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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