﻿Memhership. 
  ^Membership 
  in 
  the 
  society 
  shall 
  be 
  open 
  to 
  all 
  persons 
  

   who 
  desire 
  to 
  further 
  nut 
  culture, 
  without 
  reference 
  to 
  place 
  of 
  

   residence 
  or 
  nationality. 
  

  

  Officers. 
  There 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  president, 
  a 
  vice-president, 
  a 
  secretary- 
  

   treasurer 
  and 
  an 
  executive 
  committee 
  of 
  five 
  persons, 
  of 
  which 
  

   latter 
  the 
  president 
  and 
  secretary 
  shall 
  be 
  members. 
  

  

  Mrctiiigs. 
  The 
  association 
  shall 
  hold 
  an 
  annual 
  meeting 
  on 
  or 
  about 
  

   Nov. 
  15 
  and 
  such 
  other 
  special 
  meetings 
  as 
  may 
  seem 
  desirable, 
  

   these 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  president 
  and 
  executive 
  committee. 
  

  

  Fees. 
  The 
  fees 
  shall 
  be 
  of 
  two 
  kinds, 
  annual 
  and 
  life. 
  The 
  former 
  

   shall 
  be 
  $2.00. 
  the 
  latter 
  $20.00. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  letters 
  showing 
  a 
  wide 
  spread 
  

   interest 
  in 
  nut 
  growing, 
  communications 
  of 
  especial 
  interest 
  were 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  from 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  N. 
  Hutt, 
  State 
  Horticulturist 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  

   Mr. 
  W. 
  N. 
  Roper, 
  former 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Fruit 
  and 
  Nut 
  Journal, 
  

   and 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Hicks 
  of 
  Westbury, 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  The 
  election 
  of 
  officers 
  resulted 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  President 
  — 
  Dr. 
  Robert 
  T. 
  Morris, 
  New 
  York 
  City. 
  

  

  Vice-President 
  — 
  ^Ir. 
  T. 
  P. 
  Littlepage, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  Secretary-Treasurer 
  — 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Deming, 
  Westchester, 
  New 
  York 
  

   City. 
  

  

  Executive 
  Committee 
  : 
  Prof. 
  John 
  Craig, 
  Cornell 
  University 
  ; 
  

   Henry 
  Hales, 
  Ridgewood, 
  N. 
  J. 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  P. 
  Close, 
  College 
  

   Park, 
  Md. 
  

  

  Exhibits 
  of 
  nuts, 
  nut 
  literature, 
  trees, 
  grafting 
  methods, 
  a 
  budding 
  

   tool, 
  etc., 
  were 
  received 
  and 
  shown 
  from 
  nineteen 
  different 
  contributors. 
  

   A 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  and 
  is 
  on 
  file. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  resolution, 
  introduced 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  P. 
  Littlepage, 
  was 
  

   luianimously 
  adopted 
  : 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  that 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association 
  express 
  its 
  

   appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  attitude 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association 
  

   in 
  eneo\iraging 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  associations 
  which 
  have 
  for 
  their 
  

   purpose 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  industry, 
  and 
  we 
  hereby 
  pledge 
  

   our 
  support 
  to. 
  and 
  our 
  cooperation 
  with, 
  said 
  National 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  

   Association. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  further 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  that 
  we 
  hereby 
  acknowledge 
  our 
  great 
  obligation 
  to 
  the 
  

   many 
  pineer 
  nut 
  growers 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  who 
  have 
  done 
  so 
  much 
  to 
  put 
  

   nut 
  culture 
  on 
  a 
  scientific 
  basis, 
  and 
  that 
  ^ve 
  express 
  to 
  them 
  our 
  deep 
  

   gratitude 
  for 
  the 
  fund 
  of 
  valuable 
  information 
  and 
  data 
  which 
  they 
  

   have 
  worked 
  out 
  and 
  made 
  available. 
  

  

  The 
  meeting 
  then 
  adjourned. 
  

  

  