his own may be, In helping others, like a tree. For trees, you know, are friends indeed, They satisfy such human need; In summer shade, in winter fire, With flower and fruit meet all desire, And if a friend to man you'd be, You must befriend him like a tree. A beautiful sentiment, I know you will agree, and applicable to any tree, but especially so to nut trees, for the reason that they combine all the laudable qualities enumerated plus that of food--food for man--one of the very finest of foods for man. There are, of course, numerous other ways that can be employed to get new members. Another I might mention is that of offering suitable prizes; but I urge you to action, definite and specific, along this line, that our Association may better ably execute the worthy ambitions in which it was founded in 1910. Then, again, more members mean more money. With more money we can get along faster. "Procrastination is the thief of time," you know. I trust that real action will be taken at this convention to the end of increasing our membership to at least one thousand by the time of the 1923 convention. It can be done--yes, easily. If only each member would pledge himself or herself to get three new members during the year the 1923 convention would find us with the desired membership; and I am sure that a considerable excess would be found on the roll at that time. Also, increased membership is desirable to the end of increasing subscriptions to, and widening the scope of our official organ, The American Nut Journal, the only publication of the kind in the country. Under the able editorship of that Roman, one of our most earnest and intelligent members, Mr. Ralph T. Olcott, it is a power for good in the interests of nut culture. It can be made an even greater power with a materially increased subscription list, and I know that I speak for my friend, Olcott, when I say that he is ready and willing to expand the Journal's columns as will be required, of course, by the expansion of nut culture--I believe I voice the general sentiment of our membership when I say that no more welcome messenger comes to us each month than the American Nut Journal. Another recommendation I am going to offer is, that the association consider the advisability of establishing a nursery at a point agreed on as best adapted for the propagating and nursing of such nut trees and bushes as it endorses as suitable and desirable for the area of country naturally governing the origin of our title--Northern Nut Growers' Association. This recommendation germinated in my thought from a casual remark made to me recently by our esteemed member, Mrs. W. D. Ellwanger, while I was a visitor at her charming summer home, Brooks Grove. Viewing her nursery of several thousand black walnut seedlings she casually mentioned that she would be very happy to present to any one desirous of planting such trees any consistent number he or she desired. As my thought dwelt on the expression of such a splendidly magnanimous nature I began to wonder, if a lady was willing to perform such a noble act, why should not the association elaborate on the worthy plan along the lines I have suggested. And with more members, and, thereby, more money, we can do it. Then The Northern Nut Growers' Association will be doing a real thing, something tangible, something that will attract new members in a way nothing else would, because people would then be able to see the living evidence of the practicability of our ideals. We could start in a small way, and grow. After long and earnest thought on the subject I came to the conclusion that it was worthy of our consideration. From Mrs. Ellwanger's reference to "Johnny Appleseed" I believe that she found precedent for her nut tree nursery initiative in the work of inestimable value to posterity done by that same worthy. If the legend be true, he worked with much happiness of heart, but not more so than that of Mrs. Ellwanger, I am sure you will agree, when I tell you that many of her nursery trees are growing from nuts she garnered from roadside and field trees manifesting some exceptional trait, or indicating rare strain. And I cannot refrain from urging action to the end of influencing our other states to pattern after good old Michigan in our effort to enact legislation, as she has done, providing for planting our roadsides with nut-bearing trees. It is something tangible, like this, that really counts. I believe that it is a fundamental of life, and living, that precedent, pro or con, is invaluable as governing subsequent action along similar lines. Here we have, in Michigan's action, a most worthy precedent, and I can think of no good reason why OUR other states should not do likewise. And I believe that this association, functioning efficiently, can exert the necessary influence to bring about a similar condition in OUR other states. My emphasis of the word OUR means The Northern Nut Growers' Association's states, you know. I just wish to mention in passing that the author and collaborator, respectively, of the Michigan roadside planting of nut trees legislation are our esteemed members, Senator Harvey A. Penny and the Hon. William S. Linton, both of Saginaw, Mich. In closing I desire to refer to our wealth, as an association, in scientific lore. The association is particularly well equipped in having a faculty, so to speak, than which there is none better in the country--yes, the world--in whose hands our recommendations, to the planter of nut trees, can be entrusted with absolute safety. For genuine scientific research in nut culture of the northern states this association stands singly and alone. This tribute is born of vivid remembrance of the really scientific work done by several of our worthy members, notably, Jones, Bixby, Morris, Deming and Vollertsen. Them, especially, I salute. (Applause.) * * * * * MR. OLCOTT: With reference to the suggestions in the President's address, why wouldn't it be desirable to refer them to a committee to report upon and take any action that may be desired? THE PRESIDENT: I believe, Mr. Olcott, that is a good suggestion. MR. OLCOTT: I move that the President's address be referred to a special committee to consider and report at a later meeting in respect to the suggestions made and the plans for carrying them out. Motion seconded by the Secretary and carried. Committee appointed: The President, Mr. Olcott, Dr. Deming, Mr. Bixby and Mr. Jones, to report Friday evening. THE PRESIDENT: The next feature of our proceeding is the report of our secretary, Dr. William C. Deming of Hartford, Conn. THE SECRETARY: Mr. President, I beg to say that the secretary has no formal report; but I have a number of items that will be of interest to the association which we can take up at this time if you think best. I think first should be taken up the notices of two members who have died this year, both of whom were very prominently connected with nut growing, Dr. Walter Van Fleet and Col. C. K. Sober. I will read a notice of Dr. Van Fleet's death which has been especially prepared for us by Mr. Mulford of the United States Department of Agriculture. DR. WALTER VAN FLEET In the death of Dr. Walter Van Fleet on January 26, 1922, the United States has lost one of the greatest plant breeders in its history, and garden rose growers an ardent advocate and sincere friend. Since a lad he had been interested in these lines of work and the products of his unremitting and painstaking energy, combined with unlimited patience, are known by garden lovers all over the country, as well as in Europe. Rosarians naturally know him best by his roses, of which there were many, among them that splendid variety that bears his name, as well as such others as Silver Moon, American Pillar, and Alida Lovett. Many more are still in the trial grounds of the United States Department of Agriculture at Bell Station, one of which, christened Miss Mary Wallace, will be available in two or three years. The ideal rose for which he was striving, in all his later work at least, was a garden rose with foliage that would compare in healthfulness and disease resistance with the best of the rose species, that would be hardy under ordinary garden culture, and that would be a continuous bloomer. His experience taught him what would be likely to give the desired results, but often he could not come directly to the ends sought. For example, when he wanted to combine the characters of some newly found species with the Hybrid Tea roses, he would often find the two could not be crossed directly with one another. He would then seek some other rose that would combine with the new species, without changing the characteristics which he wished to preserve, after which he would grow the resulting hybrids and cross them with the hybrid tea. Sometimes he would need to make another cross before he could get the seedlings for which he was striving. When it is realized that each cross of this kind would take from three to five years before he could take the next step an idea is gained of the patience required. Sometimes the results of these crosses would be infertile, producing neither perfect pistil nor viable pollen, as in the case of a handsome scarlet rugosa growing in the National Rose Test Garden which he was unable to use for further breeding on this account. His great love of his work is shown in his having given up a successful medical practice in 1891 to devote all his time to plant breeding. He did this, even though he had taken a post graduate course in medicine at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1886-7, after having graduated at the Hahneman Medical College in the same city in 1880. His first work after this change was primarily with the gladiolus on a farm between Alexandria and Mount Vernon, Va. The soil was not adapted to his purpose so he abandoned it and went from there about 1892 to the Conard and Jones Company of West Grove, Pa., then to Little Silver, N. J., and in 1897 to the Ruskin Colony in western Tennessee as the colony physician. In 1899 he became associated with the Rural New Yorker and lived at Little Silver, N. J., where he continued his breeding work on his own place. As associate editor for the following ten years and as writer of the column of "Ruralisms" in this paper he has left much valuable information on plant life and plant growing. From 1902 to 1910 he was also Vice-President of the Rural Publishing Company. While at Little Silver he was breeding fruits, roses, chesnuts, lilies, freesias, azaleas, and other ornamentals. In 1909 he went to the Plant Introduction Gardens of the United States Department of Agriculture, at Chico, Cal. As the climate did not agree with his wife, he remained at Chico but a year and moved to Washington, D. C., where his official work was with drug plants and chestnuts, but his own time was largely devoted to breeding work with a wide range of other plants, a continuation of much of the work he had been doing at Little Silver. The move to Chico, Cal., resulted in a great loss to his breeding work. Some of his material was left at Little Silver, much of it died in the uncongenial climate at Chico, and other promising plants were lost in the long shipment across the continent, both going and coming. In 1916 he was transferred to the office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations where he was permitted to devote himself to plant breeding along such lines as looked promising to him, while at the same time he continued his work with chestnuts and chinquapins and a few drug plants. Dr. Van Fleet was born at Piermont, N. Y., June 18, 1857. His early years were spent on a farm but later he lived at Williamsport, Pa. In early life he made a study of birds, his first book being "Bird Portraits," published in 1888, apparently being a reprint of magazine articles, one of which dates back to 1876. He was also a successful taxidermist, having studied under Maynard, and trained several of the leading taxidermists of his generation, including Charles H. Eldon of Williamsport, Pa. At nineteen he spent a year in Brazil, first connected with a party constructing a railroad around some of the rapids of the upper Amazon, and later in connection with the Thomas scientific expedition collecting birds and plants. August 7, 1883, he married Sarah C. Heilman of Watsontown, Pa., who was associated with him in his medical practice and in his breeding work, and has been a sympathetic and helpful companion, and who survives him. His was a most lovable personality. Those who came into contact with him day after day appreciated best his sterling qualities. He was kindly and considerate and nothing was too much trouble, and yet he had an intolerance of hypocrisy and cant that was almost violent. He was steadfast of purpose and there is nothing that shows this better than his lifelong work in plant breeding and the ruthless manner in which he rooted out his inferior seedlings as soon as he felt them to be valueless. His likes and dislikes were strong. Above all, he was modest and retiring in the extreme. He not only avoided, but shunned publicity. He avoided the outdoor meetings of the American Rose Society in the National Rose Test Garden as much from the fear of publicity that we, his friends, could not refrain from giving him, as for any other reason. He regretted in his later years that he had given up, during his editorial career, the little public speaking that he had previously done and had gotten so out of practice that, with his disposition, he could not again take it up. He was an amateur musician with a thorough knowledge of orchestral and band instruments, harmony, theory, and orchestration but during the last few years none but intimate frequenters of his home had the privilege of hearing him, although until within the last two or three years he often played the violin. In 1918 he was awarded the George Robert White Medal of Honor for eminent services in horticulture by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, probably the greatest honor that can come to a horticulturist in this country. He had also been awarded three medals for the rose Miss Mary Wallace, a gold medal by the American Rose Society, a gold medal by the City of Portland, Oregon, and a silver trophy by the Portland (Oregon) Rose Society. He was associate editor of the magazine "Genetics" at the time of his death. * * * * * Although he was an honorary member of the association I think very few of us knew that he had such varied activities in his life as this little biography tells us he had. The death of Dr. Van Fleet has been a great loss to American horticulture and nut growing. Also during the year Colonel Sober has died. Colonel Sober, as you know, was a man who had made a very great success of growing the Paragon chestnut. His was the first commercial success in nut growing in the North. Then the blight came along and wiped out his industry. The Colonel was loath to admit for a long time that he had the blight or that his trees were not immune and that his nut growing was going to be a failure on account of the blight. I have no biography of Colonel Sober to read but one was published in the American Nut Journal for August. THE PRESIDENT: I feel that we ought to make some record here of our feeling for these two men. I knew them both personally. I met Dr. Van Fleet at Washington two years ago and Colonel Sober seven years ago when the convention was held here. I had a great deal of correspondence with Colonel Sober. I think that we should adopt a resolution now and send copies of it to the families of these two deceased gentlemen to let them know the high regard in which this association held them as members and men. MR. O'CONNOR: I make that motion. THE SECRETARY: I second that motion and ask that the President appoint a committee on resolutions, which will also cover any other resolutions that may be necessary during the course of the meeting. (See Appendix for Report of Committee on Resolutions.) THE PRESIDENT: I will appoint on that committee Dr. Morris, Mr. Patterson, Dr. Deming, Mr. Jones and Mr. Rick. THE SECRETARY: I have still a number of things here that will take up a good deal of time. I don't know that it is particularly interesting to any one outside of the association but I have a letter that I think is interesting to the members, especially those who have attempted chestnut culture, from Mr. G. F. Gravatt, assistant pathologist, United States Department of Agriculture, in which
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