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39th Annual Report
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1948
Fruiting Chinese Chestnut Branches (Courtesy Dr. H. Reid Hunter) 2
Officers and Committees 6
State and Foreign Vice-Presidents 7
Constitution 8
By-Laws 9
Proceedings of the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention 12
Address of Welcome—George F. Gant 12
Response—Dr. L. H. MacDaniels 14
President's Address—John Davidson 15
Secretary's Report—J. C. McDaniel 16
Treasurer's Report—D. C. Snyder 18
Other Business of the Association, Committee Election and Reports 19
The Development and Propagation of Blight Resistant Chestnut in
West Virginia—Ralph H. Quick 26
The Present Status of the Chestnut in Virginia—R. C. Moore 31
Growing Chinese Chestnuts in Lee County, Alabama—G. S. Jones 34
Processed Chestnuts on the Market throughout the Year—J. C. Moore 38
Chestnut Growing in the Southeast—Max B. Hardy 41
Mr. Hardy and Some Chestnuts Prepared for Storage 41
Marketing Chestnuts in the Pacific Coast—Carroll D. Bush 51
Chestnut Weevils and Their Control with DDT—E. R. Van Leeuwen 54
Diseases Affecting the Success of Tree Crop Plantings—G. F. Gravatt and Donald C. Stout 60
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