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  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  We 
  have 
  before 
  us 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  Rochester 
  

   and 
  its 
  originator, 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Reihl, 
  of 
  Alton, 
  111. 
  Over 
  in 
  the 
  

   Court 
  House 
  we 
  have 
  on 
  exhibition 
  -nuts 
  of 
  that 
  variety 
  which 
  

   most 
  of 
  you 
  have 
  seen. 
  You 
  are 
  aware, 
  probably, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   native 
  chestnut. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  

   chestnuts 
  and 
  originated 
  in 
  southern 
  Illinois, 
  where 
  so 
  far 
  the 
  

   blight 
  has 
  not 
  spread. 
  It 
  gives 
  considerable 
  promise 
  for 
  the 
  future. 
  

   We 
  come 
  back 
  now 
  to 
  Lancaster 
  county 
  to 
  a 
  chinkapin 
  tree, 
  a 
  

   hybrid 
  chinkapin. 
  The 
  original 
  tree 
  stands 
  in 
  a 
  forest 
  in 
  this 
  

   county, 
  and 
  as 
  you 
  notice 
  there, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  sized 
  tree. 
  

   You 
  might 
  think 
  from 
  the 
  looks 
  of 
  the 
  photograph 
  that 
  that 
  is 
  

   a 
  chestnut, 
  but 
  the 
  nuts 
  are 
  small 
  and 
  borne 
  in 
  racemes, 
  so 
  they 
  

   are 
  typical 
  chinkapins. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  One 
  parent 
  was 
  a 
  chestnut 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  We 
  don't 
  know; 
  it's 
  a 
  native 
  tree; 
  it's 
  a 
  hybrid. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  It's 
  a 
  supposed 
  hybrid. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Yes, 
  the 
  chestnut 
  and 
  chinkapin 
  grow 
  close 
  together. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  What 
  is 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  Round 
  like 
  a 
  chinkapin. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  chest- 
  

   nut 
  on 
  a 
  chinkapin. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  chinkapin, 
  what 
  is 
  there 
  to 
  indicate 
  

   that 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  chestnut 
  blood 
  in 
  it 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  The 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  nut 
  

   matures 
  with 
  the 
  chestnut. 
  The 
  chinkapin 
  is 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  

   earlier 
  than 
  this 
  variety 
  of 
  chinkapin. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  That 
  photograph 
  is 
  typical 
  of 
  the 
  Rush 
  hybrid 
  

   chinkapin. 
  We 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  butternut 
  now. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  know, 
  

   there 
  are 
  no 
  named 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  butternut; 
  there 
  cannot 
  

   be 
  until 
  some 
  good 
  individual 
  tree 
  is 
  found 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  sufficient 
  

   merit 
  to 
  entitle 
  it 
  to 
  propagation 
  by 
  budding 
  and 
  grafting. 
  It 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  nuts 
  in 
  our 
  field, 
  especially 
  in 
  New 
  

   England; 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  common 
  there 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  further 
  south. 
  

  

  This 
  slide 
  shows 
  the 
  native 
  butternut 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  southern 
  

   Indiana 
  near 
  the 
  Ohio 
  River. 
  Of 
  course, 
  those 
  trees 
  in 
  forests 
  

   like 
  that 
  don't 
  mature 
  many 
  nuts. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  forests, 
  ordi- 
  

   dinarily, 
  that 
  you 
  will 
  find 
  individual 
  trees 
  of 
  sufficient 
  merit 
  

   to 
  entitle 
  them 
  to 
  propagation. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  that 
  

   has 
  had 
  greater 
  opportunities 
  than 
  are 
  afforded 
  in 
  the 
  forest. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  Are. 
  there 
  any 
  coniferous 
  trees 
  in 
  that 
  forest 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  No, 
  that's 
  an 
  alluvial 
  bottom, 
  Mr. 
  Lake. 
  

   There 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  long 
  bottom 
  by 
  the 
  creek 
  where 
  the 
  butternut 
  

   grows 
  profusely. 
  We 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  tree 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  that 
  Sena- 
  

  

  