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  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Paragon 
  and 
  native 
  stock. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  Was 
  that 
  the 
  old 
  Furness 
  Grove 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Yes, 
  sir. 
  That 
  slide 
  shows 
  the 
  congeniality, 
  

   ordinarily, 
  between 
  the 
  stock 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  chestnut 
  and 
  the 
  

   paragon. 
  The 
  next 
  slide 
  shows 
  a 
  typical 
  instance 
  of 
  malforma- 
  

   tion 
  between 
  the 
  Japanese 
  and 
  native 
  chestnut. 
  I 
  understand 
  

   that 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  unusual 
  at 
  all. 
  The 
  Japanese, 
  ordinarily, 
  does 
  

   not 
  make 
  a 
  good 
  union 
  with 
  the 
  American 
  sweet 
  chestnut. 
  That 
  

   slide 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  Indiana. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  twenty-five 
  acre 
  paragon 
  

   orchard 
  owned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  and 
  Senator 
  Bourne 
  of 
  Oregon, 
  

   planted 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1910. 
  The 
  next 
  slide 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   trees 
  in 
  the 
  orchard 
  during 
  its 
  first 
  season. 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  had 
  

   to 
  have 
  them 
  all 
  gone 
  over 
  and 
  the 
  burs 
  removed. 
  They 
  were 
  so 
  

   inclined 
  to 
  fruit 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  season 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  

   exhausted 
  themselves 
  if 
  the 
  burs 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  removed. 
  They 
  

   made 
  a 
  very 
  promising 
  start, 
  but 
  I 
  understand 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Little- 
  

   page 
  that 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  have 
  since 
  died. 
  Is 
  there 
  any- 
  

   thing 
  you'd 
  like 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  that, 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  I 
  haven't 
  yet 
  quite 
  determined 
  the 
  cause 
  

   of 
  the 
  trouble. 
  Last 
  winter 
  I 
  lost 
  perhaps 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  

   with 
  a 
  peculiar 
  condition. 
  The 
  wood 
  under 
  the 
  bark 
  was 
  dark- 
  

   ened. 
  I 
  sent 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  Washington 
  the 
  year 
  before 
  to 
  see 
  

   if 
  there 
  was 
  any 
  blight 
  or 
  fungus 
  and 
  they 
  reported 
  there 
  was 
  

   none 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  trees, 
  but 
  this 
  winter 
  perhaps 
  one-third 
  of 
  

   the 
  trees 
  died 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  graft. 
  A 
  few, 
  however, 
  would 
  sprout 
  

   from 
  the 
  scion, 
  giving 
  me, 
  of 
  course, 
  the 
  grafted 
  top 
  again. 
  It 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  indicate, 
  perhaps, 
  a 
  winter 
  killing 
  and 
  yet 
  I 
  would 
  

   not 
  undertake 
  to 
  assert 
  that 
  that 
  was 
  the 
  cause, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  

   very 
  serious. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  Was 
  the 
  land 
  low 
  or 
  high 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  High 
  land 
  along 
  a 
  hillside, 
  very 
  excellent 
  

   land 
  for 
  chestnuts. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Sandy 
  loam 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  No, 
  it's 
  a 
  hilly 
  clay 
  with 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   humus 
  and 
  set 
  in 
  clover. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Which 
  way 
  does 
  it 
  face 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  South. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  That 
  is 
  rather 
  bad. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  I 
  don't 
  know. 
  I 
  have 
  some 
  over 
  on 
  the 
  

   other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  and 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  whether 
  the 
  killing 
  was 
  

   greater 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  or 
  not. 
  

  

  