CONTENTS 



Officers and Committees of the Association 3 



State Vice-Presidents 4 



Mem'bers 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 Worlving 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. Zim- 

 merman 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. 3. Colby 93 



Address by Prof. MacDaniels 99 



Nut Tree Crops as a Part of Permanent Agriculture With- 

 out Plowing— J. R. Smith 103 



Notes at Mr. Bixby's Nut Orchards and Nurseries, Bald- 

 win, 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 



