ENTHUSIASTIC NUT GROWING 



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Enthusiastic Nut Growing. 



The Annual Convention of the North- 

 ern Nut Growers Association was held 

 at the Hotel Davenport in Stamford, 

 Connecticut, on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, September 5th and 6th- The 



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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: 



PROFESSOR W. N. HUTT, RALEIGH, NORTH 

 CAROLINA. 



DR. ROBERT T. MORRIS. NEW YORK CITY. 



DR. T. H. KELLOGG, BATTLE CREEK, MICHI- 

 GAN. 



program consisted of the regular busi- 

 ness sessions, addresses by various 

 prominent members and outings around 

 Stamford. Greenwich. South Norwalk 

 and Georgetown. It was voted to en- 

 list the interest of the members of The 

 Agassiz Association, the Boy Scouts 

 of America, the Woodcraft League, the 

 Camp Fire Girls and others who may 

 find trees that are productive of edible 

 nuts and will report their location. Dr. 

 Edward F. Bigelow participated in 

 these plans and made several sugges- 

 tions for enlisting the interest of girls 

 and boys throughout the country. 



An important discussion was in re- 

 gard to the scarcity of beechnuts in the 

 North. No one seemed able to explain 

 why in all Connecticut, or at any rate 

 in the greater part of the state, no edi- 

 ble beechnuts are to be found, and it 

 was thought desirable to ascertain from 



the various parts of the countrv where 

 beechnut trees are still growing and 

 whether they are increasing or decreas- 

 ing in productiveness. This discussion 

 was started by the editor of this maga- 

 zine who has for several years been 

 conducting extensive experiments and 

 correspondence along these lines. Pie 

 enlisted the interests of the bovs and 

 girls of "St. Nicholas" and later of The 

 Glide to Nature and of "Boys' Life" 

 of the Boy Scouts of America. 



The program for these two days of 

 the Convention was interesting but is 

 too long for us to publish in detail, yet 

 the papers that seemed to the editor of 

 greatest importance from a popular 

 point of view may be mentioned. Dr. 

 Robert T. Morris astonished those who 

 are not specialists in nut growing by 

 speaking of the number of pine trees 

 that bear edible nuts- 

 Next to the cocoanut trees the pines 

 probably furnish a larger standard food 

 supply for various peoples than is fur- 

 nished by any other group of nut trees. 

 After the pines would come chestnuts 

 walnuts, almonds, hazels and others 

 which have been looked upon largely as 

 luxuries. Recent studies have shown 

 that nuts contain the balanced ration 

 to such an extent that they are to be 

 much more largely used for food pur- 

 poses in the future. Dr. ]. H. Kellogg 

 of the Brittle Creek, Michigan, Sanita- 

 rium, who was present, stated that he 

 purchases pine nuts by the ton for use 

 in his various food preparation^. From 

 some thirty species of pine trees which 

 furnish important food supply, Dr 

 Morris showed nuts of sixteen species 

 in size varying from that of buckwheat 

 un to the size of the bunya-bunya and 

 resembling small, beautiful, white 

 pears. In several parts of the world 

 the nuts of pine trees of different spec- 

 ies practicallv take the place of the 

 potato. 



Dr. Kellogg spoke in an interesting 

 way of nuts as a matter of diet. He re- 

 ferred to the increasing cost of meats 

 and to the importance given to them by 

 persons other than himself, then pro- 

 ceeded to tell how nuts could be substi- 

 tuted and are even more nutritious. He 

 conclusively proved by his experience 



