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NEW YORK CITY SEPTEMBER 3, 4 and 5, 1924
Officers and Committees of the Association 3
State Vice-Presidents 4
Members of the Association 5
Constitution 10
By-Laws 13
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Convention 15
Secretary's Report 15
Treasurer's Report 18
Address—Dr. Britton 19
Reports from State Vice-Presidents 20-30
Top Working Hickories in the North—W. C. Deming 32
Notes on Mediate and Immediate Grafting at All Times of the
Year—R. T. Morris 44
Stocks For Hickories—W. G. Bixby 48
The Search for Blight-resisting Chestnut Sprouts—J. F. Collins 57
Protection of Wounds in Nut Trees—J. F. Collins 61
A Harangue on the Nut Situation in Iowa—S. W. Snyder 65
Some of the More Important Insects Attacking Northern
Nuts—Fred E. Brooks 68
Developing a Nut Industry in the Northeast—G. A. Zimmerman 75
Transplanting Nut Trees—W. G. Bixby 78
Heredity in Trees and Plants—A. F. Blakeslee 81
Progress Report on Nut Culture in Canada—J. A. Neilson 88
Notes by Professor A. S. Colby 93
Address by Prof. MacDaniels 99
Nut Tree Crops as a Part of Permanent Agriculture Without
Plowing—J. R. Smith 103
Notes at Mr. Bixby's Nut Orchards and Nurseries, Baldwin, N. Y. 107
Exhibits at the House of W. G. Bixby 113
Notes Taken at Merribrooke, Dr. Morris' Estate Near
Stamford, Conn. 114
Amendment to By-Laws 121
Nuts—R. S. Copeland 125
Hardiness in Nut Trees—C. A. Reed 127
Walnut Grafting Investigations—T. J. Talbert 135
Care and Preparation of Nuts for Seed Purposes—E. R. Lake 137
Exhibits 140
Members Present 142
President HARRY R. WEBER, Gerke Building, Cincinnati, Ohio
Vice-President MRS. W. D. ELLWANGER, 510 East Avenue,
Rochester, N. Y.
Secretary C. A. REED, Box 485 Pa. Ave. Station,