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  culture, 
  and 
  also 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Kerr 
  of 
  Denton, 
  Maryland, 
  who, 
  I 
  know, 
  

   has 
  grown 
  hazels 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time, 
  and 
  done 
  it 
  very 
  successfully 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  succeeded 
  in 
  getting 
  any 
  accurate 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  blight, 
  

   and 
  as 
  I 
  understand 
  it, 
  no 
  accurate 
  experiments 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  out 
  

   in 
  the 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  blight, 
  or 
  in 
  its 
  i)revention. 
  It 
  seems 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  

   blight, 
  being 
  an 
  external 
  fungous 
  disease, 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  amenable 
  to 
  

   treatment 
  by 
  sprays. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  aware 
  of 
  any 
  experiments 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  made 
  with 
  that 
  object. 
  

  

  President 
  ^lorris 
  : 
  Henry 
  Hicks 
  of 
  AVestboro 
  has 
  given 
  as 
  much 
  

   attention 
  as 
  anybody 
  to 
  this 
  matter. 
  He 
  made 
  a 
  great 
  effort 
  to 
  intro- 
  

   duce 
  the 
  European 
  hazels 
  for 
  years. 
  They 
  all 
  w'ent 
  down 
  with 
  the 
  

   blight. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  the 
  blight 
  you 
  can 
  get 
  without 
  difficulty. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming: 
  Did 
  he 
  practice 
  spraying 
  experiments 
  carefully? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  He 
  told 
  me 
  he 
  had 
  tried 
  all. 
  AVhat 
  have 
  the 
  

   Meehans 
  done? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilcox: 
  They 
  have 
  never 
  had 
  any 
  trouble 
  with 
  the 
  blight. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  How 
  long 
  do 
  they 
  keep 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  nurseries? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  "Wilcox 
  : 
  We 
  keep 
  them 
  to 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  feet. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Do 
  you 
  have 
  the 
  c(mimon 
  hazel 
  abundant? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilcox: 
  Yes, 
  along 
  the 
  water 
  courses. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  This 
  blight 
  is 
  more 
  apt 
  to 
  attack 
  the 
  exotics, 
  

   and 
  over 
  where 
  Mr. 
  Kerr 
  lives 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  native 
  hazels. 
  He 
  happens 
  

   to 
  be 
  on 
  an 
  island. 
  He 
  started 
  Europeans 
  where 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  American 
  

   hazels, 
  so 
  that 
  accounts 
  for 
  his 
  immunity. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  His 
  trees 
  are 
  practically 
  all 
  dead 
  now\ 
  He 
  has 
  given 
  up. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  That 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  history 
  everywhere. 
  That 
  

   is 
  the 
  last 
  instance 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  find 
  of 
  successful 
  raising 
  of 
  

   hazels. 
  One 
  line, 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me. 
  offers 
  promise 
  — 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  

   hybrids. 
  I 
  am 
  making 
  hybrids 
  between 
  the 
  American 
  hazel 
  and 
  various 
  

   European 
  and 
  Asiatic. 
  

  

  JMr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  some 
  experience 
  with 
  the 
  hazel. 
  I 
  have 
  

   exchanged 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Roody 
  of 
  Washington. 
  He 
  has 
  sent 
  the 
  Barcelona 
  

   and 
  Du 
  Chilly, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  growing 
  very 
  hardy 
  without 
  the 
  least 
  in- 
  

   dication 
  of 
  blight. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  kinds 
  of 
  American 
  hazels. 
  I 
  have 
  

   them 
  growing 
  as 
  large 
  in 
  the 
  bush 
  as 
  twenty 
  to 
  twenty-five 
  feet. 
  And 
  

   then 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  small 
  bush. 
  The 
  small 
  type 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  propagation. 
  

   The 
  Barcelona 
  and 
  Du 
  Chilly 
  are 
  thickly 
  set 
  with 
  catkins 
  this 
  fall, 
  and 
  

   by 
  all 
  indications 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  nice 
  crop 
  next 
  summer. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  The 
  rule 
  is 
  they 
  begin 
  to 
  blight 
  about 
  the 
  fifth 
  

   year. 
  About 
  the 
  eighth 
  they 
  are 
  gone. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming 
  : 
  Isn 
  't 
  that 
  a 
  most 
  promising 
  field 
  for 
  experiment, 
  

   in 
  producing 
  blight-free 
  varieties, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  spraying? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  As 
  I 
  understand 
  it, 
  this 
  fungus 
  lives 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  