Conditions--Alfred Szego 119
Experiences and Observations on Nut Growing in Central
Texas--Kaufman Florida 121
Propagation of the Hickories--F. L. O'Rourke 122
A Root Disease of the Persian Walnut--G. Flippo Gravatt 127
Factors That Influence Nut Production--W. B. Ward 129
Pictorial Record of Grafting at Climax Michigan--W. M. Beckert 134
Rock Phosphate for Nut Trees--Harry B. Burgart 135
A Report from Southern Minnesota--R. E. Hodgson 136
Chestnut Breeding--Report for 1953--Arthur Harmount Graves and
Hans Nienstaedt 136
Dr. W. C. Deming--John Davidson 144
The Nomenclature of Nut Varieties--George H. M. Lawrence 145
The New Code for the Naming of Cultivated Plants--J. S. L. Gilman 149
Exhibit at the Harvest Show of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society 158
Attendance Register, Rochester, N. Y. 1953 159
Membership List 160

Officers for 1953-54

President Richard B. Best, Eldred, Illinois
Vice-President Gilbert Becker, Climax, Michigan
Secretary Spencer B. Chase, Knoxville, Tennessee
Treasurer William S. Clarke, Jr., State College, Pennsylvania
Directors Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, Ithaca, New York
Dr. William Rohrbacher, Iowa City, Iowa
Dean of the Association Dr. W. C. Deming, Litchfield, Connecticut

EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS 1953-54

Program Committee:
Dr. Lloyd L. Dowell, Royal Oakes, Dr. J. W. McKay, Roy D. Anthony,
J. G. McDaniel, Lewis E. Theiss, W. B. Ward.

Local Arrangements:
Mrs. Herbert Krone, R. P. Allaman, John Rick, Elwood B. Miller,
Victor Brook.

Place of Meeting Committee:
To explore meeting places for three years, Michigan and Connecticut
as possible places for the 1955 and 1956 annual conventions. W. M.
Beckert, R. P. Allaman, Carl Prell, Lloyd L. Dowell.

Publication Committee:
Professor George L. Slate, Dr. L. H. MacD