PROCEEDINGS 



at the 



THIRTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 



of the 



NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION 



Rochester. N. Y.. September 7, 8 and 9, 1922 



The convention was called to order at 9 :40 A. M., Thursday, 

 September 7, 1922, by the President, Mr. James S. McGlennon, of 

 Rochester, New York, at the Osburn House, Rochester, N. Y. 



The President : This is the thirteenth annual convention of the 

 Northern Nut Growers' Association. We have been favored by Rev. 

 Dr. Cushman in consenting to give the invocation. 



Invocation by Rev. Ralph S. Cushman. 



The President : I believe I voice the sentiment of all present in 

 saying that we are grateful to Dr. Cushman for his prayer and I 

 personally extend to him my sincere thanks and on behalf of the 

 association. 



I have the great honor and the rare privilege of introducing 

 to you our Mayor. He has very kindly consented to come here 

 and make an address of welcome to this association. 



Mayor Van Zandt: Mr. President and ladies and gentlemen, 

 members of the Nut Growers' Association : Your President has said 

 I was going to make an address ; I never did such a thing in my life. 

 I am glad to welcome you to the city of Rochester; I hope your 

 meeting will be profitable and so pleasant that you will want to come 

 again. I believe there are very few people in Rochester who know 

 anything about nut growing. We have a splendid exhibit here from 

 our parks and one that I am very proud of and we have a man here, 

 Mr. Dunbar, that we are very proud of; he is a wonder; I confess 

 that I didn't know there were so many nuts to be found in the parks 

 myself — that is no joke. It is a wonderful thing, it is a revelation 

 to me, I never dreamed that you could find such things growing 

 around this part of the country at all. I fancy that most people 

 don't know anything about nuts at all, except the five-cent bag of 

 peanuts. I certainly wish you success in every way and particularly 

 with reference to the plantation that I understand has been started 

 here close to Rochester where they are doing some wonderful work. 

 Most of us have the idea that nuts are used by people to put on the 

 table for dessert at Christmas time and but little appreciate their true 

 food value. 



I sincerely trust that you will all come again, that you will have 

 pleasant weather and that you will have time after work to see 



