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we could get people togetlitr and clean the woods up we could dig up 

 the old trees and only leave the hlight-resistant ones. 



Prof. Collins: That is near Bell Station where we do our ex- 

 perimental work. We found one place infected. I cleaned it out and 

 we have not seen anything of the disease since. 



Mr. Blxby: Some five or six years ago I sent a number of chest- 

 nuts to Warren. Xew Hampshire, which is outside of the blight dis- 

 trict. I did not know then much about the blight. They grew for sev- 

 eral years and it was not until one year ago that the trees were found 

 with blight. I got the party to cut them down. How long must I wait 

 before it is safe to send other trees there? I believe they will grow 

 there and bear, but we do not want to get them aifected with the blight. 



Prof. Collins: I do not know that anybody could answer that. 

 Apparently we have waited 20 years and are still unsafe. It is a case 

 of experimentation. 



Mr. Kains: As to the hybrids of Dr. Van Fleet and Dr. Morris, 

 in the spring of 1923 I jilanted 10. and there are only four alive now. 

 Thev were affected by blight and killed. They were rather large 

 trees when planted, and I think for that reason more susceptible. We 

 hid the idea from the nursery that they would be more likely to with- 

 stand the disease than would the American sweet chestnut. Have you 

 anv reports as to the way these hybrids behave? 



]Mr. Reed: As to Dr. Van Fleet's hybrids, so far as we know 

 they are all going with the blight. The collection in W^ashington is 

 practically gone. We are still caring for them and doing what we can 

 but the prospect is not at all good. We get reports of these distributed 

 around the country, but in no case have we had a report indicating 

 that tl:e Van Fleet hybrids were at all resistant. 

 Prof. Collins: I will now read my paper on 



PROTECTION OF WOUNDS IN NUT TREES 



I have been asked to discuss briefly the handling of wood decay 

 in t<)j)-worked nut trees. I am not sure that I know very much about 

 the latest methods employed in this type of work. Personally I 

 have had no practical experience with it. I understand, however, 

 that nut trees are top-worked by cutting off limbs and inserting one or 

 jnore scions. I am informed that limbs as large as six inches or more 



