ORD, N.H.
THE RUMFORD PRESS
1916

CONTENTS

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Officers and Committees of the Association 4

Members of the Association 5

Constitution of the Association 10

By-laws of the Association 11

Proceedings of the Meeting held at Rochester, New York,
September 1 and 2, 1915 13

Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 14

The Relation of Forest Conditions in New York to Possibilities
of Nut Growing, Dr. Hugh P. Baker, New York 17

New Tree Crops and a New Agriculture, Dr. J. Russell Smith,
Pennsylvania 30

Notes on the Hazels, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York 36

An Appeal to Owners of Hardy Nut Trees, C. A. Reed,
Washington, D. C. 51

Northern Pecan Trees, and Notes on the Observation of
Propagated Trees, W. C. Reed, Indiana 58

Walnut Observations in California, L. D. Batchelor, California 63

Pruning the Persian Walnut, J. G. Rush, Pennsylvania 69

Report on Nut Growing in Canada, G. H. Corsan, Toronto 71

Appendix:

Present at the Sixth Annual Meeting 73

Program for Automobile Trips September 1 and 2, 1915 74

Exhibits 75

Resolutions 76

Bibliography of the Year 77

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

_President_ J. RUSSELL SMITH University of Pennsylvania
_Vice-President_ W. C. REED Indiana
_Secretary and Treasurer_ W. C. DEMING Georgetown, Connecticut

COMMITTEES

_Auditing_ C. P. CLOSE, C. A. REED
_Executive_ T. P. LITTLEPAGE, R. T. MORRIS, AND THE OFFICERS
_Finance_ C. P. CLOSE, T. P. LITTLEPAGE, W. C. DEMING
_Hybrids_ R. T. MORRIS, J. R. SMITH, C. P. CLOSE
_Membership_ HARRY R. WEBER, G. H. CORSAN, C. H. PLUMP,
LEON D. BATCHELOR, W. C. REED, R. T.