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thus seems reasonably certain that this fungus is the true blight 

 fungus. Inoculations constitute the final test, and they will be 

 reported on later. 



Where the infection came from remains uncertain, though it 

 is significant that a connection with the Orient exists. The 

 chestnuts growing at Agassiz are of Oriental, European and 

 American origin. The stock was purchased from nursery firms 

 located in New Jersey, Ohio and California. One of these at 

 least "was a heavy importer of Oriental trees and shrubs." 



