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  so 
  far 
  results 
  are 
  negligible. 
  We 
  are 
  not 
  prepared 
  to 
  say 
  whether 
  

   there 
  is 
  anything 
  in 
  chestnut 
  poisoning 
  or 
  whether 
  there 
  is 
  not. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  : 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  points 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  

   chestnut 
  blight 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  practical 
  nut 
  grower, 
  

   and 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  Professor 
  Collins 
  to 
  answer 
  these 
  questions. 
  In 
  

   the 
  first 
  place, 
  how 
  far 
  are 
  we 
  justified 
  in 
  recommending 
  planting 
  

   of 
  non-immune 
  varieties 
  within 
  the 
  blighted 
  area, 
  in 
  limited 
  quan- 
  

   tities, 
  with 
  the 
  understanding 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  fair 
  shoAv 
  of 
  keeping 
  

   them 
  tolerably 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  blight 
  by 
  watchful 
  care 
  and 
  cutting 
  

   out 
  1 
  Mr. 
  Roberts 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  chestnut 
  orchard 
  and 
  

   he 
  says 
  he 
  is 
  not 
  afraid 
  of 
  the 
  blight. 
  He 
  has 
  had 
  a 
  large 
  crop 
  of 
  

   chestnuts 
  this 
  year, 
  and 
  he 
  says 
  that, 
  while 
  he 
  has 
  cut 
  out, 
  I 
  believe, 
  

   one 
  orchard 
  of 
  small 
  trees 
  his 
  large 
  bearing 
  trees 
  are 
  not 
  seriously 
  

   affected 
  by 
  the 
  blight. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  testimony 
  that 
  we 
  had 
  from 
  

   Colonel 
  Sober 
  last 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  question 
  is, 
  how 
  far 
  are 
  we 
  justified 
  in 
  recommending 
  

   the 
  planting 
  of 
  chestnuts 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  blighted 
  area 
  ? 
  It 
  

   seems 
  to 
  me 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  point. 
  Can 
  we 
  go 
  so 
  far 
  out- 
  

   side 
  the 
  present 
  blight 
  area, 
  perhaps 
  beyond 
  the 
  present 
  range 
  of 
  

   the 
  chestnut 
  tree, 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  hope 
  to 
  plant 
  them 
  without 
  their 
  

   being 
  exposed 
  to 
  danger, 
  or 
  much 
  danger, 
  of 
  contagion 
  from 
  the 
  

   blight 
  ? 
  Can 
  we 
  recommend 
  their 
  being 
  planted 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  

   chestnut 
  does 
  not 
  grow 
  now 
  perhaps 
  within 
  several 
  hundred 
  miles 
  ? 
  

  

  And 
  the 
  third 
  question 
  is 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  immune 
  varieties. 
  How 
  

   far 
  has 
  the 
  immune 
  quality 
  of 
  any 
  varieties 
  been 
  demonstrated 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Collins 
  : 
  With 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  question, 
  — 
  plant- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  non-immune 
  varieties 
  within 
  the 
  chestnut 
  disease 
  area, 
  — 
  I 
  

   don't 
  feel 
  like 
  recommending 
  it 
  except 
  on 
  an 
  experimental 
  basis. 
  

   Perhaps 
  I 
  am 
  recommending 
  something 
  that 
  I 
  might 
  feel 
  like 
  chang- 
  

   ing 
  my 
  mind 
  about 
  a 
  little 
  later, 
  but, 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  state 
  of 
  our 
  

   knowledge 
  I 
  would 
  hesitate 
  to 
  recommend 
  planting 
  within 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   ease 
  infested 
  area. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  seQond 
  question 
  is 
  concerned, 
  the 
  

   planting 
  of 
  non-immune 
  varieties 
  outside 
  the 
  chestnut 
  growing 
  area, 
  

   I 
  think 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  pretty 
  good 
  prospects 
  in 
  sight, 
  provided 
  the 
  

   stock 
  which 
  is 
  obtained 
  is 
  carefully 
  inspected 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  free 
  

   from 
  the 
  blight 
  to 
  begin 
  with, 
  and 
  is 
  watched 
  carefully 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  

   the 
  first 
  year. 
  The 
  third 
  question, 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  immune 
  varieties, 
  — 
  

   if 
  there 
  are 
  any 
  the 
  immunity 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  demonstrated 
  suffi- 
  

   ciently 
  to 
  warrant 
  their 
  being 
  planted, 
  — 
  the 
  Japanese, 
  which 
  are 
  

   highly 
  resistant, 
  and 
  what 
  some 
  people 
  might 
  consider 
  immune, 
  are 
  

   the 
  only 
  possibilities 
  so 
  far 
  in 
  sight. 
  The 
  great 
  trouble 
  with 
  the 
  

   Japanese 
  trees 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  orchards 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  

  

  