New York Nut
Growers Association

A nonprofit membership association formed in 2002 for the promotion of interest in hardy nut bearing trees,
their products, and their culture.

www.geocities.com/
nuttreegordon/nynga.htm

You can grow nut
 bearing trees…
à for profit and pleasure
à for yourself and future generations

Persian Walnuts  -  (Hardy English walnuts) easy harvesting; easy cracking


Black Walnuts - select cultivars with thin shells and big kernels; valuable timber


Butternuts - full-bodied flavor


Heartnuts - fast growing tree; a selected type of Japanese walnut; easy cracking

Chestnuts – Chinese and hybrid; blight resistant

Hazelnuts  (Filberts)  - European and native hazels

Pecans  - hardy northern cultivars; high flavor

Hicans  - naturally occurring hickory-pecan hybrids

Hickory Nuts – shagbark, shellbark, and hybrids; select cultivars with thin shells and big kernels

Sweet Acorns  - sweet edible acorns from select white oak trees

Persimmons  - fine cultivars; native and hybrid; many cultivars

Pawpaws  - wide choice of cultivars; delicate flavored fruit

Nut Pine - hardy Korean pine for acid soil

Jujubes  (Chinese dates)  - select cultivar; high favored fruit; disease free

New York Nut Growers Association
Colleen Green, treasurer
6434 Burke Hill Rd
Perry, NY    14530

You’ll go NUTS…
with the help from this Non-Profit Association
New York Nut
       Growers Association

                       NYNGA
        Membership Application

All memberships carry the same privileges: three issues of The Empire Nut Grower and voting privileges.  Members joining between July 1 and December 31 will receive all The Empire Nut Grower issues of that period and will be credited with membership for the following year

        n  New Member                           n  Renewal

Join Now...

Beginners…
Learn what will help you avoid expensive, time-consuming mistakes.

Farmers…
Plant only a few trees to provide nuts for home use or plant many trees for additional farm income.

Hobbyists…
Share the thrill of growing nut trees with growers who share your passion.

Agricultural/Horticultural Professionals…
Great source for networking to keep up to date on all the latest cultural information.

Commercial Grocers and Nurserymen…
A chance to help bring the latest cultivars more rapidly to the marketplace, and to advertise on our web.

Students…
A chance to develop an early love of nut-bearing trees and their culture.

Why Join NYNGA?

When you have questions about nut trees, you will get answers from the New York Nut Growers Association.
à get up to date advice on a availability, planting, grafting, pest control, harvesting, marketing and storage
à learn how to graft, improve your grafting skills and see the grafting techniques that work
à group and individual grafting instruction available
à learn how to harvest and store your nuts
à advise on how to exhibit your nuts at the NYNGA meetings
à educational programs
à share the experiences of others
à learn the best ways to market and promote your nuts and nut products
à unique opportunity to share experiences during our annual events
à camaraderie of fellow growers
à share proven nut recipes

You are invited to join…
 Please use the attached Application Blank. Send your remittance, check or money order, with your application.
Through Membership in NYNGA, amateur and expert alike gain current and accurate information on cultural practices, new developments in propagation, knowledge of new and better cultivars and where to get them.  This is supplemented with reports on the latest nut tree growing practices, experiments in progress storage techniques, marketing opportunities, and eventually through the web, www.geocities.com/nuttreegordon/nynga.htm

Send to:

 Colleen Green, Treasurer

New York Nut Growers Association
6434 Burke Hill Road
Perry,  NY  14530