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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Officers and Committees of the Association 3

Members of the Association 4

Constitution and Rules of the Association 8

Proceedings of the Meeting held at Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
December 18 and 19, 1912 9

Address of Welcome by the Mayor of Lancaster 9

Response by Mr. Littlepage 11

President's Address. The Practical Aspects of Hybridizing Nut Trees.
Robert T. Morris, New York 12

Fraudulent and Uninformed Promoters. T. P. Littlepage, Indiana 22

Recent Work on the Chestnut Blight. Keller E. Rockey, Pennsylvania 37

Some Problems in the Treatment of Diseased Chestnut Trees. Roy G.
Pierce, Pennsylvania 44

Nut Growing and Tree Breeding and their Relation to Conservation. J.
Russell Smith, Pennsylvania 59

Beginning with Nuts. W. C. Deming, New York 64

The Persian Walnut, Its Disaster and Lessons for 1912. J. G. Rush,
Pennsylvania 85

A 1912 Review of the Nut Situation in the North. C. A. Reed,
Washington, D. C 91

Demonstration in Grafting. J. F. Jones, Pennsylvania 105

Some Persian Walnut Observations, Experiments and Results for 1912.
E. R. Lake, Washington, D. C 110

The Indiana Pecans. R. L. McCoy, Indiana 113

Appendix:

Report of Secretary and Treasurer 116

Report of Committee on Resolutions 117

Report of Committee on the Death of Professor John Craig 119

Report of Committee on Exhibits 120

The Hickory Bark Borer 122

Miscellaneous Notes:

Members Present 124

List of Correspondents and Others Interested in Nut Culture 124

Extracts from Letters from State Vice-Presidents and Others 138

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