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  giving 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  attention 
  to 
  some 
  one 
  little 
  injury, 
  we 
  can 
  over- 
  

   come 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jensen 
  : 
  In 
  your 
  grafting, 
  what 
  was 
  the 
  relationship 
  of 
  the 
  

   rapidity 
  of 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  top 
  after 
  grafting, 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  old 
  

   stock 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  When 
  these 
  grafts 
  are 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  stock, 
  on 
  rap- 
  

   idly 
  growing 
  shoots 
  from 
  a 
  large 
  root, 
  they 
  grow 
  enormously, 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  we 
  have 
  had 
  nearly 
  one 
  hundred 
  feet 
  of 
  growth 
  in 
  one 
  year. 
  

   That, 
  however, 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  chestnut 
  like 
  the 
  Scott 
  or 
  the 
  Ridgely. 
  We 
  

   frequently 
  get 
  thirty, 
  forty, 
  or 
  fifty 
  feet 
  growth 
  in 
  one 
  year. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jensen: 
  Does 
  the 
  plant 
  grow 
  more 
  rapidly 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  grafted 
  

   than 
  on 
  its 
  own 
  stock 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  grafted 
  Japanese 
  on 
  Japanese 
  stock, 
  

   but 
  the 
  Japanese 
  and 
  Korean 
  grafted 
  on 
  American 
  stock 
  does 
  grow 
  

   more 
  rapidly 
  than 
  it 
  does 
  on 
  its 
  own 
  roots. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig 
  : 
  Mr. 
  Hall 
  has 
  another 
  interesting 
  instance 
  of 
  

   chestnut 
  blight. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hall: 
  On 
  the 
  ground 
  where 
  the 
  blight 
  appeared, 
  there 
  were 
  

   four 
  chestnuts 
  set 
  by 
  a 
  nurseryman, 
  two 
  Japanese 
  and 
  two 
  European 
  

   chestnuts. 
  Of 
  the 
  European 
  chestnuts, 
  one 
  has 
  succumbed 
  to 
  the 
  

   blight, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  has 
  been 
  continually 
  attacked 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  four 
  

   or 
  five 
  years, 
  twice 
  in 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  four 
  years, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  alive 
  and 
  

   recently 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  more 
  healthy 
  condition 
  than 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  

   four 
  or 
  five 
  years. 
  During 
  that 
  time 
  it 
  has 
  never 
  borne 
  any 
  chestnuts. 
  

   The 
  companion 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  was 
  girdled 
  in 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  There 
  is 
  comparative 
  resistance. 
  Some 
  of 
  my 
  

   trees 
  went 
  down 
  instantly, 
  and 
  went 
  all 
  to 
  pieces, 
  while 
  others 
  stood 
  up 
  

   for 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  years. 
  Chestnuts 
  of 
  the 
  Paragon 
  type 
  I 
  hoped 
  were 
  

   going 
  to 
  be 
  fairly 
  immune, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  going 
  pretty 
  fast. 
  I 
  have 
  ad- 
  

   vised 
  people 
  who 
  have 
  asked 
  about 
  Paragon 
  chestnuts 
  to 
  buy 
  them, 
  but 
  

   be 
  prepared 
  to 
  have 
  to 
  cut 
  out 
  blighted 
  branches 
  as 
  they 
  appeared. 
  It 
  

   is 
  a 
  question 
  whether 
  I 
  can 
  advise 
  even 
  buying 
  them 
  much 
  longer, 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  I 
  have 
  lost 
  nearly 
  all 
  my 
  Paragons, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  gone 
  as 
  

   fast 
  as 
  the 
  Americans. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming 
  : 
  Ought 
  we 
  not 
  before 
  we 
  leave 
  this 
  subject 
  either 
  

   to 
  appoint 
  a 
  committee, 
  or 
  to 
  pass 
  resolutions 
  urging 
  action 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  state 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  taken 
  bj^ 
  Pennsylvania 
  in 
  attempts 
  to 
  

   limit 
  this 
  disease? 
  I 
  would 
  make 
  such 
  a 
  motion, 
  that 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  

   Growers' 
  Association 
  urge 
  legislative 
  action 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  already 
  

   taken 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  to 
  limit 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  

   bark 
  disease. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  I 
  second 
  the 
  motion. 
  (Carried.) 
  

  

  