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  ble 
  infections 
  and 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  so 
  blue 
  with 
  spray 
  that 
  you 
  

   could 
  see 
  them 
  for 
  half 
  a 
  mile. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  But, 
  later 
  on, 
  cracks 
  and 
  squirrel 
  scratches 
  

   and 
  all 
  sorts 
  of 
  injuries 
  would 
  allow' 
  new 
  spores 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  in? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pierce: 
  Yes, 
  sir. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  The 
  future 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  depends 
  so 
  largely 
  

   on 
  the 
  conquering 
  of 
  this 
  disease 
  that 
  no 
  other 
  horticultural 
  

   problem 
  of 
  this 
  nut 
  is, 
  just 
  at 
  present, 
  imperative. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  

   we 
  know, 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  and 
  American 
  varieties 
  are 
  highly 
  

   subject 
  to 
  this 
  disease, 
  so 
  much 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  inducement 
  

   to 
  plant 
  them, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  waiting 
  for 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   other 
  hybridizers 
  to 
  find 
  some 
  hybrids, 
  or 
  straight 
  Japanese 
  

   varieties, 
  that 
  are 
  of 
  sufficient 
  merit, 
  and 
  of 
  sufficient 
  degree 
  of 
  

   resistance 
  to 
  this 
  disease, 
  for 
  us 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  building 
  up 
  

   the 
  future 
  industry. 
  On 
  the 
  tables 
  there 
  are 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  exhibits 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Riehl 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Endicott 
  of 
  Illinios. 
  Most 
  

   of 
  them 
  are 
  hybrids 
  between 
  the 
  American 
  and 
  the 
  Japanese 
  

   species, 
  but, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  know, 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  tried 
  in 
  

   communities 
  where 
  the 
  disease 
  prevails. 
  We 
  don't 
  know 
  whether 
  

   they 
  are 
  resistant 
  or 
  not, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  being 
  grown 
  in 
  a 
  section 
  

   entirely 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  where 
  the 
  blight 
  exists. 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  

   am 
  right 
  in 
  that, 
  am 
  I 
  not, 
  Mr. 
  Pierce 
  ? 
  Is 
  there 
  any 
  chestnut 
  

   blight 
  in 
  southern 
  Illinois 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pierce: 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  none 
  reported. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  varieties 
  that 
  these 
  men 
  in 
  

   Indiana 
  have 
  originated 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  promising 
  we 
  know 
  of. 
  

   I 
  think 
  that 
  in 
  examining 
  these 
  specimens 
  you 
  will 
  agree 
  that 
  

   they 
  are 
  of 
  fairly 
  high 
  quality 
  and 
  good 
  size, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  prove 
  

   to 
  be 
  resistant 
  to 
  the 
  disease 
  much 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  from 
  them. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  the 
  chestnut 
  blight 
  at 
  all. 
  I 
  

   hope 
  that 
  it 
  isn't 
  in 
  our 
  section. 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  it 
  was 
  brought 
  

   in 
  from 
  some 
  point 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  identified 
  

   exactly 
  as 
  the 
  chestnut 
  blight. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pierce: 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  specimen 
  sent 
  from 
  North 
  Carolina 
  

   and 
  it 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  Collinsville 
  fungus. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  If 
  you 
  remember 
  reading 
  Fuller's 
  book 
  on 
  

   nuts, 
  he 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  chestnut 
  blight 
  extended 
  through 
  

   the 
  Carolinas 
  but 
  said 
  that 
  chestnuts 
  were 
  still 
  coming 
  from 
  that 
  

   direction 
  in 
  great 
  abundance. 
  Up 
  in 
  Canada 
  we 
  haven't 
  the 
  

   chestnut 
  blight. 
  The 
  chestnut 
  tree 
  runs 
  from 
  the 
  Ohio 
  River 
  

   to 
  the 
  Niagara 
  River 
  but 
  it 
  doesn't 
  cross 
  into 
  Michigan, 
  except 
  

   along 
  the 
  Michigan 
  Southern 
  and 
  Lake 
  Shore 
  Railroad 
  where 
  

  

  